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Magistrate Alex Moore this morning recused himself from the case in which Marcus Bisram is accused of murdering Faiyaz Narinedatt.

LUCKNOW,  (Reuters) – An Indian court found a former state lawmaker from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party guilty on Monday of raping a teenager, the politician’s lawyer said, in a high profile case that had helped fuel public anger over sexual violence against women.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Tamara Ecclestone, the daughter of former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, has had an estimated 50 million pounds ($64 million)-worth of jewellery stolen from her home on a London street known as Billionaire Row.

(Trinidad Guardian) Less than one week af­ter com­mer­cial banks start­ed ex­chang­ing the ex­ist­ing $100 cot­ton bills for the new $100 poly­mer notes, crim­i­nals have be­gun to pro­duce coun­ter­feit $100 pa­per bills.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Hope hit centuries and combined in a stand of 218 to help West Indies to an eight-wicket victory over India in the opening match of their one-day international series at Chennai on Sunday.

Under growing criticism over a previously unannounced sale of Guyana’s first three lifts of oil, the government’s Department of Energy (DoE) today defended its plan but did not explain how it decided which companies should be selected to bid in a process set for tomorrow.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong International Airport reported its biggest fall in passenger numbers in more than a decade in November, official data released today showed.

(Trinidad Guardian)The Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice, the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions and Chair­man of the In­tegri­ty Com­mis­sion are be­ing called up­on to im­me­di­ate­ly in­ves­ti­gate the cir­cum­stances sur­round­ing the set­tle­ment of the sex­u­al ha­rass­ment law­suit brought against for­mer Sports Min­is­ter Dar­ryl Smith.

(Trinidad Guardian) She told us that hun­dreds of peo­ple are still trapped in their homes, how­ev­er, and that much of Clarke Road, Quinam Road, La Truce Road, and Naipalier Trace are still flood­ed out.

(Trinidad Guardian) Col­leagues of Sco­tia­bank’s Ch­agua­nas branch se­nior em­ploy­ee, Sil­vine Coop­er, 41, who col­lapsed on the job on Thurs­day and sub­se­quent­ly died from a sus­pect­ed heart at­tack, are blam­ing her death on the stress con­nect­ed to the new $100 poly­mer bill.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson called today for “closure” over the Brexit divisions that have riven the United Kingdom, saying his election victory provided an overwhelming mandate to take Britain out of the European Union on Jan.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Erik Prince, the controversial private security executive and prominent supporter of U.S.

The Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC) held its 53rd Graduation ceremony yesterday at the institution’s auditorium where 178 students graduated in various areas of study.

Government is boosting the Close Circuit Television (CCTV) high technology security camera system to support crime prevention efforts by the Joint Services by adding 17 camera locations including more in the highly congested Stabroek Market area, at the Berbice River Bridge and the Lusignan Prisons on the lower East Coast among other areas.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A Democratic-controlled House of Representatives committee today took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment when it approved two charges against him stemming from his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden.

The Police today said that they are investigating the murder of Marcellus ‘Ton’ Reynolds, 31, a miner of Achiwuib, South Rupununi which occurred on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Marudi Backdam, South Rupununi allegedly by a 17-year-old male who is in custody assisting with the probe.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Violent clashes erupted in Delhi between police and hundreds of university students on Friday over the enactment of a new citizenship law that critics say undermines India’s secular foundations.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A record number of women were elected as lawmakers in Britain’s general election, with women’s rights campaigners on Friday cheering the result but saying progress towards equal representation must speed up.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party will win a resounding victory in Britain’s election with a parliamentary majority of 86 seats, an exit poll showed yesterday, empowering him to deliver Brexit on Jan.

The United States says it has provided nearly 4 million USD for humanitarian assistance to Venezuelan refugees in Guyana since Fiscal Year 2017.