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Dozens of volunteers were yesterday part of a clean-up campaign that cleared drains along Regent Street of a build-up of sand and garbage which was thwarting the free flow of water.

Sections of the Linden-Soesdyke Highway are to be rehabilitated to the tune of an estimated $56m.

A government team on Saturday visited Mahdia for talks on transforming the mining community into a town.

A fire last evening nearly claimed the lives of three children at Victory Valley, Linden.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has advertised drainage works for Subryan-ville in Georgetown.

President David Granger joined the children who attended the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana’s (CIOG) 21st annual fun day on Saturday.

(Trinidad Express) Today is V-Day. “V” for Voting, which some 1,099,205 electors are eligible to do.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – The German government decided to free up additional three billion euros ($3.35 billion) for federal states and municipalities to help cope with this year’s record influx of refugees and migrants, a joint statement by the ruling coalition issued yesterday said.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Still reeling from a corruption scandal that felled their president three days ago, Guatemalans voted yesterday to elect a new leader in a tight contest that is likely to head to a second-round run-off.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court has authorized prosecutors to investigate two ministers close to President Dilma Rousseff for allegedly receiving illegal campaign donations, one of them the treasurer of Rousseff’s last campaign, Brazilian media reported.

ROME, (Reuters) – Pope Francis said yesterday a meeting between Colombian and Venezuelan bishops was a clear sign of hope in a border dispute that has seen some 16,000 Colombians leave their adopted home.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chile is considering taking in dozens of families fleeing Syria’s civil war, the foreign minister was quoted as saying yesterday, as pressure on countries to welcome more refugees grew after the publication of an image of a drowned Syrian toddler.

The Ministry of Tourism says it has been inundated with consumer complaints and warned that the law governing this area will be strictly enforced effective December 1, 2015.

(MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s official account of the abduction and apparent massacre of 43 students last year does not add up, a team of international experts said yesterday, citing deep flaws in the government’s investigation and dismissing its claims that the victims were incinerated in a garbage dump.

Chairman of the Guyana Rice Development Board, Claude Housty says that government has settled all of its financial obligations with rice millers.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board president, Azim Bassarath says he disagrees with the decision to sack Denesh Ramdin as Test captain and hopes the move is not part of any plan to target Trinidadian players.

In the wake of continuing mining pit deaths, the government says efforts are ongoing to implement recommendations from a recent inquiry and the public will be advised of these.

Greeted by a small protest by opposition supporters during his first official visit to his hometown of Whim, Berbice, since the May 11 elections, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday extended an invitation to the parliamentary opposition to join a national unity government.

Police have arrested a man who they say admitted to battering an elderly woman and cutting a part of her tongue off during an attack at Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara, in late July.

Norway has urged the APNU+AFC administration to consider the merits of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) since Guyana stands to lose over $16 billion previously earmarked for the project if it fails to come up with a plan for “transformational” renewable energy sources that can be realised in the next few years.