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With over 80 persons from both the public and private sectors responding to the National Procurement and Tender Administration’s (NPTA) call for additional evaluators of government contracts, the agency yesterday announced that payment will be upped from $3000 per contract.

LONDON,(Reuters) – Afghanistan and Ireland will join the ranks of full test-playing nations after receiving the backing of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) conference on Thursday.

Guyana will soon begin rolling out its electronic payment system, scrapping its old paper method, as it yesterday formally clinched a US$6M loan from the World Bank.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday  he did not make and does not possess any tapes of his conversations with James Comey, after suggesting last month that he might have recordings that could damage the former FBI director.

SBM Offshore yesterday  announced that ExxonMobil has formally confirmed the award of contracts for the next phase of the Liza project in Guyana.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Supreme Court handed a setback to the Trump administration yesterday by making it harder for the government to strip immigrants of U.S.

Swift action by a Community Policing Group (CPG) on Wednesday night led to the arrest of a driver who was moments before involved in the robbery of a Kuru Kururu labourer at Mon Repos on the East Coast of Demerara.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans yesterday unveiled legislation that would replace Obamacare with a plan that scales back aid to the poor and kills a tax on the wealthy, but the bill’s fate was quickly thrown into question as several senators voiced skepticism.

Paddy production for the first crop this year is up by 26% over last year although exports are down over the same period.

JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s top court ruled yesterday that secret ballots may be held for motions of no confidence in parliament, a potential blow to the tenure of beleaguered President Jacob Zuma who said such a vote would be unfair.

The governments of Guyana and Colombia on Wednesday  signed an `Agreement on Mutual Exemption of Visa for Holders of Ordinary Passports’, a release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here said yesterday.

BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Children living in hundreds of orphanages in Haiti suffer sexual and physical abuse and some are trafficked into orphanages for profit, according to a charity founded by “Harry Potter” author J.K.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A justice at Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court has delivered to the country’s top prosecutor the bulk of an investigation into allegations that Presi-dent Michel Temer took bribes in exchange for political favours doled out to meatpacker JBS SA.

The Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE)  will be prioritising applicants for the September 2017 intake as it expects to have far more applicants than places.

CANCUN, Mexico  (Reuters) – The Organization of American States failed on Wednesday to issue a formal declaration condemning Venezuela’s government for its handling of the political and economic crisis in the South American country, despite a last-minute push by Mexico and the United States.

LISBON,  (Reuters) – A Portuguese judge has ruled that corruption and money laundering charges brought by prosecutors against Angolan Vice President Manuel Vicente were valid and all suspects in the case, which has angered Angolan authorities, should stand trial.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan troops yesterday fired what appeared to be rubber bullets at protesters as they attacked the perimeter of an airbase, and a demonstrator was killed, bringing the death toll to at least 76 in unrest since April.

The Ministry of Education yesterday notified all School Administrators, DCEOs, ACEOs, REDOs, DEOs, School Boards and Headteachers across the country that any exams scheduled for Monday June 26, 2017 be rescheduled.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice on Thursday to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Britain’s separation of the Chagos archipelago from Mauritius more than 50 years ago.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – The liberalization of marijuana laws is fueling drug trafficking but Cuba will not follow the trend of loosening restrictions on marijuana, a government official said yesterday.