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SAN JUAN,  (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s embattled governor will name the island’s former representative in the U.S.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction of a number of police Divisional Headquarters across Guyana including at  Anna Regina, Mabaruma, Fort Wellington and Mahdia.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles early yesterday, the South Korean military said, only days after it launched two other missiles intended to pressure South Korea and the United States to stop upcoming military drills.

(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union yesterday asked a federal judge to stop the Trump administration’s ongoing separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico

A youth accused of possession of a stolen motorcycle was granted his release on bail yesterday after denying the charge.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Communist-run Cuba yesterday imposed sweeping price controls on all state and private businesses as it battles a deepening economic crisis and mounting U.S.

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sold as a teenager into the sex trade which she endured for nearly four decades, Uruguayan Sandra Ferrini will see her onetime dream of exposing the hell she suffered become reality on Tuesday at the country’s first anti-human trafficking march.

The Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) will be piloted in 11 schools starting September 2019, according to a release on Monday from the Ministry of Education.

Ten students from junior secondary schools in Georgetown began a five-week paid internship on Monday July 22, with several private sector Information and Communications Technology (ICT) enterprises in Georgetown   According to a Ministry of Public Telecommunications (MoPT) release, the internship is a direct spin-off of a “Travelling Symposium” that the Ministry conducted last March with an outreach to the St Mary’s, Lodge, Carmel, Queens-town and Charlestown Secondary Schools. 

WASHINGTON/BRASILIA/SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday said he will pursue a U.S.

DAR ES SALAAM, (Reuters) – Tanzanian police said yesterday they had arrested a prominent investigative journalist and were looking into his citizenship in another case triggering concern over press freedom under President John Magufuli’s rule.

Several persons have been questioned as the police continue to probe the murder of well-known Guyhoc Park mechanic Reginald Atherly, who was shot on Saturday when bandits invaded his home.

NEW YORK,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Dozens of young adults visiting the United States in recent years under a cultural exchange visa programme have become victims of human trafficking, according to research released on Tuesday that said the program was riddled with abuses and exploitation.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Former Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes has been granted Nicaraguan citizenship, according to a decree published yesterday in the Nicaraguan government registry, likely hobbling El Salvador’s efforts to bring him home to face charges of embezzlement and money laundering.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s parliament approved a bill yesterday outlawing the centuries-old right of a Muslim man to instantly divorce his wife, drawing accusations of government interference in a community matter.

Senior Magistrate Leron Daly yesterday said that she will be conducting the trial of Maryann Daby on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.

(Trinidad Express) Akani “Dole” Adams died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds according to an autopsy done yesterday at the Forensic Science Cen-tre, St James, but Adams’ mother Chandradaye Maraj-Adams is having a second autopsy done privately at a funeral home in Belmont.

NEW YORK,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Dozens of young adults visiting the United States in recent years under a cultural exchange visa programme have become victims of human trafficking, according to research released on Tuesday that said the program was riddled with abuses and exploitation.

Roger Khan, who was released from a US prison almost one month ago after serving near to ten years of a 15-year sentence for drug trafficking is expected to be back in Guyana within the next two to three weeks once the request for the issuance of his emergency travel documents is approved.

(Trinidad Express) With their savings stolen by thieves who shot and killed Moruga grandmother Merle Singh-Subero, her family said they do not have money for her funeral expenses.