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The Ministry of the Presidency (MOP) has decided to conduct an investigation into the financial arrangements of the E-Governance Project, a statement from the ministry said this morning.

President David Granger yesterday convened a Cabinet meeting at 4 am to address severe rain-fuelled flooding which surged through the city and several parts of the coast and by last night the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) was reporting that normalcy was being returned gradually to some areas.

Floodwater was still receding from the city last evening after a heavy overnight downpour that left some areas like flood-prone Albouystown swamped and some storeowners bailing water from their businesses.

Residents of several villages along the East Coast were left devastated yesterday following the flooding caused by sudden and intense rainfall that started on Wednesday afternoon.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure yesterday dispatched a team to assess the Guyana Revenue Authority head office on Camp Street after a tremor caused cracks in several parts of the building.

As police continue their investigations into the activities of a criminal gang based at Craig, East Bank Demerara, the High Court yesterday granted the police more time to keep the almost one dozen men they arrested in custody.

Residents on the West Coast of Demerara are counting their losses after floodwaters severely damaged items from their homes, business places and kitchen gardens early yesterday morning.

While emphasising zero tolerance for corruption in the police force, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud on Wednesday said once police ranks are charged with certain crimes, they will lose their jobs.

A vendor was stabbed to death, while her husband was wounded when they were attacked by a former neighbour at their Sophia home on Wednesday night.

History was made on Wednesday night when the Ogle Airport received its first regional night flight after LIAT’s ATR42 made a flawless touchdown at 21.54 hrs with 17 passengers aboard from Trinidad & Tobago.

A bandit is suspected to have been shot by his accomplice last evening while they were carrying out an armed robbery at a New Amsterdam supermarket.

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan met on Wednesday with the executive of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on the upcoming national budget and committed to consider a proposal for a stimulus to boost the economy.

The hearing of the private charge against former president Bharrat Jagdeo filed by attorney Christopher Ram has been put on hold at the Whim Magistrate’s Court, due to the related proceedings pending in the High Court.

President David Granger celebrated his 70th birthday at Base Camp Ayanganna on Wednesday and received a gift of a 40-seater boat which will be used to transport children residing in the Pomeroon area to school.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on Monday met with representatives from the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) to discuss security challenges in the mining sector and he announced afterward that there would be new criteria for the granting of gun licences to miners, including the payment of taxes.

Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud has dismissed suggestions that crime has “spiralled out of control” since the May 11th elections, while saying that statistics don’t support the claims.

The Bureau of Statistics yesterday announced that its self-imposed deadline for completion of the detailed Census analysis could not be met and it cited staffing issues as one of the challenges.

While floodwater left many residents reeling yesterday, it proved to be a lifeline for an Industry, East Coast Demerara family whose home was saved from a fire.

(Trinidad Express) Four members of a family were found dead at their house at Chatham, Cedros early yesterday.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., (Reuters) – Four Marines were killed yesterday by a gunman who opened fire at two military offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee, before being fatally shot in an attack officials called a brazen, brutal act of domestic terrorism.