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President David Granger has once again committed to using revenue earned from oil and gas to improve Guyana’s education sector.

Minister of State,  Dawn Hastings Williams yesterday presented 85 food hampers to residents of flood-affected Zeelugt and visited Anna Catherina and Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara to do some further assessment of the flood related damage.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) says the 50th anniversary of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is a worthy celebration but the threat to the Scheme’s viability overshadowed the occasion.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three men from east Port-of-Spain have been de­nied bail af­ter ap­pear­ing in court on gang charges.

(Trinidad Express) There have been no arrests for the murder of Richard Chan-Attong, 43 who was abducted from his Belmont home on September 16 and found dead in Santa Cruz days later.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru’s armed forces and police reaffirmed allegiance to President Martin Vizcarra late yesterday after his move to close Congress prompted dozens of dismissed lawmakers to pledge loyalty to vice president in a deepening political standoff.

A Covent Garden man has been fined $15,000 after a city court heard he was seen jumping the fence at Stabroek Market after the market had closed.

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Police in the Dominican Republic have rescued dozens of women from forced sex work in bars and nightclubs across the Caribbean island in its biggest anti-trafficking operation this year, authorities said yesterday.

Two young men accused of robbery offences were released on bail yesterday after they denied the allegations.

SEOUL/TOKYO,  (Reuters) – North Korea fired at least one missile off its east coast today that South Korea said may have been launched from a submarine, a day after it announced the resumption of talks with the United States aimed at ending its nuclear programme.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador, one of the smallest members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said yesterday it will leave the 14-nation bloc from Jan.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate approved the main text of a pension reform bill in a first-round vote yesterday, clearing another key hurdle for the government’s bid to narrow its massive budget gap.

(Trinidad Express)  The Central Bank on Monday afternoon announced the long-delayed sale of the traditional insurance portfolios of CLICO and British American Trinidad (BAT) choosing its preferred bidder Sagicor Life, a subsidiary of Sagicor Financial Corporation.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong anti-government protesters are increasingly focusing their anger on mainland Chinese businesses and those with pro-Beijing links, daubing graffiti on store fronts and vandalising outlets in the heart of the financial centre.

A privately-owned and operated Cessna 182 aircraft upon landing at Bethany, Region One hit a pile of dirt and flipped at approximately 5.37 pm today, according to the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).

Anthony Jones, the farmer who was charged with the murder of Nyron Vyphuis, a Yarrowkabra labourer last October, was today committed to stand trial for the crime.

(Trinidad Newsday) There were scenes of panic in City Gate yesterday afternoon after an unidentified woman fell unconscious.

(Jamaica Observer) People’s National Party (PNP) President Peter Phillips is expressing sadness at the death of former west central St James Member of Parliament (MP) Patrick Rosegreen.

(Trinidad Express) The position adopted by the Office of the President that only married partners be allowed to accompany invited guests, is getting the support of the Trinidad and Tobago Council of Evangelical Churches.

(Trinidad Newsday) There is no doubt that the mud volcano in Piparo will erupt.