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Almost three years after being charged with the murder of Paul Rodney,  two men were yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

ExxonMobil Guyana has provided some $15 million to SSYDR Inc. a not for profit organisation, to present a job readiness programme in several communities across the country.

A city magistrate is expected to rule on whether a case has been made out against one of the drivers who was involved in the 2016 Sheriff Street collision which resulted in four-year-old Ambeka Providence dying.

Sixty-three-year-old Gregory Ramkissoon who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for causing a four-year-old girl to perform oral sex on him, has filed an appeal before the appellate court, arguing that his sentence is severe. 

A 600-foot well has been drilled in the village of Moco Moco, Region 9, just one week following an announcement by Guyana Water Inc (GWI) officials. 

A bus driver and his conductor yesterday pleaded not guilty to unlawfully assaulting a policeman and were placed on $10,000 bail each.

The Mayor of Georgetown Ubraj Narine yesterday issued a statement saying that the city’s drainage system is working unlike under the former PPP/C administration.

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for 38-year-old Joseph Sargeant, who is accused of fatally shooting a Sophia miner during a confrontation at a pool party more than a week ago.

A date was yesterday set for a ruling in the matter against Brian Mohan, who was charged with the murder of Festival City resident Christopher Wharton, who was shot execution-style while sitting on the stairs of his home.

The body of an Upper Pomeroon River boat captain who went missing was found in the river in the vicinity of Siriki and Jacklow Villages, Upper Pomeroon on Tuesday.

DETROIT,  (Reuters) – Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden and rival Kamala Harris battled over healthcare and came under attack from other candidates on their criminal justice records in a contentious and sometimes angry debate yesterday.

Sentenced to 20 years behind bars for the strangling death of her eight-year-old son Emmanuel, Sonia King has appealed her sentence, arguing that it was too severe given the circumstances of her case.

Permission has been granted to a local bakery to utilise a section of the Stabroek Market Square for a promotional event, acting Town Clerk Sharon Harry-Munroe said on Monday.

ASUNCION,  (Reuters) – Paraguayan President Mario Abdo said yesterday he “accepts the fight” after some lawmakers announced they will push to impeach him following the scandal over the signing of an energy policy with Brazil, which they said went against the country’s sovereignty.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) is advising the general public that on Sunday, August 4, 2019 from 6 am to 6 pm a section of the Northern and Southern Lanes of the Rupert Craig highway will be partially closed.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A Chinese billionaire has been indicted by a grand jury on charges he schemed with the aluminum company he founded to evade $1.8 billion of tariffs by smuggling huge amounts of the metal into the United States, federal prosecutors said yesterday.

A woman who was charged with damage to property was yesterday sentenced to nine months in jail after she admitted to the offence and created an uproar in court.

SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese negotiators ended a brief round of trade talks yesterday with little sign of progress and agreed to meet again in September, prolonging an uneasy truce in a year-long trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

A historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday by the Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles and a senior official of the University of Glasgow (UoG) for “reparatory justice” related to the slave trade.

Investigations are still ongoing into the accident which left two persons dead and two others hospitalised.