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The Police say they are investigating the murder of Devon Murray, 18, a sawmill operator of 1331 B Field, Sophia which occurred between 20:30h on the 21st and 05:30h on the 22nd.

Marlon Jeffrey who escaped from the GPHC while under police guard, was this morning recaptured at a house in Brutus Street, Agricola, the police said in a statement today.

(Trinidad Guardian) When the new school term opens in September, all sugary drinks including soft drinks will be banned from schools across the country.

Members of the Rastafarian Community setting up a craft display booth at the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus for the National Rastafarian Conference which began on Friday.

The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association today issued a carefully worded riposte to a statement made by President David Granger following the ruling made by Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George on the GECOM matter taken to court by Marcel Gaskin.

(Trinidad Express) A Government worker who contended he was never allowed in 2011 to act in the position of diesel mechanic because he is of East Indian descent won $167,351 from the Ministry of Food Production (now Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries) in court yesterday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition-led congress today appointed alternative judges to the country’s Supreme Court, whose current pro-government members have been a bedrock of support for leftist President Nicolas Maduro.

The Police say they are making stringent efforts to apprehend a male suspect who answers to the sobriquet `Chokadag’  and who is alleged to have fatally stabbed a fisherman last night at the Meadow Bank Wharf, EBD.

The ongoing problems at Guyana Power and Light (GPL)  have led to blackouts across the city and along the coast today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Tanzania detained and questioned two senior local Acacia Mining staff at an airport this week in a dispute with the government, two sources said on Friday, and the company said it was having trouble renewing work permits for foreign staff.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Chester Bennington, the lead singer of Linkin Park, was found dead on Thursday of apparent suicide a week before the California alt-rock band was due to embark on a U.S.

The United States Embassy here today warned about a tender scam.

CARACAS,(Reuters) – Many Venezuelan streets were barricaded and deserted today for a strike called by foes of President Nicolas Maduro to demand elections and the scrapping of plans for a new congress they fear will consolidate dictatorship in the OPEC country.

CARSON CITY, Nev.,  (Reuters) – O.J. Simpson was granted parole from prison on Thursday after serving nine years for a botched armed robbery in a Las Vegas hotel room and will be released in October.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department today said it was fining global oil company Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N)

Dr Rupert Roopnaraine has withdrawn his resignation which had been tendered to President David Granger.

Police today confirmed that three Guyanese miners working for a Brazilian were shot dead when their camp at Imataka on the Venezuelan side of the border was raided by gunmen on Tuesday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) We will pay back the taxpayers. This was the assurance given by representative for CL Financial (CLF) shareholders Carlton Reis, moments after the Government last night lost its bid to appoint a pair of provisional liquidators to recoup the remaining $15 billion it spent to bail out the company’s cash-strapped subsidiary Clico since 2009.

DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – Off-spinner Bhaskar Yadram held his nerve to bowl a brilliant last over as West Indies Under-19s snatched a dramatic two-run victory over South Africa Under-19s to seal a 3-2 win in the five-match Youth One-Day International series here today.

Reassigned minister, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine following consultations with his party – the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) – has tendered his letter of resignation to President David Granger who earlier today said that he has not yet accepted it.