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LONDON,  (Reuters) – Scientists are a step closer to being able to cure the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever after two experimental drugs showed survival rates of as much as 90% in a clinical trial in Congo.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) says it on August 8 deployed a 3G site at the Diamond, East Bank Demerara to provide services following the collapse of its cell site tower in July, resulting in the full restoration of all services affected in the area.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A judge ordered a former Mexican Cabinet minister to be detained pending a trial over suspected losses to taxpayers, her lawyer said yesterday, opening a new front in President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s campaign to eradicate corruption.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s airport resumed operations yesterday, rescheduling hundreds of flights that had been disrupted over the past two days as protesters clashed with riot police in a deepening crisis in the Chinese-controlled city.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General William Barr ordered the removal of the warden at the federal jail where financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in an apparent suicide while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, the Justice Department said yesterday, after condemning “serious irregularities” at the facility.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Min­is­ter and Po­lit­i­cal Leader of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) Dr Kei­th Row­ley has re­voked the ap­point­ment of Mar­lene Mc­Don­ald as the deputy po­lit­i­cal leader of the PNM.

Guyana’s Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Riyad Insanally, recently talked up the economic prospects the  country offered following the discovery of vast oil and gas reserves offshore.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s domestic passenger vehicle sales in July dived at the steepest pace in nearly two decades, an auto industry body said yesterday, as a financing crunch deepened a crisis in the country’s autos sector and triggered large-scale job losses.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentina’s peso closed weaker again yesterday following a second day of market turmoil triggered by opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez’s landslide victory in a primary election that dealt a severe blow to President Mauricio Macri’s re-election chances.

While the Ministry of Education prepares to release the results of the various Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations today, School of the Nations is proclaiming an 86% pass rate at the Cambridge-administered International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE).

Three bandits armed with a gun and two cutlasses invaded the home of a Port Mourant family and badly assaulted them during the course of a robbery.

(Trinidad Guardian) One man is dead and an­oth­er in­jured dur­ing a dri­ve-by shoot­ing near the bas­ket­ball court in Mar­aval just a stone’s throw away from Diego Mar­tin East MP of­fice Colm Im­bert.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Scientists are a step closer to being able to cure the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever after two experimental drugs showed survival rates of as much as 90% in a clinical trial in Congo.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The mother of a 15-year-old boy charged with breaches of the Firearms Act is expressing fear after releasing a video in which she blasted the police for shooting her son five times on Emancipation Day.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Po­lice Sergeant was ar­rest­ed on Sun­day night af­ter he al­leged­ly at­tacked his wife in­side a po­lice sta­tion where she went to make a re­port that he had threat­ened to kill her.

A mason has been charged with the murder of taxi-driver Owayne Lynch, who was found dead at Mocha Arcadia, on the East Bank of Demerara last week.

UK petroleum company, Tullow, yesterday announced the discovery of oil in commercial quantities in the Orinduik Block, underlining the vast resources in the Guyana Basin and increased projected wealth for the country.

Governing coalition partners APNU and the AFC have agreed that their ground-breaking Cummingsburg Accord should be revised and this process could be completed within four weeks of the most recent meeting.

A family outing at a farm at Coverden, East Bank Demerara ended in tragedy yesterday with the electrocution of a father of three.

The widow of Kurt Duncan, the Sophia man who was fatally shot by an ex-policeman two weeks ago during a scuffle at Seeta’s Bar, is appealing to the suspect’s family to encourage him to turn himself into the police so that justice can prevail.