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The World Bank recently approved a US$15 million Development Policy Credit and Loan (DPC/DPL) for Grenada.

NAYPYITAW/HINTHADA, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar’s ruling party conceded defeat yesterday in a general election as the opposition led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi appeared on course for a landslide victory that could ensure it forms the next government.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured US President Barack Obama yesterday that he remained committed to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as they sought to mend ties strained by acrimony over Middle East diplomacy and Iran.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Somalia has transformed itself from a “failed to recovering state” in recent years, but any cutbacks in support for it could spark a new exodus of refugees from the conflict-torn Horn of Africa nation, the UN Somalia envoy said yesterday.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombia’s leftist FARC rebels yesterday rejected a proposed law under debate in the Andean country’s Congress for creating a plebiscite to give the voters final approval over any peace plan.

N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad has declared a state of emergency in the Lake Chad region after a series of raids and suicide bombings there by militant Islamist group Boko Haram, the government said yesterday.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said yesterday he would open a national debate to review the country’s marijuana laws ahead of a key United Nations meeting next year, following a landmark court ruling.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil is planning to tax home owners who rent out properties or rooms on the online home-rental marketplace Airbnb Inc ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a tourism official said yesterday.

(Reuters) – West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine has been reported for a suspect bowling action during Saturday’s third and final one-dayer against Sri Lanka, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said.

The PPP today said that it was dissatisfied with a meeting it held with the Guyana Elections Commission on Tuesday as only one of eight matters raised was addressed satisfactorily, The PPP press release follows: A delegation representing the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) led by its General Secretary, Clement Rohee, met with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Tuesday, November 3, 2015.

While it welcomes the move to give the revenue authority access to the banking data of citizens, the Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) has written to the government urging it to take parallel steps for data protection and privacy rights.

HINTHADA, Myanmar, (Reuters) – The acting chairman of Myanmar’s ruling party said he would accept the result of the country’s first free national election in 25 years, as he conceded defeat today to Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition.

In 2010, then President Bharrat Jagdeo had proposed a judicial solution to end the border controversy to then Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, former Guyana Facilitator to the Good Officer process Ralph Ramkarran has disclosed.

A woman died and her husband sustained injuries after the Canter they were in ran off the Demerara Harbour Bridge yesterday morning.

Just about 33% of school-aged children in Baramita, Region One attend school and many youngsters between the ages of 10 to 16 years work in the goldfields, Minister of Indigenous Peoples Affairs Sydney Allicock has said.

The three persons who were injured in the hit-and-run on Saturday night are currently in stable condition and are recovering while the family of the woman who died is unsure as to how the investigation into the accident is going.

Winston Collins was on Friday charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

Sidewalks will be constructed along the main access road in Corriverton, Region Six (Upper Berbice/Upper Corentyne) before the end of May 2016, Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson says.

(Jamaica Observer) The family of Bob Marley is to make children of the late reggae icon available to compare DNA samples with that of singer Fabian Marley, who has been claiming publicly for the past two years to have been sired by the world-renowned artiste.

President and Commander-in-Chief David Granger yesterday announced the return of a fixed annual State subvention for the Guyana Veterans’ Legion.