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The ANSA McAl-funded independence arch to mark the eastern extremity of the capital city was inaugurated today with the Head of the Trinidad-based group, Norman Sabga apologizing for the inconvenience caused during its erecting on Thursday.

A 39 year old ‘C’ Field, Sophia man who yesterday tried to bribe a policeman with half of a million dollars to release his 19 year old son who was earlier yesterday arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, was himself arrested, during a sting operation and the cash lodged as exhibits.

The police say that Homicide Detectives are making stringent efforts to quickly apprehend a co-worker who is the prime suspect for the murder of Damon Scipio a/k Rastaman, 56 years, a miner of Moco Moco Village, Central Rupununi, which occurred between 2300hrs last night and 0600hrs this morning, at BK Old Road Backdam, Potaro River.

(Trinidad Guardian) A father who was leading a fund raising drive to save his daughter’s life was murdered outside his Diego Martin home on Thursday night.

The government this evening issued a cybersecurity alert. A statement from the Ministry of the Presidency follows: The Guyana National Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (GNCIRT) confirms that a global ransomware attack is currently in progress. 

WILLEMSTAD/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Coastguards from the Caribbean island of Curacao rescued 26 Venezuelans stranded on nearby Little Curacao today, in the latest case of migrants fleeing an economic and social crisis at home.

Former Guyana Health Minister Dr Noel Blackman was today sentenced in a New York court to 50 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release over an oxycodone conspiracy.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s National Health Service said it had suffered a major cyber attack today, disrupting hospitals all over England.

This ambulance with a sick patient travelling from the Industry Health Centre to the Georgetown Public Hospital was among the hundreds of vehicles caught in the gridlock yesterday as a result of the erection of an arch at Cummings Lodge.

QUETTA, Pakistan, (Reuters) – A bomb exploded next to a convoy of the deputy chairman of the Pakistan Senate on Friday in the violence-plagued province of Baluchistan, killing at least 25 people, officials said.

By Jorge Familiar Jorge Familiar is World Bank vice president for Latin America and the Caribbean As Latin America and the Caribbean begins to emerge from six years of economic slowdown, including two of recession, it is essential to find ways to nurture and strengthen this budding recovery.

The severe traffic jam after the Rupert Craig Highway was closed to facilitate work on an arch at Cummings Lodge.

Traffic is moving at a snail’s pace along the East Coast corridor, as contractors work towards erecting an Arch at Cummings Lodge on the Rupert Craig Highway.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police believe a love affair gone sour led to the murder of a woman and the suicide of her lover in Bristol Village, Mayaro, yesterday.

Anjanie Boodnarine, the common-law wife of convicted drug trafficker Barry Dataram, was today sentenced to nine months in prison for smuggling prohibited items to him.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – FBI Director James Comey sought to expand his agency’s probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The newly appointed second-in-command at the U.S. Justice Department faced a weighty task just two weeks after taking office – writing the rationale for firing FBI Director James Comey.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump today abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey, who had been leading his agency’s investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S.

STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR OF SPORT, MR. CHRISTOPHER JONES It is never my intention to discuss these issues in the public domain, unfortunately, the issue was placed in the public domain and therefore I must defend my good character.

Two men are currently at the GPHC receiving treatment for injuries caused by each other last night at East La Penitence Bridge, police say.