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Twenty-eight-year-old Roy John, a miner of Friendship Village, Pomeroon River, appeared on Monday at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Teriq Mohamed to answer the charge of wounding clothes vendor Holly Monderson.

 The Opposition has come out in condemnation of what it terms the illegal use of People’s Progressive Party (PPP)  flags at state-owned buildings and across the country.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Heavy rains in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul this week killed at least 55 people, local authorities said last evening, while dozens remain unaccounted for.

On May 3, 2024, Bryan Edwards appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus  at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, where he pleaded guilty to the offence of possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking to wit 53.480 kg of cannabis.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French prosecutors opened an preliminary investigation against TotalEnergies TTEF.PA after victims of a jihadist attack in Mozambique in 2021 accused the energy firm of negligence and indirect manslaughter, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said.

Wendell Hamilton, 41, of Roraima Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara, was on Friday sentenced to prison after he appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Wales Magistrate’s Court for the possession of a firearm, ammunition, narcotics, and cultivating a prohibited plant.

Joseph Thomas, 70 , of Lot 5 Liverpool Village, Corentyne, Berbice, has been charged with being an accessory after the fact in the murder of two men on March 3rd at the Arimu Backdam, Region Seven.

(Reuters) – Police yesterday arrested at least 25 pro-Palestinian protesters and cleared an encampment at the University of Virginia, the university said in a statement, as U.S.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian police said yesterday they shot dead a boy after he stabbed a man in Western Australia’s capital Perth, in an attack authorities said indicated terrorism.

On May 3, 2024, Oneal Deleon appeared before Magistrate George at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court, where he pleaded guilty to the offence of possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking to wit 5.308 kg of cannabis.

10 years after Dana Seetahal’s murder … (Trinidad Guardian) Ten years after the murder of Dana Seetahal, SC, Direc-tor of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard says his office is still awaiting documents from the Judiciary needed for the case to be set for trial.

Today, between 06:00 hours and 10:15 hours, a Joint Services search was conducted at the New Mazaruni Prison and prohibited items were found.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar rejected U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Roadside vendors are defending the cost of their goods against criticism from consumers that the prices of pomerac and mango are too high when compared to imported apples.

(Trinidad Express) Comedian and chutney singer Kenneth Supersad, of Nahh News fame, yesterday received an apology from officers of the Arouca Police Station after he had been turned away while making a robbery report on Thursday.

The Turkish power ship to provide relief to GPL is to begin its journey this morning to Everton on the Berbice River where it is to be hooked up to the power grid.

As part of their efforts to exercise their right to self-determination and autonomy, the Indigenous Peoples of the Arecuna and Akawaio villages attended the first quarterly statutory meeting of the year, held from March 22 to 27 and the devastating effects of the drought was one of the issues addressed.

A 34-year-old pedestrian has been struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident involving a vehicle driven by a policeman attached to the Criminal Investigation Department.

-hunt on for suspect Joseph Forde called ‘Who U’, a 44-year-old construction worker of Lot 38 Middle Street, Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara, was chopped to death on Thursday between 21.30 and 21.45 hours at Victoria Road, East Coast Demerara, by a man known as ‘Fatta’ and ‘Kevin’. 

Shamar Davis called ‘Stamma’, a 23-year-old of Lot 56 B Field, Sophia, Georgetown, and currently a prisoner at the Lusignan Prison, appeared before Magistrate Orinthia Schmidt at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, where he was charged with the murder of fellow inmate 23-year-old Anthony Prince.