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ALMATY,  (Reuters) – Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said yesterday there were casualties among civilians and law enforcement officers after rare protests in the Central Asian country, and an exiled opposition politician said at least five people had been killed.

A security guard was on June 29th remanded to prison on a charge of attempted murder.

While upholding the right of citizens to agitate in the furtherance and defence of their interests, the Electoral Reform Group (ERG) says that it is appalled at the acts of rioting and looting that occurred on June 28 in connection with the protests related to the Quindon Bacchus killing. 

(Trinidad Express) On Saturday at around 5 p.m. Curtis Harriot Junior was gunned down at Debe.

COPENHAGEN,  (Reuters) – Three people were killed and several more were wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre in Copenhagen yesterday, Danish police said, adding they had arrested a 22-year-old Danish man and charged him with manslaughter.

The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) today said that it has recommended to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) that three cops be charged in relation to the fatal shooting of Quindon Bacchus on June 10.

The new Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday announced a range of promotions including eight senior superintendents to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) among whom are Calvin Brutus and Wendell Blanhum.

KYIV/KONSTYANTYNIVKA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russia said today its forces and their allies had taken control of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region, after capturing the final Ukrainian holdout of Lysychansk, although Ukraine has yet to comment after reporting heavy fighting there.

(Trinidad Guardian) A total of 13 killings within 36 hours – between 5.50 am on Friday to 6 pm on Saturday – four of which were said to be police-involved shootings, saw law enforcement officials having to work late into the night on Saturday as multiple investigations got underway.

(Trinidad Guardian) Having failed to acquire Scotiabank’s assets in Guyana, state-owned First Citizens now says it is open to applying for banking licences in both Guyana and Jamaica and opening brick and mortar banks there, as it tries to grow beyond T&T.

The Inter-American Com-mission on Human Rights (IACHR) has denied the government’s request for a hearing before the full Commission on state violations of the rights of the Isseneru community and instead granted it a three-month extension to respond to the report of its findings.

Collin Hazell, the solider accused of strangling East Canje hairdresser Donalesa Parks and dumping her body in a garbage bag in a drain opposite his house, has not admitted to killing the woman but says he is willing to face the consequences of his actions. 

This is tenth entry in a series on the current state of civil society in Guyana Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) has observed that many people and some civil society organisations do not want to speak out about corruption taking place in the country because senior government officials are attempting to intimidate them into silence, its president, Frederick Collins, says.

As of June 30th, China Harbour and Engineering Corporation (CHEC) has completed all major works at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), where an expansion project has been underway for almost a decade.

Extensive dialogue to accelerate the region’s response to pressing issues, such as food and energy security, climate financing, and integration of regional markets are on the agenda for discussion at the 43rd Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which will begin today.

Continual rainfall in Waramuri, in Region One, has resulted in the flooding of some 1700 feet of road, cutting off vehicular access to the community.

(Reuters) – Police killed Jayland Walker, a Black man in Ohio, by shooting him dozens of times as he ran from officers following a traffic stop, a lawyer for his family said, citing a review of police body-worn camera footage due to be made public on Sunday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is leading in the polls for Brazil’s October presidential election, said yesterday he will not tolerate threats against institutions, and that the armed forces need to commit to democracy.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s economy minister Martin Guzman resigned yesterday, a blow to a government beset by mounting economic crises.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that it has recorded a total of 119 new COVID-19 cases, which were confirmed from the results of 884 tests.