GUYANA-The cash strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is still to receive some US$11M from the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), the balance owed for the purchase of its electricity generation facilities. The confirmation was made yesterday by NICIL’s Communication Manager, Julianna Hutson, in response to an article which pointed out that the sugar company was still owed monies. Skeldon Energy Inc (SEI) is another of the Special Purpose Companies created by Winston Brassington, the Executive Director of NICIL, who had also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Guyana Power and Light. (KAIETEUR NEWS/ kaieteurnewsonline.com)…[+]

BANGLADESH-ISIS has claimed responsibility for gunning down an Italian citizen on the streets of Bangladesh — and threatens more attacks to come. Cesare Tavella, 51, was jogging home Monday evening in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka after swimming at the American International School’s pool. As Tavella was jogging through Gulshan, the diplomatic zone of Dhaka, two gunmen fired three shots, Dhaka police Deputy Commissioner Munatshirul Islam said. The assailants fled on a waiting motorbike. Nothing was taken from Tavella, and police said the attack was definitely planned. ISIS issued a statement saying an ISIS sniper shot and killed Tavella.CNN NEWS/ cnnmobile.com)…[+]

GUYANA- pvilleFormer Member of Parliament (MP) Desmond Trotman has moved to the courts to challenge the sale and transfer of acres of prime ocean-front state lands to former President Bharrat Jagdeo, past government Ministers and other close associates. In a high court motion filed yesterday, Trotman and the Committee for the Defence of the Constitution Incorporated, are seeking a mandatory order directed to each of the property owners that the legal and beneficial ownership of the parcels of land at Plantations Goedverwagting and Sparendaam, purported to be sold and transferred to them, shall be returned to the State.(KAIETEUR NEWS/ kaieteurnewsonline.com)…[+]