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A 36-year-old suspect in the murder of well-known Guyhoc Park mechanic Reginald Atherly was shot during efforts to arrest him on Sunday evening.

The Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between Guyana and ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary and its partners was informed by the national circumstances at the time and critics need to acknowledge the context, according to Minister of Finance Winston Jordan.

An attempt by Attorney General Basil Williams to warn of possible post elections violence has been labelled a threat by the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C).

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday delivered a judgment upholding the classification decision of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on cement, known as Rock Hard Cement which is imported and distributed within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) by Rock Hard Distribution Limited, Mootilal Ramhit and Sons Contracting Limited and Rock Hard Cement Limited.

The driver of the pick-up that was involved in the accident that claimed the life of minibus driver Oswald Roberts along the New Hope, East Bank Demerara (EBD) public road last Friday, has been discharged from the hospital and is presently in police custody.

A seven-year-old remains  in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after she suffered severe burns to most of her body in a fire that gutted her Mon Repos North, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home early on Monday morning.

(Reuters) – U.S. author Toni Morrison, whose 1987 novel “Beloved” about a runaway slave won a Pulitzer Prize and contributed to a body of work that made her the first black woman to be presented the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died at the age of 88, her publisher said on Tuesday.

The union, GAWU says it has been told that Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman was to have sought a subvention at Cabinet yesterday for outstanding payments to workers of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC).

Quacy Jupiter, the 18-year-old who on Monday told a city court that he committed two armed robbery attacks because he was hungry and had no money, has been sentenced to spend the next two and a half years in jail.

The two drivers who were allegedly racing along the Number 41 Village, West Coast Berbice Public Road,  resulting in the death of pedestrian, Gregory Stanley, have been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Two weeks after a court found that a case was made out against Rickland Bovell, the cabbage farmer accused of fatally stabbing 18-year-old David Toney at the Timehri Docks in April, the defence reopened its case for a final witness.

A Matthews Ridge resident was placed on bail yesterday after he denied stealing a piece of mechanical equipment worth over $2 million in the North West District.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation of the Port Kaituma Airstrip in Region 1 and the Phillapai Airstrip in Region 7 Ministry of Public Infrastructure Rehabilitation of Hinterland Airstrips: -Rehabilitation of Port Kaituma Airstrip, Region 1 -Rehabilitation of Phillapai Airstrip, Region 7

The National Park in Thomas Lands, Georgetown, is set to benefit from a number of initiatives aimed at enhancing its facilities so that visitors engaging in recreational pursuits could do so in relative safety.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Veteran Indian politician Sushma Swaraj, who most recently served as minister of external affairs, passed away yesterday, following a cardiac arrest.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital yesterday to urge Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to step down, just days after he was forced to deny taking money from drug gangs to secure his election in 2013.

The cast of Mark Angel Comedy yesterday paid a courtesy call on Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A Brazilian inmate, whose masked attempt to break out of jail dressed as his daughter reverberated around the world, was found dead in his cell, after apparently having hanged himself, Rio de Janeiro state authorities said yesterday.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING/SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed fears of a protracted trade war with China yesterday despite a warning from Beijing that labeling it a currency manipulator would have severe consequences for the global financial order.

(Reuters) – The gunman who killed his sister and eight other people in Dayton, Ohio, before he was slain by police had a history of violent obsessions and previously mused about committing mass murder, an FBI official said yesterday.