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Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland has disallowed questions by opposition MP Anil Nandlall on the convicts who were pardoned by President David Granger, arguing that they amount to “an abuse of the right of questioning.”

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) Shaik Baksh says he had agreed to repay the cost of a vehicle that was written off following an accident when it was being driven by his son and should complete payments this month.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil may help block Venezuela from taking the rotating presidency of the Mercosur trade group this month, a senior Brazilian official said yesterday, in a bid to prevent Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from strengthening his power.

Questions persist over the nature of the expansion works underway on Carifesta Avenue and  drivers are complaining about the lack of road signs in the night to safely demarcate ongoing construction.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces fired teargas at protesters chanting “We want food!”

A forensic audit of the company that publishes the state paper, the Guyana Chronicle has found that there was poor oversight of trade receivables with $102M outstanding at the end of May 2015.

BERLIN/ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkey recalled its ambassador to Germany yesterday in protest against a parliament resolution declaring the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a genocide at a time when Europe is looking for Ankara’s help in the migrant crisis.

An action plan has been developed to treat the outbreak of gastroenteritis in the community of Baramita, Region One, GINA said yesterday.

The police yesterday arrested two men wanted in connection with murders.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Errol Williams, one of the men accused of killing fireman Patrick Daly in 2009, began yesterday with the testimonies of two witnesses.

Residents of Campbellville and Sophia will soon get  relief from a  disruption in water supply as contractors are working to replace the transmission main from Duncan Street to Vlissengen Road.

A Port Kaituma man has been remanded to prison after he was charged with unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Music superstar Prince, who was found dead in his home in a Minneapolis suburb in late April, died of an accidental, self-administered overdose of an opioid painkiller, the county medical examiner said in a death report yesterday.

The Bright Up Guyana competition was judged on May 29, 2016 and the Ministry of Agriculture shone in two categories.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador prosecutors yesterday asked Congress to allow the government to investigate the country’s ambassador to Germany for illegal arms sales during his time in the Defense Ministry.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica got substantially more backing for development from the People’s Republic of China than any other country or funding agency, with an estimated J$103 billion of loans and grants from the Asian powerhouse spread across nearly a dozen projects.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lambasted Donald Trump’s foreign policy platform as “dangerously incoherent” in a speech yesterday that cast her Republican rival as both a frightening and laughable figure.

BODO/ABUJA, Nigeria,(Reuters) – Militants launched new attacks in the Niger Delta yesterday, vowing to bring Nigeria’s struggling oil industry to a total halt, and the president cancelled a long-awaited visit to the region.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica needs to know within three months whether Venezuela is prepared to go ahead with upgrading the Petrojam oil refinery on Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC-The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) today announced the schedule for India’s Caribbean tour, which was thrown into jeopardy after the regional side pulled out of a series on the sub continent nearly two years ago.