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Residents, particularly the youths of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, will now benefit from a new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Hub, which was on Saturday officially opened at the Community Centre.

MAPUTO,  (Reuters) – Mozambique’s Attorney General has filed a legal complaint against officials and state-owned companies involved in securing $2 billion in loans that were not approved by parliament or disclosed publicly, her office said on Monday.

Richard Daly, who was accused of forging a cheque for $820,000, was placed on bail last Friday after denying the charge.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Scientists have assembled the most complete human genome to be mapped with a single technology using a new pocket-size portable DNA sequencer, which they say could one day make genome mapping quick and simple enough to do at home.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, who pitched himself as the “son” of Hugo Chavez to appeal to voters ahead of his 2013 presidential win, has all but scrubbed mention of the late socialist leader from his campaign for re-election this year.

  A miner was remanded to prison on Friday after he was charged with wounding another man.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos yesterday suspended peace talks with Marxist ELN rebels after a series of bombings over the weekend killed seven police officers and injured dozens.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The top U.S. communications regulator, wireless companies and some lawmakers oppose an idea by members of President Donald Trump’s national security team for the government to build a 5G wireless network to counter China spying on phone calls.

(Barbados Nation) Minister of Tourism and International Transport Richard Sealy has announced a new partnership with Copa Airlines from his offices in Two Mile Hill, St Michael.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – New dengue vaccines being developed by Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co Ltd and U.S.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The International Labour Organization has cancelled a visit to Venezuela that was due this week to investigate a complaint brought against President Nicolas Maduro’s by the country’s leading business group, the ILO said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The man found dead in the back seat of a car submerged in the Usine/Ste Madeleine reservoir on Monday has been identified as 25-year-old Richard Beharry.

An intelligence-led operation on the West Coast of Berbice this morning by a party of police, commanded by a Senior Superintendent, has resulted in the arrest of a 20-year-old driver of East Canje, Berbice with 9.07kilograms (22 pounds) of cannabis.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prison officers fearing for their lives have started staying away from duty in the wake of the murder of their colleague Davendra Boodooram, who was killed after leaving work at the Port-of-Spain State Prison on Friday.

Government has decided that there will be a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the deaths of hundreds of persons during the unprecedented six-year crime wave here from 2002 and the members of the commission will be named this week, Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday said.

An event yesterday to officially open foot path bridges in Alexander Village saw a public outcry from residents in the area for government and City Hall to address an over 25-year-old flooding issue there.

Georgetown’s Mayor Patricia Chase-Green yesterday accused Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan of meddling in City Hall’s business and urged that he try to engage with her and the council more frequently before pronouncing on M&CC matters.

“Come back home early, okay” is the last thing Hemchand ‘Rakesh’ Dalchand, the 20-year-old man who was found dead on Oleander Gardens Public Road, heard from his mother before he left his home on Saturday evening.

Prior to opening fire on a group of people playing dominoes in Mahaica last night and injuring two, the shooter attempted to drive over one of the victims with his bus, an eyewitness said while recalling hiding as a hail of bullets rained.

When Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge and his delegation meet with Indian officials this week, Georgetown will be taking up New Delhi’s  offer of support for the restructuring of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the sugar industry, Minister of State Joseph Harmon says.