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A bodyguard of a junior government minister was shot early yesterday morning when resisted two bandits, who attempted to relieve him of his jewellery in East Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

A missing pensioner was found dead in a trench at Adventure Village, Corentyne, yesterday afternoon.

Rickland Bovell, the cabbage farmer accused of fatally stabbing 18-year-old David Toney at the Timehri Docks in April, was yesterday committed to stand trial for murder.

Xinoxi Qu, the manager who was charged with the attempted murder of a customer of the FreshCo Supermarket, walked out of a city court a free man yesterday after a magistrate ruled that he was merely retrieving what belonged to his employer.

BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Countries in the northern hemisphere can expect longer summer heatwaves, as well as more consecutive days of heavy rain with harmful consequences, if internationally agreed goals to limit global warming are exceeded, scientists warned on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a “cluster” of lung illnesses that it believes may be linked to e-cigarette use after such cases were reported in 14 states.

Andre Hetsberger, who is currently awaiting a new trial for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl, was granted bail more than a week ago, but remains incarcerated due to what his attorney termed an “administrative hiccup.”

SINGAPORE/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – China National Petroleum Corp, a leading buyer of Venezuelan oil, has halted August loadings following the latest U.S.

A Loo Creek fraud accused, who was recaptured after apparently giving police the slip by providing a fake name, was yesterday remanded to prison after a city court heard that he might be a flight risk.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s ousted president Omar Hassan al-Bashir acknowledged receiving millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, a police detective told a court yesterday at the start of a corruption trial that many Sudanese thought they would never see.

Carlton Bourne, the accused in a series of armed robberies, is now a remanded prisoner.

(Trinidad Guardian) The at­tacks against prison of­fi­cers con­tin­ued on Sun­day morn­ing af­ter a prison officer’s house was shot at in Pleas­antville.

CIUDAD DELGADO, El Salvador (Reuters) – A Salvadoran court yesterday acquitted a woman accused of homicide after giving birth to a stillborn baby in a case that drew international attention to the socially conservative nation’s strict abortion ban.

All the signs and portents push towards an arc of escalation for gold prices. 

Police have arrested a 20-year-old man, who is accused of fatally beating porter Oswald Henry during an argument on Saturday night at Kumaka, in Region One.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Allies of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had discussed holding a presidential election in the coming months during talks to find a breakthrough in the country’s political crisis, four sources told Reuters yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Police have rescued a 17-year-old Venezuelan national who was abducted and being kept in a house in exchange for drugs.

US airline Jet Blue is likely to start services in Guyana.

(Trinidad Express) Three men who held employees of a popular ice cream establishment at gunpoint and robbed them of cash and cellphones were held on Sunday night.

KHARTOUM,  (Reuters) – Sudan’s ousted president Omar Hassan al-Bashir acknowledged receiving millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, a police detective told a court on Monday at the start of a corruption trial that many Sudanese thought they would never see.