Staff Editor

Today, an agreement was signed by the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on the Electoral Observation Process of the 2015 General and Regional Elections.

The Marriott Hotel formally welcomed its first guest this morning, REPSOL Country Manager Giancarlo Ariza.

President Donald Ramotar is set to address the second political business luncheon of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) at the Marriott Hotel on Wednesday, 22nd April.

The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS), headed by the former Belizean Foreign Minister Lisa Shoman, arrived today here to learn about the preparations for the May 11 general and regional elections.

(Trinidad Express) People who trade in pirated CDs and DVDs could now find themselves charged under the Trademarks Bill, as well as for copyright infringements under the Copyright Act.

WASHINGTON/HAVANA, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told Congress today he intends to remove Cuba from a U.S.

(Reuters) – West Indies trailed England by 244 runs at the close of the second day of the first test in Antigua on Tuesday after Shivnarine Chanderpaul applied the brakes to any potential batting slumps.

With reports of forest fires in the foothills of the Kanuku Mountains in drought-hit Region 9, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment today said that it recently facilitated an aerial assessment of the area.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Soul singer Percy Sledge, best known for his recording of “When a Man Loves a Woman,” died at his home in Louisiana at age 74 after battling cancer, his agent said on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) The missing luxurious $26,558.68 vibrating executive chair that was purchased for Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) chairman Sushilla Ramkissoon-Mark has been found.

President Donald Ramotar, (second from left), Chairman of Atlantic Holdings Incorporated, Winston Brassington (second from right) and Finance Minister, Dr.

Head of State Donald Ramotar addressing the PPP/C gathering at Wismar, Linden yesterday.

A section of the gathering at the PPP/C rally at Wismar, Linden yesterday.

GPL today said that a canter crashed into a power pole last night at Mon Repos triggering a shutdown of the Demerara Berbice Interconnected System.

The PPP today denounced attacks on young professionals on its electoral list, several of whom are relatives of senior government officials.

(Trinidad Express) A snake that slithered into the compound WASA’s water treatment plant in North Oropouche triggered a series of events that knocked out the water supply to thousands of people along the east-west corridor and as far south as Manzanilla.

(Reuters) – A fine innings of 143 from Ian Bell helped England to recover from a terrible start and finish the first day of the first test against West Indies on 341 for five in Antigua today.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – German novelist Guenter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning author of “The Tin Drum”, an epic treatment of the Nazi era, died today at the age of 87, his publishers said.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton promised to be a champion for everyday Americans today as she kicked off a long-awaited second run for the White House as the commanding Democratic front runner.

At about 0800h. today, police say that the body of Roy Bovell, 36 years, of Tabatinga, Lethem, who was in custody at the Lethem Police Station, was found hanging from the grill work of the station lock-ups.