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(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith on Sunday night confirmed that the board of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the South American country’s oil and gas company, has filed a lawsuit in relation to Kingston’s forcible takeover of its 49 per cent stake in local oil refinery Petrojam.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration yesterday cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, after Trump blasted the three countries because thousands of their citizens had sought asylum at the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) A re­port car­ried by a pan-Latin Amer­i­can news or­gan­i­sa­tion, Panam Post, is stat­ing that Venezue­lan pres­i­dent Nico­las Maduro has giv­en Rus­sia two gas de­posits near to Trinidad and To­ba­go.

A man was granted his release on $70,000 bail yesterday after he denied a possession of cannabis charge in a city court.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The largest-known U.S. uranium deposit will remain firmly under ground after the Supreme Court yesterday upheld Virginia’s ban on mining the radioactive metal, rebuffing a challenge backed by President Donald Trump’s administration to the 1982 moratorium.

A 25-year-old Corentyne man was last night fatally stabbed at Limlair Village, Corentyne.

The Police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Keegan Boston, 60, a security guard attached to Cummings Electrical Company located at  83 Garnett Street, Campbellville, Georgetown and of 520 East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown, which occurred at his place of work between 23:00h on 2019/06/15 and 06:15h on 2019/06/16.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – A Vatican document today said the Church should consider ordaining older married men as priests in remote areas of the Amazon, a historic shift which some say could pave the way for their use in other areas where clergy are scarce.

(Jamaica Gleaner) With Ghana commemorating 400 years since the first African slave was shipped from its shores, the president of the West African country, Nana Akufo-Addo, has offered an invitation to Jamaicans to come share in activities taking place in that country to mark the occasion.

(Jamaica Gleaner) As a young budding footballer who represented Jamaica College in Under-14 and Under-16 football competitions, Richard Byfield’s big dream was to make the Reggae Boyz team one day.

(Trinidad Newsday) The Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha is concerned about Venezuelan migrants entering the country with Hindu marriage licences issued by a pundit in central Trinidad.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has rejected claims that his Administration is moving to introduce same-sex marriage through the back door.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered that the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) biomethanation plant cease operation after complaints by residents of wastewater from the plant constantly invading their yards and the roadways.

With a number of measles outbreaks worldwide and reported cases in nearby Venezuela and Brazil, the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) is urging members of the public to get vaccinated against the disease.

Various stakeholders in Berbice are calling for an immediate, independent investigation after recent allegations against a member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) leader-ship, who has been accused of running corruption rackets in ‘B’ Division (Berbice) aided by some junior ranks.

Managing Director of the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) Joel Simpson was attacked and beaten by six men early yesterday morning as he was waiting to purchase food at Bourda Market, hours after being harassed by the same group of men at the Palm Court nightclub.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry’s (GBTI) 2018 results was impacted by the default of the Government of Barbados which stopped payments on its external debt.

A Richmond Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast resident is now dead after he lost control of the motorcycle he was riding and crashed into a culvert on Saturday night.

In recent days several policemen have spoken anonymously to this newspaper about corruption associated with a senior policeman who was previously stationed in Berbice but is now assigned to Georgetown.

While the Linden Blue Lake investors have retained legal counsel and have written to NICIL about correspondence threatening to rescind the lease for the project, their attorney, Jerome Khan, believes that an amicable resolution will be had.