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The man convicted in the 2015 shooting death of a Guyana-born New York City police officer was sentenced today to life in prison, according to WABC.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today reminded the public about the restriction on used tyres and said a phasing-in period will end on April 30th, 2017.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 39-year-old St James man was shot dead in front his home on Saturday night.

Dynamic International Airways has announced the cancellation of its flight 2D 402 out of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri bound for JFK International Airport this afternoon, due to a hydraulic leak on its 767 aircraft.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC — Saturday’s convincing victory proved only a false dawn as West Indies quickly returned to their unpleasant old habits, plunging to a seven-wicket defeat to Pakistan here today, to concede the four-match series 3-1.

President David Granger says that Guyana welcomes Chinese investment but called for such investments to be more closely geared to providing employment here and national development.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Investors are ploughing ever more into ethical funds to back their views on issues such as global warming and gender equality, but such investments can be confusingly similar to standard funds, except for higher fees and ‘green halo’ marketing.

The Ministry of Natural Resources says that a Brazilian man lost his life in a mining accident in Micobie, Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni) last evening.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Hometown boy Evin Lewis went on a six-hitting spree to lead the charge with a pugnacious 91 that ended West Indies’ home season losing skid in style with a convincing seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the third Twenty20 International today here.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC — Pace legend Sir Curtly Ambrose has debunked recent assertions by West Indies Twenty20 captain Carlos Brathwaite and head coach Stuart Law, that the regional side is making progress despite losing the opening two games of the four-match series against Pakistan.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry today backed calls for the immediate revoking of the parking meters contract and at the same time posed a series of questions to the city and the government on the deal.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) has been certified as the registered proprietor of geographical indication, ‘Demerara Rum’.

(Trinidad Guardian) The High Court has granted an order brought by Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi to freeze the funds of Shane Crawford under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities called on the country’s Supreme Court to review its decision this week to annul the opposition-led congress, which critics have decried as a “coup” and a lurch to dictatorship.

ASUNCION, (Reuters) – Protesters stormed and set fire to Paraguay’s Congress on Friday after the Senate secretly voted for a constitutional amendment that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be hosting a Heads of Mission Conference (HOMC) from April 3-8, 2017 at the Pegasus Hotel, under the theme “Advancing Guyana’s Diplomacy in the 21st Century”, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said yesterday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s powerful attorney general on Friday rebuked the judiciary’s takeover of congress, breaking ranks with President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government as protests and international condemnation grew.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure says it will be widening the East Coast road along the old railway embankment.

A Commission of Inquiry has been constituted for the purpose: “To inquire into the circumstances surrounding the entry into, the interception, detention and subsequent release of an unnamed private maritime vessel in the sea space of the territory of Guyana on or between the 11th-14th of February 2017″, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said today.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – President Jacob Zuma’s midnight sacking of his finance minister shook South African markets today, undermining his authority and threatening to split the African National Congress (ANC) that has governed since the end of apartheid.