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Heavy rains yesterday flooded Georgetown and many villages along the East Coast Demerara (ECD) catching residents by surprise as the drainage system struggled to cope.

The Ministry of Education yesterday said that some schools will be closed today for cleaning and sanitizing following flooding yesterday.

The Ministry of Education is advising parents and CSEC/CAPE candidates of the Bishops’ High School that there has been a change in the venue for the sitting of examinations timetabled for today.

Water in the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) rose above safe levels following the heavy rains yesterday but has since stabilised and water is being discharged around-the-clock.

The PPP/C has to move on without former president Bharrat Jagdeo if it is to ever recapture its former political prestige, PPP/C candidate Clinton Urling says but former party stalwart Ralph Ramkarran says that Jagdeo is not one to sit on the sidelines and he has called on disaffected former and current members to form a new political party.

Residents of Maria’s Lodge, Essequibo Coast and its environs are being plagued by an obnoxious odour after a whale washed up on the beach at around 2pm yesterday.

Vendors at the Parika Market suffered a loss of sales yesterday after rainfall water swamped sections of it, preventing shoppers from gaining access.

It is doubtful whether any substantive basis can be found to nullify the work of GECOM in relation to the May 11 general elections, Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner Vincent Alexander has said.

Security camera footage has positively identified guards who participated in the theft of $6m in liquor from the Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) Eccles Warehouse and they are now in police custody.

WASHINGTON, 1 (Reuters) – The legal authority for U.S. spy agencies’ collection of Americans’ phone records and other data was set to expire at midnight on Sunday after the U.S.

Investigations are being conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death of miner Raychand Mangal, 46 years, of Buddy’s Housing Scheme, Providence, EBD, whose body was found at his home at about 2000h.

On May 25, the residents of Byer’s Home were treated to a luncheon compliments of the Rotary Club of Demerara as a part of its care and support programme for the elderly.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. police have shot and killed 385 people during the first five months of this year, a rate of more than two a day, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.

MONTERREY, Mexico, (Reuters) – “One dead son, one kidnapped two-year-old daughter and 2,800 bullet holes in my truck” is no typical campaign slogan.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan parliament chief Diosdado Cabello said in an interview yesterday that he plans to file lawsuits in Spain and the United States following media reports that link him and other top officials to cocaine trafficking and money laundering.

(Georgetown, May 31, 2015) The Ministry of Education wishes to advise parents and CSEC/CAPE candidates of the Bishops’ High School that there has been a change in the venue for the sitting of examinations timetabled for Monday, June 1, 2015.

The Government has put into effect short term solutions to alleviate flooding in sections of Georgetown and lower East Coast Demerara (ECD), the Ministry of Public Works said today.

The Ministry of Education today said that some schools will be closed tomorrow for cleaning and sanitizing following flooding today.

Heavy rain is expected to continue over the next few days, the Ministry of Agriculture says.

At about 0030h. today,  police say that taxi-driver Dennis Narine, 26 years, of Onderneeming, WBD, was aroused by noise at a glass window in his home.