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The Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) last Tuesday met with Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan and a high-level security team on its concerns over the recent Camp Street Prison fire and prison breakouts, which it says has undermined public confidence in the government’s ability to ensure public security.

A second businessman has been taken into custody as part of the continuing investigation into the discovery of the illegal airstrip and aircraft found earlier this month close to Santa Fe, in Region Nine.

Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo says he is ready to defend his government’s record on Amerindian issues after accusations that the former PPP/C government stifled the ability of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) to act.

ROCKPORT, Texas (Reuters) – The most powerful storm to hit Texas in more than 50 years has killed at least one person and is now threatening catastrophic flooding as search and rescue teams deploy to the hardest-hit zones, authorities said yesterday.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela held nationwide armed forces exercises yesterday, calling on civilians to join reserve units to defend against a possible attack after US President Donald Trump warned of a “military option” for the crisis-hit country.

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) troops on Friday completed the two week-long tactical field exercise ‘Ironweed,’ which President David Granger said has served to reaffirm the army’s readiness to protect the country’s territorial integrity and to meet any threat that may arise.

PANCHKULA, India (Reuters) – Indian authorities have arrested hundreds of people and cancelled more than 300 trains passing through two northern states after at least 29 people were killed in violent protests following the conviction of a self-styled ‘godman’.

(Jamaica Observer) The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, in condemning two shooting attacks in Clarendon that left two children and a woman dead, urged Jamaicans to speak out against perpetrators.

Acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine on Friday told the more than two hundred new policemen and women and new Junior Officers that professionalism and quality of service are key as they embark upon their new journey with the police force.

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh/YANGON (Reuters) – Thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar are trying to cross the border with Bangladesh, Bangladeshi security officials said yesterday, as fresh fighting erupted in Myanmar’s northwestern Rakhine state.

PARIS (Reuters) – Most French voters are now dissatisfied with Emmanuel Macron’s performance, a poll showed today, marking a dramatic turnaround for a president who basked in a landslide election victory less than four months ago.

Police in ‘F’ Division last week concluded a two-week back to school project which saw several students receiving school uniforms and other school items for the new school year, which begins next week.

MACEIÓ, Brazil (Reuters) – Thousands have turned out to see leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on his marathon bus tour of impoverished northeast states, the region where Brazil’s first working-class leader was born and where he has maintained the most support.

TAL AFAR, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces raised the national flag yesterday in the heart of Tal Afar, Islamic State’s stronghold in the country’s northwest, and said they were poised to take full control of the city after a week-long offensive.

Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is allowing its customers to submit their own meter readings via the Whatapp messaging service.

The police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 3.30 this morning on the Goed Fortuin Public Road, WBD that resulted in the death of Joseph James, 42, a labourer of Walter Terrace, West La Penitence Georgetown.

Deeply concerned over the prisons and security in general, the Private Sector Commission on Tuesday met Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan and a high level security team.

Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo has labelled the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into African ancestral lands and other land matters as a political gimmick that is threatening to set back race relations for many years to come.

Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday nominated former Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman Joe Singh to take charge of the country’s electoral machinery once again as part of his latest slate of nominees for the post.

Discontent over the government’s handling of the mining sector has seen     the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Associa-tion (GGDMA) and the nascent mining syndicates joining forces to boycott this year’s mining week, which began on Sunday.