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MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Former British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Fahie pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to launder money and import cocaine to the United States, his attorney said on Wednesday, following his arrest in Miami.

President Irfaan Ali, First Lady Arya Ali, Prime Minister Mark Phillips and several cabinet members joined thousands of Guyanese at the Anna Regina car park in Damon Square to witness the 56th Independence Anniversary and Flag Raising ceremony.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government will be moving to make the Caribbean Court of Justice T&T’s final appellate court–and there are no reasons that could possibly present any obstacle to the Opposition leader supporting the requisite vote for this since, she’d spoken of abolishing appeals to the Privy Council in April 2012.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 93 new cases of COVID-19, another rise compared to recent weeks.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree on Tuesday to step up fines for environmental crimes, according to the official government gazette, in a move to allow more aggressive protection of the Amazon rainforest.

(Trinidad Guardian) Travellers will no longer be required to obtain a travel pass to enter T&T come June 1, as the system will be discontinued.

UVALDE, Texas,  (Reuters) – The Texas gunman who murdered 19 children and two teachers warned in an online message that he was going to shoot up an elementary school minutes before his rampage, Governor Greg Abbott said on Wednesday, as harrowing details about the attack emerged a day after the massacre.

India will join Guyana as a partner in various sectors including oil and gas, according to its High Commissioner here, Dr.

(Trinidad Express) Unless it borrows vast sums of money, the Government will not be able to afford the salary increases being sought by the trade unions representing public servants.

Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton is accusing President Irfaan Ali of being “disrespectful” and reneging on an agreement for a second meeting to discuss and agree to several appointments to various constitutional commissions.

The Guyana Government this morning signed a US$260M contract with China Railway Construction Company Limited for the construction of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that a six-month-old boy from Region Six died on May 21 from COVID-19.

KYIV/KRAMATORSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russian forces intensified their assault on two key towns in Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region today, with constant mortar bombardment destroying houses, killing civilians and threatening the last escape route, Ukrainian officials said.

RIO DE JANEIRO/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Brazil’s leftist presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva quietly dispatched his emissary, Senator Jaques Wagner, to meet with U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A “humbled” Boris Johnson said he took full responsibility after a damning official report today detailed a series of illegal alcohol-fuelled parties at the British prime minister’s Downing Street office during coronavirus lockdowns.

 (Trinidad Express) Unless it borrows vast sums of money, the Government will not be able to afford the salary increases being sought by the trade unions representing public servants.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 53-year-old woman was shot dead as she slept in her bedroom in Champs Fleurs yesterday morning, while her 24-year-old daughter escaped becoming a second victim.

Nearly 22 months after it took office, the PPP/C Government yesterday finally signed a deal to audit a whopping US$9b in expenses claimed by ExxonMobil and its partners  which could help to establish whether this country is receiving all of the oil profits it should.

Some 2,000 persons living in Pomeroon-Supenaam, Region Two, will commence working as of Monday, at various public agencies as the government pushes to fulfill another of its manifesto promises.

President Irfaan Ali is not required to give reasons to justify his choices for the filling of constitutional posts, according to Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira.