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Yesterday’s statutory meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was not held as Chairman, retired Justice James Patterson, 85, was unavailable due to illness.

Nicholas Hercules, who was on trial before Justice Sandil Kissoon for the murder of his uncle, yesterday morning walked out of the High Court in George-town a free man after the judge upheld a no-case submission made by his attorneys.

While labelling the government’s proposed national budget a “borrow, tax and squander” one, PPP/C parliamentarian Dr.

(Trinidad Guardian) An es­ti­mat­ed $15 mil­lion of co­caine and mar­i­jua­na were seized in a West­moor­ings apart­ment and five peo­ple were ar­rest­ed yes­ter­day, fol­low­ing a mid­day sting op­er­a­tion by the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Re­sponse Team of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice.

The just-concluded Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the operations of City Hall has suggested that central government consider a conditional bailout for the municipality, which is currently bankrupt.

The last two boarding (air) bridges for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri have arrived.

Investigators in ‘G’ Division are continuing to probe a break and enter and larceny which occurred at the Charity Post Office sometime between last Friday evening and Saturday morning during which some $2.2M in cash was stolen.

Jailed for 57 years for the murder of GTM executive Bert Whyte, Clive Knights has filed an appeal with the Guyana Court of Appeal, arguing that the sentence imposed upon him by Justice Navindra Singh was excessive.

Melicia Andrews, the Swan Village, Soesdyke-Linden Highway woman who was brutally chopped by her partner following an argument one week ago remains hospitalised and is unable to move about.

The driver of the truck which allegedly struck down and killed 64-year-old Seeram Seecharran last Wednesday morning while he was attempting to cross the Houston Public Road has been released on $100,000 station bail as the investigation continues, Traffic Chief Linden Isles confirmed.

Regional Executive Officers (REOs) from around the country have suggested to the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) that the debarment period for errant contractors and suppliers be extended from the proposed five years, while citing the high costs incurred by government when correcting mistakes.

An acting head teacher, of West Coast Berbice, is seeking justice after what she says was an unprovoked assault on her by a teen at Number 9 Village, West Coast Berbice.

A pork knocker was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the attempted murder of a miner and the court heard that the victim is hospitalised and not yet out of danger.

A youth was yesterday ordered to perform a month of community service or serve jail time after he pleaded guilty to robbery.

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the operations of City Hall has recommended that former Town Clerk Carol Sooba be compensated for “wrongful removal from office.”

PARIS,  (Reuters) – France’s prime minister yesterday suspended planned increases to fuel taxes for at least six months in response to weeks of sometimes violent protests, the first major U-turn by President Emmanuel Macron’s administration in 18 months in office.

Multi-million dollar bids for the provision of security services to the Region 7 Cuyuni/Mazaruni, Regional Democratic Council were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board at Main and Urquhart streets.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered embarrassing defeats yesterday at the start of five days of debate over her plans to leave the European Union that could determine the future of Brexit and the fate of her government.

(Trinidad Guardian) Shocked rel­a­tives of Joash Pan­tin, 13, emerged from the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre in St James yes­ter­day af­ter­noon with their eyes filled with tears, as their great­est fears were re­alised when the au­top­sy con­firmed he was bug­gered and stran­gled to death.

(Jamaica Observer) Nine months after assuming the role of commissioner of police, Major General Antony Anderson is training his focus on the constabulary’s corrupt members.