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Fly Jamaica Airways is continuing to face criticism for poor customer relations amidst daily flight cancellations.

The presidential candidate hopefuls for the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) will tomorrow and Friday make their pitches to its Central Committee on why they should lead the party into the next general and regional elections, according to Executive Secretary Zulfikar Mustapha.

Bandits early yesterday morning broke into the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara office and carted off a metal safe containing $600,000 cash.

Sharmila Inderjali and Maryanna Lionel, who are on trial after allegedly offering a policeman $4 million in cash to release the accused in the murder of Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt, were yesterday both called upon to lead a defence to the charge against them.

Lakeram Puran, the driver who allegedly struck down and killed pedal cyclist Rodwell Imanuel James on New Year’s Day along the Coldingen Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara was yesterday released on a sum of $350,000 bail after he was charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Police yesterday found and destroyed thousands of marijuana plants that were being grown at 10 Miles, Millie’s Hideout, Upper Demerara River.

Two women are in police custody following the discovery of 23 grammes of cocaine in a home they both occupied.

The National Assembly last Thursday passed amendments to the legislation governing nursing and midwifery, which Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence said will improve the welfare of practitioners.

Grenada’s new Attorney General is Guyanese national Darshan Ramdhani who was sworn into office yesterday at the Office of the Governor General in St George’s, Grenada according to reports out of Grenada.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump called on Congress yesterday to give him $5.7 billion this year to help build a wall on the U.S.

Nearly four months after he was sent on leave to facilitate an investigation, General Manager Sherod Duncan is still at home awaiting a decision from the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL).

Two women are in police custody following the discovery of 23 grammes of cocaine in a home they both occupied.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government suffered a defeat in parliament yesterday when lawmakers who oppose leaving the European Union without an accord won a vote that created a new obstacle to a no-deal Brexit.

Major infrastructural work is slated to commence soon in the Sophia Housing Scheme, Greater Georgetown by the Central Housing and Planning Authority.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil has pulled out of a United Nations pact on dealing with rising migration, joining the United States and a growing number of countries in rejecting the agreement, a Brazilian diplomat with direct knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.

The preliminary trial of Abdul Imran Khan, who is accused of attempting to murder a Palm Court nightclub patron last October, is expected to commence in two weeks.

WASHINGTON/CARACAS, (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions that target a Venezuelan currency exchange network scheme that siphoned off billions of dollars to corrupt insiders of the Venezuelan government, the U.S.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s National Security Adviser Augusto Heleno said yesterday that right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro had not offered to host a U.S.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Regional Health Services, in its effort to focus on preventative health care practices, will soon be providing the residents of Agatash, Four Miles and surrounding districts with improved health services.

(Trinidad Express) New security measures are to be implemented to ensure the safety of all tourists, including cruise passengers, who visit this country.