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The size of the recently released Preliminary List of Electors (PLE), which he says contains 684,354 names, equivalent to over 91% of Guyana’s population at the last census count, is proof that a clean voters’ list is needed before any election is held, Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton said on Tuesday.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has tasked its Chief Election Officer with reviewing the work plan for the hosting of the overdue Local Government Elections (LGE) since the proposed date of December 12, 2022, falls outside of the legal timeframe.

Two families united over the weekend through the marriage of a young couple were plunged into mourning yesterday afternoon after the groom, an overseas-based Guyanese, lost his life in an accident along the Bath, West Coast Berbice Public Road. 

Two months after a Judge ordered that he be paid his almost $30 million in outstanding benefits and in spite of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council’s repeated commitment to honour the ruling, former Town Clerk Royston King is yet to receive any payment.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Malaysia’s top court ordered former prime minister Najib Razak to begin a 12-year prison sentence yesterday after upholding a guilty conviction on charges related to a multi-billion dollar graft scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian police yesterday conducted raids targeting several businessmen who have backed President Jair Bolsonaro’s re-election, two sources said, after a media report accused them of discussing the virtues of a coup d’etat if the far-right leader lost the October vote.

A total of $160 million is now being paid monthly to the 4,000 persons who have been employed under a government initiative as part-time workers in Region Six.

(Reuters) – A jury yesterday convicted two men accused of conspiring to trigger “a second American revolution” by kidnapping Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, handing the U.S.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – Close to 20 former Salvadoran officials and two businessmen are under investigation for ties to the diversion of $184 million from the state during ex-President Salvador Sanchez Ceren’s administration, the attorney general’s office said on Monday.

Government recently tabled a bill to mandate bar owners/operators not to sell alcohol to drunk persons or designated drivers while also increasing the fines for breaching the responsibilities of their respective licences.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainians on Wednesday mark 31 years since they broke free from the Russia-dominated Soviet Union in what is certain to be a day of subdued, but defiant celebrations overshadowed by fears of new Russian missile attacks.

The Ministry of Health has reported 26 new COVID cases after 264 more tests were conducted.

ASUNCION, (Reuters) – Paraguay’s Attorney General’s office said yesterday it opened a criminal investigation into Vice President Hugo Velazquez, almost two weeks after the U.S.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – The United States will turn over to Nigeria $23 million taken by former military ruler Sani Abacha, officials said at an event to sign the agreement yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Opposition Leader, Kamla Persad Bissessar SC MP, has taken aim at the recently concluded Agri Investment Forum Expo 2 by questioning how it will address issues plaguing farmers.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) recently concluded a three-day public outreach to Essequibo, Region Two.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s secret appointments to ministries during the COVID-19 pandemic “fundamentally undermined” responsible government despite being legally valid, according to advice from the solicitor general.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Scrap iron workers joined with taxi drivers of Barrackpore yesterday, blocking the roads with heaps of gravel, burning tyres and other debris.

The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) has disputed claims by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo that it has misused monies received, while maintaining that its funding has been allocated to various developmental projects for Afro-Guyanese.

MADRID, (Reuters) – A $75-million superyacht linked to a sanctioned Russian steel billionaire was auctioned yesterday in Gibraltar, court sources said, in what is understood to be the first sale of its kind since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.