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“Children from Albouystown go to West Ruimveldt Primary and this bridge is a great relief for them because, during rainy weather, people used have to hop and skip down the dam.

(Trinidad Guardian) The 30-year-old sus­pect want­ed for the mur­der of Trinidad-born Kiara Al­leyne, 20, at her home in Flori­da on Wednes­day has been re­ceiv­ing med­ical care af­ter he was found se­ri­ous­ly in­jured by Mar­i­on Coun­ty homi­cide of­fi­cers and had to be air­lift­ed from the area where he was lo­cat­ed.

One week after Hurricane Dorian there have been no reports of missing persons, casualties or deaths among the Guyanese population living in The Bahamas, according to Honorary Consul for Guyana, Jairam Mangra.

Corentyne rice farmers are upset with the Regional Administration and the government for their lack of assistance in ensuring that the rice industry flourishes especially during the harvesting season which recently began and is expected to conclude in late November.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden clashed with progressive challengers Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders on healthcare in a debate yesterday, defending Obamacare and challenging them to be honest about the cost of their plans.

A businessman from East Coast Demerara was yesterday robbed and shot while transacting business in Port Mourant, Corentyne.

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – California’s legislature yesterday passed a three-year ban on state and local law enforcement from using body cameras with facial recognition software, the latest curb on technology that some say poses a threat to civil liberties.

The Kildonan Night School has been making strides since its establishment in February 2018, the Department of Public Information (DPI) says.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Papua New Guinea wants to keep 40% of gold produced from the proposed Wafi-Golpu project, the country’s commerce minister said, creating a potential hurdle to an agreement with co-owners Newcrest Mining and Harmony Gold.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) will tomorrow transfer its responsibility for the La Parfaite Harmonie Housing Scheme along with the Goed Fortuin regularised squatting area to the Malgre Tout/Meer Zorgen Neighbour-hood Democratic Council (NDC), West Coast of Demerara.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The Mexican government protested and Central American migrants feared deportation back to their violent homelands yesterday after the U.S.

A youth was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail after being found guilty of robbing a couple at the Kingston seawall.

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – A former Peruvian first lady was dragged out of a courtroom in San Francisco yesterday as she cursed a judge’s decision to keep her husband, ex-president Alejandro Toledo, in jail pending extradition proceedings.

A 20-year-old mason who admitted to stealing a bicycle was yesterday sentenced to six months in jail after he failed to convince the owner to allow him to work for him in order to repay him for the theft.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago’s appetite for gore, bacchanal, scandal and death has left Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi wondering if this country has turned into a Roman Colosseum.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A group of Venezuelan government officials and opposition activists are quietly holding talks focused on the economy despite the stalling of a formal dialogue mediated by Norway, according to nine sources involved.

A simple larceny accused heard that the charge against him was dismissed yesterday after witnesses repeatedly failed to show up for the proceedings.

(Trinidad Express) Between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning two men were murdered in separate incidents in North Trinidad.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ex-military intelligence chief told a Spanish court that Washington was fabricating drug-trafficking charges in its extradition request, throwing into doubt future cooperation with the U.S.

An armed robbery accused was yesterday freed after a city magistrate found that the prosecution failed to prove its case against him.