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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – A Honduran court convicted the wife of former President Porfirio Lobo on graft charges, including siphoning funds from programmes designed to help poor children, a judicial official said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) For­mer gov­ern­ment min­is­ter Mar­lene Mc­Don­ald’s long-time com­pan­ion Michael Carew and an­oth­er man charged along­side the cou­ple for cor­rup­tion and mon­ey laun­der­ing, are yet to ac­cess bail.

A woman and her family are now traumatised after they were attacked by a lone gunman at their Diamond/Grove Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home in the wee hours of Monday morning.

The man who allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend and her new partner last Wednesday at Hururu Mission, Berbice River, was arrested on Sunday, Commander Linden Lord said.

LIMA (Reuters) – Uruguay’s President Tabare Vazquez announced yesterday that doctors detected a likely malignant growth in his right lung during a routine checkup.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said today he was considering scaling back an effort that could have cut billions of dollars in foreign aid and would decide on the proposal – which faces strong opposition in Congress – within days.

(Jamaica Observer) When Jamaica’s youngest detective sergeant Adrian Wellington returns to the island in 2020, equipped with an MSc in Forensic Accounting, he intends to undertake an extensive study into financial crimes in the country.

(Trinidad Guardian) The moth­er of a woman who was shot dead by po­lice in San­ta Cruz be­lieves her daugh­ter’s death may be linked to a car which she bought four days be­fore the in­ci­dent.

(Jamaica Observer) One of the island’s top plastic surgeons is advocating the establishment of a specialist registry in light of a significant increase in the demand for body contour surgeries across the island.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 64-year-old woman and her grand­daugh­ter, 20, were ar­rest­ed af­ter po­lice of­fi­cers found an as­sault ri­fle at her home in San­ta Cruz, Trinidad.

Guyana is better off with more operators and countries involved in its oil fields, British High Commissioner to Guyana Gregory Quinn has said in wake of UK-based Tullow Oil’s recent offshore oil discovery.

Like many of his peers, Davindra Bridgmohan is today celebrating his success at the recently concluded Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, where he secured 10 passes.

Nineteen teachers are to commence training this week in order to teach English as a second language to children of Venezuelan migrants in Region One.

Eight young Guyanese working with ExxonMobil and its subcontractors are proud that they have been afforded the opportunity to work towards transforming their country.

The representatives of 15 Guyanese companies will be participating in an oil and gas conference and exhibition in Aberdeen, Scotland, next month.

Today’s expected statutory meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been rescheduled to tomorrow as members of the commission are still to be provided a copy of the Chief Justice’s recent ruling on house-to-house registration, which is expected to inform a highly anticipated decision on the holding of general elections.

US airline JetBlue is expected to embark on a scouting mission next month for possible operations in Guyana, according to Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson. 

A young motorcyclist is now dead after he collided with a pedestrian along the Seafield Village Public Road on the West Coast of Berbice.

A Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) delegation attended the recently held 35th Annual Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organisations (CANTO) Conference and Trade Exhibition, in Trinidad.

One man is now dead and four others are injured after the pick-up they were travelling in toppled while speeding along a trail at Tipuru, Mazaruni River, on Sunday afternoon.