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The Police say they are investigating the murder of Mintie Karamchand, 40, a waitress of Lot 19 Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje, Berbice, which occurred today at the said address, allegedly by her reputed husband who is currently being pursued by a team comprising police and civilians, in the Canje River.

The intentions expressed by Opposition Leader, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, to advance private criminal action against People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Parliamentarians who breached the provisions of the Integrity Commission Act, are being acted on, a release from Jagdeo’s office said this afternoon.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Trump administration today made its final plea to the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Tropical Storm Bret is being indirectly blamed for the death of a 43-year-old construction worker in East Trinidad yesterday.

Former accountant of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Peter Ramcharran was yesterday arrested in Canada following collaborative efforts between the Guyanese and Canadian law enforcement authorities.

The preliminary report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Education Sector has called for several changes in the way in which education is administered in Guyana.

Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams SC yesterday denied that he was the author of  an email in circulation about the next general elections and the judiciary among other things.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has expressed disappointment at the failure of the government to establish the Local Government Commission (LGC), even as the party has been given up to the end of June to submit possible nominees to the Leader of the Opposition.

President of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Lincoln Lewis launched a scathing on former President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday whilst speaking at the Albion/ Port Mourant Rally and March organised by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) to express solidarity with sugar workers (see other story on page 16).

The former Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport on Monday reluctantly admitted to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that he had authorized the deposit of $106 million made out to a contractor into a Special Projects account, rather than having it placed into the Consolidated Fund.

Herman George, 21, was yesterday sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for the 2012 unlawful killing of his aunt’s husband, Michael Williams.

Dr Rupert Roopnaraine may have been removed from his post as Minister of Education over the failure to complete a revision of the Education Act and provide adequate support to the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Education Sector.

Residents in some parts of the South Rupununi, (Region Nine)  are on flood alert as heavy rains in the area have caused the Rupununi River to rise.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – In eight months as the head of South Africa’s anti-graft agency, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, has avoided the limelight, a break from her predecessor whose dogged pursuit of corruption cases against President Jacob Zuma made her a household name.

The trial of former Attorney General Anil Nandlall, who is charged with fraudulently converting over $2 million in Law Reports which were allegedly the property of the Ministry of Legal Affairs, commenced yesterday with evidence by the accounts clerk and the former stores clerk.

CANCUN, Mexico, (Reuters) – Governments from across the Americas yesterday chastised Venezuela’s socialist leadership for its handling of a political and economic crisis, prompting the OPEC nation’s foreign minister to call the critics “lapdogs of imperialism.”

According to Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI), Geoffrey Vaughn, the first phase of the works on the Kitty seawall sinkhole is yet to be completed because of the inclement weather.

Sugar workers yesterday march-ed  from the Albion estate to Port Mourant, Corentyne in solidarity with the employees of the other estates which are expected to be closed or privatized, as part of the government’s White Paper on the industry.

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga., (Reuters) – Republican Karen Handel won a hotly contested Georgia congressional race yesterday, CNN reported, fending off a Democratic challenge in a race that was widely seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump.

A meeting scheduled for next month could offer a new beginning for APNU members, according to Working People’s Alliance (WPA) executive member, David Hinds who said on Monday that while the party is committed to making the government work, some of its members are calling for disengagement.