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A 16-year-old pillion rider of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, died around 5.30 this morning, whilst receiving treatment at the New Amsterdam Hospital, after the motor cycle he was being towed on collided with a utility pole at about 00:45hrs at Cotton Tree Public Road, West Coast Berbice.

A Central Rupununi resident was just after 2:30 am today pronounced dead on arrival at the Lethem Hospital after being rushed to the medical institution by his reputed wife, bleeding profusely from a single knife-stab wound to the left region of his chest.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May called on Tuesday for an early election on June 8, saying she needed to strengthen her hand in divorce talks with the European Union by shoring up support for her Brexit plan.

(Trinidad Guardian) Soca artiste Rodney “Benjai” La Blanc is recovering at home following a brutal attack outside a night club in Guyana on Sunday morning.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – Guyana Jaguars defeated Windward Islands Volcanoes by an innings and 122 runs before lunch on day three of their final round game in the Regional four-day championship at the Guyana National Stadium on Monday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a turbulent debate over illegal immigration today, turning away an appeal by a group of asylum-seeking Central American women and their children who aimed to clarify the constitutional rights of people who the government has prioritized for deportation.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors today charged ousted president Park Geun-hye and Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin with bribery in the latest twist to a corruption scandal that rocked the country for months.

LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) – “The Fate of the Furious” is roaring to a record-setting global debut over the weekend even as domestic audiences showed less enthusiasm for the latest installment in Universal’s long-running “Fast and Furious” series.

President David Granger last evening stated that the Blairmont sugar estate is among those that will be preserved, the Ministry of the Presidency reported.

(BBC) Veteran Shiv Chanderpaul shrugged off a thigh injury to hit a magnificent 182 as Lancashire totalled 470 on day two against Surrey at The Oval.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – The death toll from a bomb blast on a crowded Syrian bus convoy outside Aleppo reached at least 112 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said today.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall has sued Attorney General Basil Williams over allegations that had been by Williams against Nandlall in relation to Commonwealth Law Reports.

More than two weeks after she said that a report would be issued to the press, acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards is still to pronounce on the courtroom confrontation between Attorney General Basil Williams SC and Justice Franklin Holder.

The 15 computers that were seized from the Enmore/Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) on March 31st by the eGovernment Unit had been donated since 2010 and had last been used in 2013, according to the clerk of the council.

Drug procurement remains at the forefront of her agenda says Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence.

PYONGYANG/SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea displayed what appeared to be new long-range and submarine-based missiles on the 105th birth anniversary of its founding father, Kim Il Sung today as a nuclear-powered U.S.

Widespread under invoicing of imported building materials has been seen, according to Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner-General, Godfrey Statia.

Six roads in Region One (Barima-Waini) are to be upgraded to all-weather roads at a total cost of $762 million, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced at Thursday’s

The Ministry of the Presidency has expressed condolences on the the passing of Dr.

An East Canje man was yesterday found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to his son who he had set afire with methylated spirits when the 11-year-old child tried to stop him from leaving their house for more alcohol.