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(Jamaica Gleaner) One lawmaker last week came face-to-face with the terror on the roadways caused by rowdy taxi drivers, and the incident has left her traumatised.

(Trinidad Newsday) Besson Street police found a silver Nissan B14 car in the Western Division this morning, 15 years after it was reported stolen.

(Trinidad Guardian) Tak­ing home her new­born ba­by should have been ex­pec­tant San Juan mom Crys­tal Car­ring­ton’s birth­day gift to her hus­band Curt God­dard and her­self.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to break up anti-government protests in a gritty industrial suburb today after activists threw petrol bombs and bricks, as China freed a British consulate worker whose detention had fuelled tensions.

(Trinidad Guardian) Af­ter spend­ing al­most 11 days on re­mand, Michael Carew, the long-time com­pan­ion of for­mer gov­ern­ment min­is­ter Mar­lene Mc­Don­ald was yes­ter­day able to ac­cess bail.

Attorney General Basil Williams has “partially appealed” the August 14 ruling by acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire which upheld the legality of the House to House (HtH) registration exercise but also declared that existing registrants cannot be excised from a new voters’ list unless they are deceased or otherwise disqualified under Article 159 (2), (3) or (4).

Bail was yesterday granted to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Andre Kellman after he was formally charged with sexually assaulting an airport employee just over a year ago.

After another three hours of discussion yesterday, the members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have still not reached a decision on the way forward with the opposition-nominated commissioners accusing their colleagues of using “delaying tactics” to stymie developments.

The Court of Appeal has denied former Housing Minister and current People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) presidential hopeful Mohamed Irfaan Ali a stay of his prosecution on the 19 fraud charges levelled against him over the sale of land in the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC yesterday ruled that the order signed by former Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman James Patterson for the conduct of the national house-to-house registration exercise is neither invalid nor illegal.

From September 1st  Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) will be offering flights to Amsterdam, the Netherlands via Suriname through a partnership agreement with Royal Dutch Airlines, KLM.

Vinnette Headley-James, the mother of eight who was fatally stabbed by her husband at her Nabaclis Sideline Dam, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home on Wednesday afternoon, suffered years of abuse and had even been stabbed days before the fatal attack, a neighbour has said.

The government will sell the problem-plagued High Street building that once housed the state radio station as part of a plan to relieve the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) from its current financial woes.

Executive member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix has defended his government’s record on crime declaring that the party takes “pride in the efforts that government has made to rid Guyana of corruption and bribery.”

A man who claimed he was “set up” after he agreed to keep almost 36 pounds of cannabis just before the police showed up to search his house, has been sentenced to three years and a half years in jail.

Another 50 Guyanese youths yesterday graduated from TOTALTEC Oilfield Services training,   taking the total up to 250 since the company was birthed early last year and  prompting Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo to say it is the most “tangible manifestation” yet of local content in the industry.

Berbice has seen a steep decrease in snapper and trout prices due to the lack of buyers in Georgetown, according to the Chairman of the Corentyne Fisherman’s Co-op.

Non-governmental organisation Saving Hands Emergency Aid (SHEA) is currently seeking the public’s help in raising funds for two brothers, who were severely burnt about their bodies during an incident at their Corentyne, Berbice home one week ago.

After admitting to robbing a Cuban national out of frustration, a young man was yesterday sentenced to a year in prison for the crime.

Eight Guyanese are now the beneficiaries of scholarships to study medicine in Cuba.