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(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice shot dead well-known Sea Lots gang­ster, Aki­ni “Dole” Adams and in­jured an­oth­er man dur­ing an ex­er­cise on Thurs­day evening.

(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC) says that about 45 per cent of Jamaicans suffered from the chikungunya virus (CHIKV) during the outbreak in 2014.

(Trinidad Guardian) Web­sites be­long­ing to the Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty and the Min­is­ter of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al were among sev­er­al gov­ern­ment web­sites tar­get­ted by Brazil­ian hack­ers Thursday.

Members of civil society were yesterday left flabbergasted when a promised engagement with President David Granger proved to be less than expected as he delivered a prepared speech to make the case that his government is not delaying the holding of due elections and then abruptly left those who had gathered at his request.

As more police officers undergo training to curb noise pollution, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has said that their efforts would be supported by a move to revoke the licences of businesses that break the law.

President David Granger yesterday maintained that he has a role in identifying nominees for chairmanship of GECOM and in a sign of the international dimension to the current political stalemate he said that he had made the government’s case twice by phone to the Commonwealth Secretary General.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has confirmed that the vessel seized with a large amount of cocaine in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) last Thursday, is a Guyanese registered vessel.

The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) has confirmed that there is a shortage of chicken meat on the market and the shortage can be attributed to the reduction of hatching eggs imported as of June this year.

Efforts by Reginald Daniels through the local courts to recover a US$15,000 loan he made to former friend Ronald Backer more than a decade ago have proven futile as High Court judge Gino Persaud has ruled that his lawsuit was statute-barred.

The Opposition People’s Progressive Party  (PPP) has accused President David Granger of “mouthing political rhetoric” rather than acting to operationalize the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on the December 21 no confidence vote and the appointment of a chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Despite the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) performing below standards for the operating year of 2018, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has decided not to impose a further penalty on the company.

A sister’s compassion yesterday resulted in a youth being spared possible incarceration for assault.

Works are expected to be undertaken to rectify a developing depression on the eastern side of the Kitty roundabout, according to Ministry of Public Infrastructure engineer Sherod Parkinson.

(Trinidad Guardian) One of the main suspects held in connection with yesterday morning’s quadruple murder in Las Cuevas of reputed drug and gun smuggler, Vaughn ‘Sandman’ Mieres, his wife, Alika “Letty” Dehere and two others, has been identified as one of Mieres’ key associates.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions yesterday on 10 people and 13 groups in a Venezuelan food subsidy scheme the U.S.

As investigations into the murder of Leon Duncan continue, police are on the hunt for several persons of interest according to Commander of ‘A’ Division, Marlon Chapman.

As investigations continue into the fatal shooting of Terry Ault, the South Sophia man who was killed during the wee hours of Sunday morning, two persons remain in police custody.

SEOUL/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – North Korea test-fired two new short-range ballistic missiles yesterday, South Korean and U.S.

With the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) less than a month away, officials attached to the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport are reluctant to identify the names of the “100 Guyanese” who were selected to represent the country at the event in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Guardian) The death toll from a violent bandit attack at sea continues to rise this morning as the bodies of two more missing fishermen surfaced along the Cedros coastline this morning.