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OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada’s government is doing a bad job of weeding out fraudulent citizenship applications and this means ineligible people can obtain Canadian passports, the country’s top watchdog said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said on Monday it was “quite likely” that the contractor—Brazilian firm Construtora OAS—will have to be fired from the multi-billion-dollar Point Fortin Highway extension project.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s top prosecutor has asked the Supreme Court to open an investigation of President Dilma Rousseff for trying to obstruct a massive corruption probe involving state-run oil firm Petrobras, Globo News reported yesterday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC-Lowly ranked West Indies have experienced an 11 point slide and are in danger of replacing Bangladesh at the bottom of the table in the ICC test team rankings.

The Council of the University of Guyana (UG) today announced that Professor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith has accepted its offer to become Principal and Vice-Chancellor.

Imran Khan, a Director on the Board of NCN has resigned over the board’s decision to appoint Lennox Cornette as Chief Executive Officer.

(Trinidad Guardian) The common-law wife of former Centrin worker David Francis broke down in tears yesterday after she was given the go ahead to cremate her husband after a High Court judge discharged an injunction filed by Francis’ estranged wife.

The Steering Committee on Constitutional Reform (SCCR) sees the completion of the entire process within 18 months and it has recommended a reduction of immunities for the President, limiting the powers to prorogue or dissolve Parliament and excluding the Attorney General from Cabinet so the holder of that office remains unbiased and impartial.

A former goalkeeper is now dead and two of his children are injured after he lost control of the car he was driving along the roadway at Bamia, Linden-Soesdyke Highway yesterday afternoon.

Four bandits, each armed with a gun, broke into a home at Number 43 Village, Corentyne, Berbice in the wee hours of yesterday and terrorized the family before making off with $1.1 million, US$4,000, SRD$13,000, approximately $1.5 million in jewellery, two iPhones worth $240,000, one Samsung Galaxy worth $85,000 and one laptop worth $55,000.

The police on Sunday evening arrested a second individual, who they believe is the prime suspect in the fatal shooting and stabbing to death of Parika fuel dealer Seeram Singh.

Eureka Medical Laboratories (EML) on Saturday launched its solar-powered building and President David Granger said that the private sector has an important role to play in advancing Government’s efforts to undertake in pursuit of a green economy.

The police will today be seeking legal advice on the way forward in relation to the three suspects in custody in connection to the robbery at the Ramada Princess Casino on Friday morning.

Two persons including an aircraft loader of Trans Guyana Airways were arrested on Sunday afternoon at the Ogle Airport after they allegedly attempted to smuggle less than two kilogrammes of marijuana onto an outgoing flight.

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) yesterday welcomed President David Granger’s declaration that the government won’t interfere in the state media.

The man who brutally stabbed waitress Michelle Drennon almost three weeks ago has contacted her family twice last week, offering compensation in order to settle the matter.

The newly formed council of the Bartica municipality is expecting to garner $64 million in revenue annually from various sources and services in Bartica.

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) is working to ensure that an acceptable standard of broadcast is delivered to the public, Chairman Leonard Craig said last week.

Five months after the government’s plan to impose a ban on the importation of used tyres was announced in the national budget, several businessmen in the local used tyre industry have formed an association and started a petition opposing the ban.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition said it delivered 1.85 million signatures to the country’s elections authority yesterday as part of the process of seeking a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro.