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A 36-year-old Jamaican national was yesterday fined $100,000 after he admitted to using a forged Guyanese passport.

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) last Thursday donated five different varieties of sweet potato slips to the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) for cultivation at the Mazaruni and Lusignan prisons.

The Fyrish man who was reportedly driving the car that crashed into a utility pole at Cromarty Village, Corentyne on Sunday, leaving one dead, was yesterday slapped with seven charges and placed on $500,000 bail when he appeared at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court.

Queen’s College (QC) recently received over $2 million in donations from four alumni chapters to facilitate various activities leading up to the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Lawyer Emmet Flood, who advised President Bill Clinton in impeachment proceedings, will assist President Donald Trump with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election, replacing Ty Cobb, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said yesterday.

A $15B bid was tendered by a local company to the Ministry of Public Health for the supply and delivery of pharmaceuticals.

(Reuters) – Cambridge Analytica, the firm embroiled in a controversy over its handling of Facebook Inc user data, and its British parent SCL Elections Ltd, are shutting down immediately after suffering a sharp drop in business, the company said yesterday.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Suicide bombers stormed the head offices of Libya’s electoral commission in Tripoli yesterday, killing at least 12 people and setting fire to the building in an attack claimed by the Islamic State militant group.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon yesterday received a courtesy call from Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of PriceSmart Incorporated, Robert Price as well as other Board members, who are in Guyana to explore opportunities for investment.

A 23-year-old man accused of causing $75,000 in damage to a vehicle, was yesterday released on bail, after the court heard that he was mentally unstable.

(Reuters) – A veterinarian from Colombia was charged with illegally smuggling narcotics into the United States by surgically implanting packets of liquid heroin into the bellies of puppies, U.S.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – A joint session of Brazil’s Congress yesterday passed a measure allowing the use of federal funds to pay off debts owed by Venezuela and Mozambique, according to a decision published on the Congress website.

A labourer was yesterday fined $15,000 by a city court, after he admitted to stealing bottles of perfume.

SYDNEY/PARIS,  (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron  yesterday called for the creation of a new strategic alliance among France, India and Australia to respond to challenges in the Asia-Pacific region and the growing assertiveness of China.

As the East Bank of Berbice road project progresses, street lamps will be installed in the coming weeks.

A 22-year-old bus driver, accused of armed robbery and illegal firearm possession, was yesterday remanded to prison by a city court, after he denied the charges.

(Reuters) – Worldwide investments in limiting climate change are far too low and as flimsy as using an umbrella in a hurricane, the United Nations climate chief Patricia Espinosa said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s government launched a review yesterday into the treatment of some Caribbean migrants who were invited to Britain after World War Two but have been left without documents and denied basic rights.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund yesterday issued a “declaration of censure” against Venezuela for failing to provide necessary economic data and gave the crisis-stricken OPEC nation six months to take action.

BRASILIA,(Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors filed charges against the country’s Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi yesterday, accusing him of orchestrating a bribery scheme in 2009 when he was governor of Mato Grosso state.