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(Trinidad Guardian) This country’s high murder rate continues to be driven primarily by gang and drug-related activities and a study has shown there are more than 100 gangs operating in T&T, according to the US State Department’s 2017 crime and safety report.

Town Clerk Royston King has told Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan that the suspension of the city’s metered parking system would amount to a breach of contract, for which the municipality would have to compensate contractor Smart City Solutions (SCS).

Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence’s emergency drug purchases for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are not transparent, according to Trans-parency Institute of Guyana Inc.

Three Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldiers have been dismissed following the allegation made against them earlier in the year that they raped a teenager at an army base.

The trial of former PPP/C public service minister Dr Jennifer Westford and her former aide Margaret Cummings, who are charged with the alleged theft of over $600 million from the government, continued yesterday with testimony from Peter Moore, the Chief Accountant at the Ministry of the Presidency.

The Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) has voiced concerns to a visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission about increased taxation, the declining value of the Guyanese dollar and uncertainty about the direction of the economy.

Amid high numbers of deaths, the Ministry of Public Health yesterday launched a $1.6b IDB-funded maternal and child health (MCH) improvement project.

  A fight resulting from an apparent love triangle landed two women before a city court yesterday.

As the US$20M SleepIn Hotel and Carnival Casino prepares to submit a new application for a casino licence, its staff say they are eager to not only showcase skills learned and provide the services offered by the entity but to “really start working” for their money.

As the public protest over the metered parking system entered its seventh week, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure yesterday pointed out that meters were placed along streets that do not fall under the City Council.

USAID’s General Development Office Director, Ted Lawrence, and Guyana’s Attorney General, Basil Williams, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will govern an impact evaluation of USAID’s Youth Empowerment Services (YES) programme.

By its constant and excessive allegations, the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) has succeeded in polarising society and presenting the impression that it lacks the political judgement and skills needed to succeed in its mandate.

A fuel supplier was yesterday granted bail by a city magistrate after denying fraudulently converting over $2 million in fuel.

A team from Norway met with Minister of Natural Resources (MNR) Raphael Trotman on Wednesday but a press release issued by his ministry yesterday on the meeting made no mention of the controversial Amaila Falls Hydro Power Project (AFHP) which the public has been expecting answers on.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s first budget outline, calling for a security-heavy realignment of federal spending, drew resistance yesterday from his fellow Republicans in the U.S.

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ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghana’s main opposition party and radio phone-in callers slammed new President Nana Akufo-Addo yesterday for naming an ‘elephant size’ team of 110 ministers and deputies despite a campaign promise to cut government waste.

(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Edmund Dillon on Wednesday express-ed deep concern following the discovery of WPC Nyasha Joseph’s body, but urged the population not to give up hope in the fight against crime.

  (Jamaica Observer) Two police officers who were alleged to be members of a police “death squad” were on Wednesday freed of murder and wounding charges after they were found not guilty in the Home Circuit Court.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The leaders of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee issued a bipartisan statement yesterday rejecting President Donald Trump’s assertion that the Obama administration tapped his phones during the 2016 presidential campaign.