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A handyman was stabbed to death yesterday morning by another man during an altercation on Cornhill Street, Georgetown, in front of the former Guyana National Cooperative Bank.

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A new funding model for development programmes in India which gives private investors a return on their investment has helped get marginalised girls in Rajasthan into the classroom, its backers said.

Businessman Ramesh Dookhoo was on Tuesday presented with the highest recognition of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, the Paul Harris Fellow Award for his contributions to the service organisation.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police served five arrest warrants and conducted search and seizure operations in three states yesterday, in the latest round of a sweeping corruption probe around state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Left-hander Leon Johnson has been named to lead a 12-man WICB President’s XI squad against touring India, in a two-day tour match starting Saturday at Warner Park.

Former President Donald Ramotar today said that a container of steel belonging to the fired specialty hospital contractor had been examined by the Guyana Revenue Authority and this is how he had arrived at the conclusion that it was valued at $800m.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two non-functioning traffic lights at the intersection of the Bypass Connector Road and St Helena Bypass Road are being blamed for the death of two pilots in a car accident yesterday afternoon.

Former Auditor-General Anand Goolsarran has called on City Hall to rescind the secret contract for the installation and operation of parking meters in Georgetown even as he pointed out that procurement laws were not followed.

An ex-convict was fatally stabbed by his girlfriend on Saturday night following an argument after both accused each another of having an affair. 

CARICOM Heads of Government will meet for their 37th Regular Meeting from today in Georgetown and observers say that a key topic for discussion will be Britain’s shock withdrawal from the European Union (EU) and its implications for the region.

While seeking to ensure a reliable electricity supply, the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) has set its sights on having over 30% of its generation from renewable energy sources by 2020, according to Board Chairman Robert Badal.

The Norwegian firm selected to review the financial model of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) has until September 1 to submit its report, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says.

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says he is waiting to be advised by the Board of the Guyana Forestry Commission on the way forward for troubled logging company Baishanlin after a no-show by reps of a Chinese State-owned firm that was supposed to take over the company.

Toolsie Persaud Timber Traders Inc has tendered an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for authorisation to undertake large-scale logging in Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni).

Attorney-General Basil Williams is in the process of reviewing the parking meters contract for Georgetown which has sparked controversy due to the secretive nature of the deal.

An overseas-based Guyanese was assaulted, tied-up and robbed by two bandits at his Number 63 Village, Corentyne home just before mid-day on Saturday.

HONG KONG/LONDON, (Reuters) – As an international tribunal prepares to rule on Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, officials in Washington, Tokyo and Southeast Asia are on tenterhooks.

President David Granger on Friday evening extended Guyana’s gratitude to the Government and people of Canada for the firm support he said that country has shown in the face of the ongoing Guyana/Venezuela border controversy.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a busy shopping area as residents celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said yesterday.

A team headed by Minister with responsibility for the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Valerie Patterson on Tuesday and Wednesday visited Suriname to inspect housing projects pursuant to a proposal from a developer there and she said she was impressed with what she saw.