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Accused Joseph Kaladin, who is on trial for killing his brother, yesterday testified that it was his brother who attacked him with a broken rum bottle and he in turn only tried to disarm him.

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has asked some 20 senior personnel of the Guyana Revenue Authority, who combined have accumulated over 600 days of annual leave, to proceed on leave so that they can “recharge their batteries.”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Cuban flag was raised over Havana’s embassy in Washington yesterday for the first time in 54 years as the United States and Cuba formally restored relations, opening a new chapter of engagement between the former Cold War foes.

UNITED NATIONS/DUBAI (Reuters) – The UN Security Council yesterday backed Iran’s nuclear agreement with world powers but the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guards attacked the resolution, underlining powerful opposition to the deal.

VALPARAISO, Chile (Reuters) – President Michelle Bachelet’s push to relax strict abortion laws in socially conservative Chile has created a rift inside her ruling coalition and key elements of the reform are likely to be scratched.

Guyana has written to the Secretary General of the United Nations indicating that after 25 years of the Good Officer process in the Venezuela border controversy this government is looking for other mechanisms which will bring relief.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Three executives of Brazil’s Camargo Correa group were convicted yesterday of money laundering, corruption and other charges, the first construction-industry executives to be sentenced in a giant price fixing and bribery scandal involving state-run oil company Petrobras.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan ramped up its criticism of China’s land reclamation and offshore platforms in disputed seas today in a hastily revised annual defence report.

LIMA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Peruvian prosecutors plan to visit Brazil this month to gather evidence of bribery on a transcontinental highway project, Peru’s attorney general said in an interview, adding to regional fallout from the biggest corruption scandal in Brazil’s history.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama yesterday offered strong support for Nigeria’s new president, Muhammadu Buhari, saying he had a “clear agenda” for defeating the militant Islamist group Boko Haram and was working to root out corruption.

The Management of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it sees it necessary at this time for Senior Managers who would have accumulated leave over the years to be allowed to proceed on same in an effort to guarantee better management.

Gold prices plunged to their lowest in more than five years today, Reuters reported, at one point dropping 4 percent on aggressive selling out of China.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Last year’s losing finalists, Guyana Amazon Warriors, could prove the spoilers for Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel, when the two teams clash in the final game of the Caribbean Premier League group phase here tomorrow.

(Barbados Nation) Inadequate building standards here could lead to thousands being killed or seriously injured if a major earthquake or hurricane struck the island.

Up to July this year, the New Guyana Pharmaceu-tical Corporation (NGPC) had $171M in supplies outstanding from a 2014 contract of $2.2B and this was likely one of the reasons why the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Leslie Cadogan was sent on leave as of today.

The APNU+AFC government is moving to reactivate the Integrity Commission, according to Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman who said PNCR executive and former Chief Whip of that party Lance Carberry has been tasked with the responsibility to move this process forward.

A man is now hospitalized and another is in police custody after an attempt by a gang of men to rob a gas station was foiled by the police last night on the East Bank.

The floodwater in Buxton on the East Coast Demerara is now dropping significantly after an additional pump was placed there yesterday.

A 38-year-old labourer of Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) lost his life early yesterday morning after he was struck down on the railway embankment of the said village while returning home from a wedding house.