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As a soon to be oil producing nation, Guyana cannot afford bureaucratic delays in doing business, according to Inter-national Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief to Guyana Dr.

A newly constructed Revenue Office and renovated City Constabulary outpost are among the improvements to the Albouystown Market, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI). 

Michael Munroe, Kalesh Loakman, and Javed Shadick, three recent graduates of the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS), on Monday became Guyana’s newest attorneys-at-law after being admitted to the local bar.

The Ministry of Natural Resources has condemned as “baseless and mischievous” an online report which claimed that the son of Minister Simona Broomes had been issued mining lands as “repayment” for her remaining in government.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno yesterday ordered a curfew around government buildings after six days of violent anti-austerity protests that have pushed his administration out of the capital Quito and brought hundreds of arrests.

Amir Mohammed, a police handwriting analyst, was yesterday allowed to continue his testimony during the trial of Rosanna Ramnarine, the former Guyana Gold Board (GGB) accountant accused of six counts of fraud.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman tried to give $1 million to Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s election campaign after being promised protection for his cocaine shipments, a witness at Hernandez’s criminal trial in New York said yesterday.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Italy’s parliament voted yesterday to cut the number of elected lawmakers by more than a third, approving a reform championed by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement that could profoundly impact the political landscape.

With a 95% vaccination coverage for yellow fever in Guyana annually, the need for capturing the other 5% has been stressed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica has been given the go-ahead to list the first-ever Caribbean green bond on the stock market, which will be used to raise money to fund environment-friendly projects.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The White House said yesterday it would refuse to cooperate with a “baseless, unconstitutional” congressional impeachment inquiry, setting Republican President Donald Trump on a collision course with the Democratic-led U.S.

With its focus on promoting healthy living, the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday distributed medicinal plants to 100 patients attending the clinic at the Guyana Cancer Institute.

(Trinidad Express) Moruga labourer Christopher Moore was having an argument with a man over a cellphone when he was gunned down on Saturday.

A police witness testified yesterday when the trial of Maryann Daby on charges of illegal possession of a gun and ammunition continued in a city court and he recounted the discovery of the weapon at her home.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson must pay $8 billion in punitive damages to a man who previously won $680,000 over his claims that it failed to warn that young men using its antipsychotic drug Risperdal could grow breasts, a Philadelphia jury said yesterday.

The Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday cautioned that the final amnesty it has announced for miners in arrears on payments will not be extended.

(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a new rebellion from his cabinet over concerns of a no-deal Brexit, with a group of cabinet ministers poised to resign, The Times newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Amid negative comments on social media about his presence at a PNCR campaign launch in Linden on Saturday, Jamaica batting star Chris Gayle has reiterated that he is apolitical and had simply taken the opportunity to meet his fans.

(Trinidad Newsday) The Prime Minister took the witness stand on Tuesday in an assessment for damages before a High Court master in which he is seeking compensation for defamatory statements made against him by former chairman of the Caribbean New Media Group (CNMG), Brian Stone.

(Jamaica Observer) Opposition Senator Dr Andre Haughton this morning issued an apology for his “love breast” comment, which was made in Parliament on Friday, causing public uproar.