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Two students living in Wowetta Village, North Rupununi, Region 9 will soon benefit from the donation of bicycles undertaken by the Muslim Core Group.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Tabaquite woman has died from swine flu. Rel­a­tives said med­ical of­fi­cials on­ly con­firmed Nicole Seecha­ran con­tract­ed the dead­ly H1 N1 virus days af­ter her death.

MCALLEN, Texas/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Flanked by border agents who are going without paychecks during a government shutdown, U.S.

A Cuban national was yesterday remanded to prison after he was read three charges, including forging a confirmation letter for an appointment at the Mexican Embassy.

 (Barbados Nation) Tuesday night’s killing of a tattoo artist, who was shot 16 times, has left his family in a state of shock.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin insisted yetserday that the Trump administration would keep tight control on companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, despite last month’s decision to ease restrictions on the firms.

A salesman is now on bail pending his sentencing after he pleaded “guilty with explanation” to a charge that he stole a midwife’s cellular phone.

(Barbados Nation) Several mourners turned up at St Stephen’s Anglican Church on Wednesday afternoon for a funeral service, but the corpse never made an appearance.

The police yesterday issued a bulletin for Onika Benjamin, 30,  in  relation to a false declaration for the purpose of obtaining a Guyanese passport.

NEW YORK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A small Native American tribe in Louisiana whose land has nearly vanished into the sea has moved a step closer to relocating its community further inland after authorities acquired new land for the move, part of a first-of-its-kind project.

(Barbados Nation) About 46 sugar workers are being cut from the Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC).

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Gregory Ramkellawan, 39, in relation to the illegal trading of birds at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri on  December 8.

WASHINGTON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Cuban programme that exports doctors around the world qualifies as human trafficking according to a resolution introduced in the U.S.

-`Majority’ – when meanings matter How diverse can I attempt to get on this eleventh day of Guyana’s New Year?

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies directors, Enoch Lewis and Conde Riley, have sparred publicly over the recent choice of Richard Pybus for senior men’s head coach, further increasing the rancour surrounding the Englishman’s appointment less than two weeks before the opening Test against England.

(Trinidad Express) A WOMAN who allegedly had sexual intercourse with her 15-year-old stepson has been sent to St Ann’s Hospital for evaluation.

HIGH LEVEL MEETING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE OPPOSITION HELD ON MONDAY JANUARY 9, 2019 AT THE MINISTRY OF THE PRESIDENCY AT 11:00 HRS: JOINT STATEMENT.

(Jamaica Observer) SUZETT Whyte, who lost her second child due to pregnancy complications in 2017, was over the moon when she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.

(Trinidad Guardian) While most chil­dren would scream and run away from the sight of fire con­sum­ing their home, 11-year-old Jarell King was con­vinced that he could have saved his fam­i­ly’s house in Sobo Vil­lage, La Brea on Tues­day.

President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday held their first meeting on the December 21 passage of the no-confidence motion and there appeared to be agreement that pending any court decisions, the government continues to function and preparations would be made for early general elections.