Staff Editor

A crowd larger than last Friday’s turned up outside City Hall today to protest against metered parking.

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) is making progress with its investigation into the allocation of lands at `Pradoville 2’ to cabinet members of the former administration and their close associates, financial investigations expert Dr Sam Sittlington said yesterday.

Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region 9, Carl Parker is to appear in a Georgetown court today following a sexual assault allegation levelled against him.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, today described the president’s Twitter attacks on the judiciary as “demoralizing” and “disheartening,” a spokesman for Gorsuch said.

President David Granger, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs,  Basil Williams, Minister of State,  Joseph Harmon and Minister of Communities,  Ronald Bulkan, this evening, met with Mayor of Georgetown,  Patricia Chase-Green and Town Clerk, Royston King at State House.

A phone card distributor was this afternoon shot dead at Adventure, Berbice by a robber who relieved him of an undisclosed amount of cash and phone cards before escaping.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The Three Degrees, a female vocal group best known for the 1974 smash “When Will I See You Again,” has sued Sony Music Entertainment Inc, seeking to recoup decades of royalties it says were withheld by a former manager and his widow.

Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran says the proposed expansion of parking meters to a larger part of the city poses a frightening prospect for those who cannot pay and he suggested a campaign of civil resistance.

A 45-year-old domestic worker was last night shot and killed in her Tain, Corentyne home by a bandit.

(Trinidad Guardian) A mathematics teacher was allowed to continue on $70,000 station bail yesterday, after she appeared in court charged with two sexual offences involving a female student.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Jamaica Scorpions were lifted by John Campbell’s strong all-round performance as they took their biggest stride yet towards the semi-finals of the Regional Super50, with a 20-run win over Guyana Jaguars here Tuesday night.

Phillip. H. Mozart Thomas is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to fraud which occurred between 2016-02-04 and 2016-05-20.

The Alliance for Change, one of the two partners in the governing coalition, today called for the city to suspend the controversial parking meters project and to seek an independent review of the much criticised contract with Smart City Solutions.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Two Republican senators proposed steps to slash the number of legal immigrants admitted into the United States by half on Tuesday, but the legislation, developed with the Trump administration, faces an uphill climb to get through Congress.

(Trinidad Guardian) Jamilia DeRevenaux, 27, had confided in a close friend that she had made up her mind to change some aspects of her personal life and who she had around her.

President David Granger (right) today, arrived in Haiti to attend the Inauguration Ceremony of the President elect of the Republic of Haiti,  Jovenel Moise.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The speaker of Britain’s lower house of parliament said on Monday he would not support any plans for U.S.

Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan says it is unfair of the private sector to accuse the government and city of not consulting on the controversial metered parking when there is evidence of efforts to do so.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force ‘E’ Division (Linden/Kwakwani) conducted several raids and stop and searches exercises between February 03 and 04, 2017.

Fresh from its recent discovery of oil at the Payara well site, US firm ExxonMobil is preparing to begin drilling at a new site in the Stabroek Block offshore of Demerara.