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President David Granger (right) and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo  celebrating phagwah at the Indian Cultural Centre in Bel Air today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Some 200 tonnes of rice valued at approximately TT$400,000 is currently being left to rot at the National Flour Mills’ non-functional rice milling complex at Carlsen Field.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall today said that considering the immunity granted under the constitution, former President Bharrat Jagdeo is not answerable to any court on the matter of the Pradoville 2 housing estate.

At 1030 hours today, a Guyana Defence Force pickup driven by a rank was involved in fatal collision with a pedestrian in the vicinity of the Rubis Gas Station, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.

The Alliance For Change today said that President David Granger continues to act in good faith in relation to Cabinet appointments.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of New York said today he had been fired after he defied a Justice Department request to resign as the Trump administration cleared out federal prosecutors who served under former President Barack Obama.

ANKARA/AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – The Netherlands barred Turkey’s Foreign Minister from flying to Rotterdam on Saturday and President Tayyip Erdogan responded by calling his NATO partner a “Nazi remnant” as a row over Ankara campaigning among emigre Turkish voters intensified.

The government has appointed Dr. Jan Mangal, an expert in offshore and civil engineering, as Petroleum Advisor in the Ministry of the Presidency.

The police say that at 17:30hrs today, Corporal Shevon Marks who had been held over the smuggling of an AK-47 turned himself in to the police.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall says based on information received from his clients who were interviewed at SOCU Headquarters in the Pradoville 2 probe, UK adviser Dr Sam Sittlington may have exceeded his remit.

Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence (right in foreground) and Minister in the Ministry of Public Health, Dr Karen Cummings having check-ups at the health fair for women yesterday which was organised for International Women’s Day.

Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Barton Scotland presenting PPP/C Chief Whip Gail Teixeira with a rose yesterday in honour of International Women’s Day.

Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Barton Scotland yesterday handed out roses to women MPs in celebration of International Women’s Day.

From 6-10 March 2017 a search-of-vessels training course under the Seaport Cooperation programme (SEACOP) was held at the Guyana Coastguard base in Kingston, Georgetown.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Sporting a bleached-blond buzz cut, American actress Kristen Stewart hit the red carpet in New York to promote her new film “Personal Shopper”, saying she hoped to help others by going public about her sexual orientation.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Head coach Stuart Law believes there is enough ability within the West Indies set-up, to be able to transform the struggling regional side into a winning unit.

Following an operation this morning, ranks from the Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) Major Crimes Unit found two firearms, an AK-47 rifle and a ruger rifle with magazines in an empty lot at Cumming’s Lodge, East Coast Demerara.

Amid questions about the role of UK Advisor Dr Sam Sittlington in the arrests and questioning of former President Bharrat Jagdeo and a series of former ministers and other officials, British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn today provided a clarifying statement.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two men, a Chinese and a Guyanese, were each fined $5,000 yesterday after appearing on separate charges of illegal entry into the country and possession of a tampered passport.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  (Reuters) – England’s Alex Hales and Joe Root struck centuries as the tourists cruised to a series sweep with a massive 186-run victory over West Indies in the third and final one-day international at the Kensington Oval today.