GUYANA-The Guyana Police Force has revealed that its training institutions in the three counties are almost filled to capacity, as the organization moves closer towards fulfilling a mandate to increase its establishment by 1,500.The announcement comes in response to a letter in yesterday’s edition of the Kaieteur News captioned: “GPF can probably learn from GDF in terms of attracting manpower” which speaks to recruitment by the Guyana Defence Force as a possible guide/lesson to the police.The Police were obviously offended by the missive, since it made the point that the Guyana Defence Force for some reason appears to be attracting a higher number of recruits.(Kaieteur news/“kaieteurnewsonline.com)…[+]

GUYANA-Police have revealed that tests conducted on the hands of the husband of slain cash crop farmer Pamela Kendall confirmed traces of gunpowder. With this discovery, the man, Deochand Sookchand, is now the prime suspect in the woman’s murder. It also rules out robbery as a motive for the killing.Senior police officials explained that in keeping with standard operating procedure the man’s hands were swabbed for traces of gunpowder soon after investigations into the matter commenced last Thursday night, since detectives had not immediately ruled out Sookchand as a suspect.(KAIETEUR news/ kaieteurnewsonline.com)…[+]

The discovery of a number of dead migrants in the back of a truck in Austria, just a day after the Italian coast guard said 54 people lost their lives trying to cross the Mediterranean, has highlighted once again the scale of the migration crisis gripping Europe.The truck concerned was on the A4 highway, which links Budapest in Hungary to the Austrian capital, Vienna, a spokesman for the Austrian Interior Ministry told CNN on Thursday. The truck was abandoned on the side of the highway and when police stopped and opened the back of it, they found the bodies, Alexander Marakovits said.(CNN/ bbc.com)…[+]

CHINA-the flower decoration on the Tian’anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China. In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the victory of Counter-Japanese Aggression War, flowers have been placed on Tian’anmen Square and Chang’an Avenue, which will be in place till late October. (Xinhua/Yin Gang)…[+]

INDIA- Global e-commerce sales made through mobile devices are expected to cross $638 billion by 2018, says a joint study by ASSOCHAM and Deloitte. At present, the availability of e-commerce applications on various mobility devices is helping to drive sales and revenue. E-tailers like Flipkart, Amazon and Jabong now get 50 percent of their revenues from consumers shopping on their mobile phones, D.S. Rawat, secretary general ASSOCHAM said. ( Indo-Asian News Service/India Digest)…[+]

BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday will visit a refugee home which was hit by violent far-right protests, her spokesman said on Tuesday. The chancellor, according to spokesman Steffen Seibert, is expected to hold talks with refugees, volunteers and security staff in the eastern German town of Heidenau. Hundreds of far-right extremists staged violent protests at a refugee shelter in Heidenau last weekend. Dozens of police officers were reportedly injured in clashes when anti-migrant protesters threw stones, bottles and firecrackers at them. Merkel told reporters on Monday that violence committed by far-right demonstrators and their supporters in Heidenau was “shameful.” “I condemn in the strongest possible terms the violent outbursts,”she said. “There was an aggressive mood against foreigners there that isn’t acceptable in any way.” Earlier in the day, the chancellor had broken her “silence” on the issue through Seibert, who told a press briefing that Germany did not tolerate “hate-filled slogans or threats coming from drunken loudmouths” targeting asylum seekers. (Xinhua)…[+]

BEIJING– Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked for more efforts to promote economic growth and all-round social progress in Tibet and Tibetan-inhabited areas in four other provinces, vowing sustainable measures and continued preferential policies. Tibet and Tibetan-inhabited areas in four other provinces have entered “a critical stage” toward fulfilling the country’s goal of building a moderately prosperous society in a comprehensive way, Xi said at a two-day meeting on Tibet’s future development, which ended on Tuesday. Special financial, tax and investment policies should continue to be in place in the future in southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region and Tibetan-inhabited areas in Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces, he added. Development, which aims to improve living conditions for various ethnic groups and beef up social cohesion, should be advanced in a prudent and steady manner, and all measures taken should be sustainable, Xi said. (Xinhua)…[+]

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – In order to expand their capability to face transnational threats such as organized crime and illicit trafficking, Suriname military officials welcomed a group of United States Small Boat Operations Coast Guard instructors for a Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE), 10-21 August 2015. Operating from Marine Base BOXEL, 14 members of the Surinamese Naval forces honed their skills in basic navigation rules, physiological factors, survival skills, personnel recovery, preventive maintenance, logistics, and applications in ocean and riverine operations in support of border protection, counter-narcotics and counter-migration missions…[+]

GUYANA- After a night of clubbing with friends, a city businessman was shot and robbed by a masked bandit moments after stepping out of a Sheriff Street night club. According to reports, Ravindra Singh, 28, owner of R&R Car Rentals, was shot thrice in his right leg before being relieved of two gold chains and a bracelet in the wee hours Monday. It was just after the curfew time of 2:00am when Singh had parted ways with friends leaving them in Club Monaco where they had gone to enjoy a night of clubbing. Kaieteur News understands that while Singh was making his way to his car which was parked outside the night club, he was grabbed from behind by someone who demanded that he “pass the chain.”( kaieteurnews)…[+]

INDIA- Narendra Modi Government has allocated Rs 200 crore (US$ 31.5 million) for three years to set up an online national agriculture market by integrating 585 wholesale markets across India — a move that would help farmers realise better prices. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved a Central Sector Scheme for Promotion of National Agricultural Market through Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund on July 2. “An amount of Rs 200 crore (US$ 31.5 million) has been earmarked for the scheme from 2015-16 to 2017-18,” an official statement said. The Department of Agriculture will set it up by creation of a common electronic platform deployable in selected regulated markets across the country. ( Press Trust of India/India Digest)…[+]