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KOLKATA,  (Reuters) – Fifties from Hayley Matthews and Stafanie Taylor powered West Indies to their first women’s World Twenty20 title today, their eight-wicket win at Eden Gardens ending three-times defending champions Australia’s dominance in the tournament.

Georgetown’s newly-minted Chief Citizen Patricia Chase-Green says widening the city’s revenue base is among her immediate priorities as is ensuring that the newly-elected councillors consult with their constituencies to address their needs as part of the capital’s development.

Resource is another of the small villages along Canal Number Two Polder, West Bank Demerara.

Residents of the Rupununi in Region Nine continue to pray for rain as wells and other sources of water continue to disappear during what some have described as being the second worse drought to hit the region.

The last two weeks have seen four execution-style killings, two of which are said to be connected and this highlights that gunmen for hire are still on the prowl while underworld gangs continue to operate unfettered.

Former national footballer and Alpha United member, Manasseh Primo was jailed in New York in January this year for 10 months after admitting to the importation of cocaine into the US on June 11, 2015.

Police have arrested the prime suspect in the murder of bus driver Alvin Lorrimer, who was fatally shot at a city bus park almost two weeks ago.

Although the Dependants Pension Fund is in a sound financial position, its operations have significantly decreased and there is an urgent need for the Fund to explore new avenues for investments.

The parents of a 19-year-old Cummings Lodge resident are seeking the public’s assistance in locating their son, who has not been heard from since leaving his home last June to pursue work as a miner in the interior.

Efforts to elect Mabaruma’s first Mayor and Deputy Mayor yesterday ended in a stalemate as the APNU+AFC and PPP/C, which are evenly split on the town council each voted for their respective candidate.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is calling on Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield to investigate an incident where an overseer of the Local Authority Area allegedly refused to swear in two of the party’s members as councillors.

Despite claims by the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), there has been no appointment of a new Commissioner-General for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

A 17-year-old boy was shot in his jaw by bandits during a $7 million robbery in the Rosignol Market yesterday morning.

A would-be thief ended up behind bars yesterday after he snatched a gold band from the hand of rural constable and did not count on the chase that ensued.

PALMYRA, Syria (Reuters) – Islamic State militants retreating from Palmyra laid thousands of mines that they planned to set off simultaneously as the army moved in, a Syrian officer told Reuters in the ancient city after its recapture from the jihadist fighters.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Hundreds of Cubans protested at the Ecuadorean embassy in Cuba on Friday, a day after the Andean nation announced they would need visas to enter the country as of December 1.

Bibi Safaora Salim, the woman who was arrested for allegedly making death threats against President David Granger on Facebook, was released on station bail on Friday evening.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The FBI’s method for breaking into a locked iPhone 5c is unlikely to stay secret for long, according to senior Apple Inc engineers and outside experts.

BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) – A new wave of fighting broke out in the Nagorno-Karabakh region yesterday, killing dozens and drawing international calls for an immediate ceasefire to stop violence spreading in the South Caucasus.

A report on the Linden Town Council elections published by this newspaper yesterday under the title ‘Carwyn Holland is Linden’s new chief citizen’ inadvertently excluded Councillor Loma Moseley of the group Linden 2025 among the list of councillors.