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Two men were earlier today remanded to prison over the murder of Fazal Shaheed which occurred at Freeman Street.

Two elderly women were this morning found dead, bound and gagged in their South Road and Albert Street house.

A West Coast Berbice Police Constable on Sunday evening ended his life by ingesting a poisonous substance.

  SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Little more than a year has gone by since Tite took over as coach of a Brazil side still reeling from embarrassing exits in the World Cup and Copa America but in that short time he has transformed the team into favourites for Russia 2018.

 The police say they are investigating the fatal beatings of two Industry, East Coast Demerara men in separate incidents.

  Sherryanna Balkaran of Region Eight is the new Miss Indigenous Heritage queen; she was crowned at the Miss Indigenous pageant held at the National Cultural Centre on Saturday, the Department of Public Information said.

    LAS VEGAS,  (Reuters) – A 64-year-old man armed with more than 10 rifles rained down gunfire on a Las Vegas country music festival yesterday, slaughtering at least 58 people in the largest mass shooting in U.S.

  The Ministerial Task Force overseeing the provision of aid to the hurricane-ravaged islands of the Caribbean, is expected to donate 300 tons of lumber.

A 55-year-old minibus driver of Tabatinga, Lethem, who was  transporting passengers to Lethem is in custody in connection with the finding of 24.9 kilogrammes  of cannabis sativa and 200 grams of cocaine in the minibus.

(Trinidad Express) A mother of two was beaten to death at her home in Gasparillo on Saturday night.

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman yesterday married Teresa Gaime on the island of Grenada.

(Trinidad Express)  in St Joseph yesterday has left two people dead.

  BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – Spanish riot police burst into polling stations across Catalonia today confiscating ballot boxes and voting papers to try to halt a banned referendum on a split from Spain as Madrid asserted its authority over the rebel region.

  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump blamed Puerto Ricans on Saturday for failing to do enough to dig out from damage caused by Hurricane Maria, saying criticism leveled at his government for the slow response was driven by politics.

The Ministry of Education today formalized its support to eradicate Filaria in Guyana.

  PPP/C MP Juan Edghill on Tuesday wrote the Chairman of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) Carol Corbin calling for an investigation into the award of contracts and payments of public monies to Homestretch Development Inc.

Police are investigating the murder of Colin Daley A/K ‘Floggy and Frog Eye’ 24 years, unemployed of East La Penitence, whose body was found in a pool of blood with a suspected gunshot wound to the head, at Albert Street, Albouytown about 01:20h.

(Trinidad Guardian) After spending more than nine years in jail awaiting trial for killing her abusive and adulterous husband, stroke-stricken Jassodra Jagmohan, 63, was finally reunited with her family yesterday when she was set free.

Installation on September 28, 2017 of the newly elected GPSU Executive Council Officers for the term of office 2017-2021.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – England defeated West Indies by nine wickets in the final One-Day International of the five-match series at the Ageas Bowl here Friday.