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Former Commonwealth Secretary General Sir Shridath Ramphal has suggested that a standard textbook on civics aimed at the primary education level, should be written to provide pupils with, among other things, the understanding that differences based on race or religion should be deemed enriching.

(Trinidad Express) The Dr Keith Rowley led People’s National Movement captured 22 of the 41 constituencies to be declared winner of the 2015 General Election last night.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Four public officials have been charged for their suspected roles in the jailbreak of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the country’s federal courts system said yesterday, bringing the total number of officials charged in his escape to seven.

Newly appointed Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Guyana Jernej Videtič yesterday called on Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge, to whom he presented copies of his credentials.

CARACAS (Reuters) – A regional human rights court criticized Venezuela yesterday for forcing an opposition TV channel off the air in 2007 and told President Nicolas Maduro’s government to grant the broadcaster its old frequency.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – A comic actor rode a wave of outrage over corruption to win the most votes in Guatemala’s presidential election on Sunday and is seen as having a strong chance of winning a runoff next month.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Baptized as Roman Catholics and educated by Jesuits, Fidel and Raul Castro turned against the Church by declaring Cuba an atheist state, chasing out priests and shutting down religious schools after seizing power in a 1959 revolution.

BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) – Struggling to cope with record numbers of asylum seekers, Germany told its European partners yesterday they too must take in more refugees, as police in Hungary used pepper spray on desperate migrants who broke out of a reception center at the border.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s current economic struggles are due in part to prolonged government stimulus that must be cut back, President Dilma Rousseff said yesterday, in a rare public acknowledgment that her policies had contributed to a deep recession.

Following an announcement on Saturday last at the Community Outreach Meeting in Whim Village, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, today appointed four new Special Representatives in regions 2, 5, 6 and 10, GINA said.

At about 0820h. today, the police say that Karim Shivratan, 17 years, was shot to his chest as he went to the assistance of two persons who were being robbed at gunpoint by two men, one of whom was armed, at Agricola Public Road.

At about 2130h. last night, the police say that Baspattie, 51 years, of No.

Massy Stores is advertising supermarket positions as it prepares to enter the sector later this year or early next year, The Trinidad-based Massy conglomerate plans to open two state-of-the-art supermarkets here.

The Government of Guyana in conjunction with the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) will donate a 20-foot container of rice to the Eastern Caribbean Island of Dominica.

The Guyana Water Inc today said that cables attached to the electrical panel of the company’s Diamond Well Station were removed by vandals resulting in a water service disruption which affected customers of Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

The shareholders agreement for the Berbice Bridge Company Incorpo-rated (BBCI) has to be scrapped and replaced by one which reflects proportionality in investment, according to former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is set to begin the process of buying back its co-generation plant which was sold by the previous government in April of this year for US$30M in a deal that had raised questions.

Essequibo rice millers owe Region Two farmers over $632m and the head of the rice board says that the government has made good on all payments so there should be no problem.

In defending his government’s appointment of supporters to the position of Regional Executive Officers (REOs), Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan yesterday said that the new officers should be judged on their performance, arguing that the past REOs went about their duties in a partisan manner.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on Saturday assured that there is no political interference by the APNU+AFC government in the running of the Guyana Police Force so much so that even ministers can be locked up and charged.