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A 28-year-old security officer was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison after he admitted to charges of unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday it was up to the EU to decide whether it wanted to delay Brexit and for how long, after a defeat in parliament made ratification of his deal by the Oct.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Thousands of Bolivians furious over what they saw as an attempt by leftist President Evo Morales to rig Sunday’s election protested outside the hotel in the capital city of La Paz where the country’s electoral board was processing remaining ballots yesterday.

Tavin Ahmad, a bus driver who was charged with assaulting a police officer, was sentenced to 14 days in prison yesterday after being found guilty of the crime.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Lawmakers who attended a crisis summit with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera’s ruling coalition called yesterday for reforms to tackle inequality in response to countrywide riots that sowed chaos in the South Ameri-can nation and led to 15 deaths and the arrest of more than 2,600 people.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – As Haiti entered a sixth week of violent anti-government protests over corruption and economic woes, Catholic leaders held a rare march yesterday calling for a resolution to the crisis that has paralyzed the country and sweeping political reform.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) is inviting the public to attend the 45th running of its annual Diwali Motorcade to be held on Saturday October 26th.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday hailed the Senate’s approval of a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s pension system as a launch pad for the wider economy, although voting on the last few remaining amendments was delayed to the following day.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A judge with the U.S. Court of International Trade has struck down the Trump administration’s 2017 revisions to a sugar trade pact with Mexico that limited imports of refined sugar into the United States, ruling that the changes were “unlawful.”

SOCHI, Russia/ANKARA, (Reuters) – Syrian and Russian forces will deploy in northeast Syria to remove Kurdish YPG fighters and their weapons from the border with Turkey under a deal agreed yesterday which both Moscow and Ankara hailed as a triumph.

The file on the investigation into the accident at Friendship, East Bank Demerara, which claimed the life of Bonita Sugrim, a mother of four, who was struck down by a drunken driver earlier this month, has been sent for legal advice.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday faced the cold reality of a minority government that will likely be forced to tilt left to survive, a move that risks upsetting the business community and stoking alienation in oil-producing provinces.

The High Commission of India has announced that it will be be switching over to Online Visa Application Filing for all applicants and all visa types with effect from November 15, 2019. 

Justice Jo Ann Barlow last week Monday advised one of Guyana’s newest attorneys-at-law against settling for being ordinary in her practice as she accepted her petition to practise law in Guyana’s courts.

The man who was arrested after the killing of Jason Bowen, who was strangled during a suspected robbery on Church Street, was yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s departure from the European Union was thrown into chaos today after parliament rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s swift timetable to ratify his exit deal, prompting him to halt the legislation while he awaits word from Brussels.

(Jamaica Observer) Eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, along with Glenford Christian, founder and chairman of Cari-Med Group of Companies, will be bestowed with the 2019 International Humanitarian Award this Friday, October 25 in New York City.

(Trinidad Express) Danah Alleyne witnessed the autopsy of her companion Keone Paryag who was killed from a gunshot wound to the leg in a stand-off with police on Friday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Despite seven of 19 Jamaican police divisions being under a state of emergency (SOE), murders and shootings are still higher as at October 19 this year than for the corresponding period in 2018.

The Police say that Delon `Demon’ Morgan who is wanted in connection with the murder of miner Deon Stoll was arrested at a road block on the Cove and John Public Road, East Coast Demerara at about 5.45 am today.