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(Jamaica Observer) Vere Technical High School physical education teacher Sashauna Wellington was arrested and charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley is paying an official three-day visit to the Republic of Suriname from today, Wednesday, November 14, to Friday, November 16.

(Trinidad Express) A SENIOR magistrate has made reference to the seriousness of the allegation against the four men, including two police officers, charged with the kidnapping of housewife Natalie Pollonais for ransom.

(Trinidad Express) Police are yet to identify a man who suffered multiple injuries when he jumped in front of a passing car on Tuesday night.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s parliament passed a no-confidence motion against newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today, presenting a standoff with the opposition and throwing the country deeper into turmoil.

(Jamaica Observer) FLY Jamaica Airways passengers who have been stranded since the crash-landing of one of its carriers in Guyana last Friday were still, up to yesterday, unaware of when they will be able to return to the island, as the airline has not given them any information.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has secured “massive” wins at the 2018 local government elections, according to PPP General Secretary and Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo, who says it won the majority of seats on five of the ten municipalities and picked up key support in Georgetown.

Overturning judgments of the local courts, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday ruled in favour of a group of Guyanese transgender women that the law prohibiting cross-dressing violates their freedom of expression and said it should be struck from the laws of Guyana.

(Trinidad Guardian) Heav­i­ly armed masked po­lice of­fi­cers from an elite unit blocked all ve­hic­u­lar traf­fic along Rail­way Road in Ch­agua­nas yes­ter­day, as they es­cort­ed Barataria busi­ness­man Jerome Ol­livierre, 28, to the Ch­agua­nas Mag­is­trates’ Court.

(Barbados Nation) Hundreds of students at Grantley Adams Memorial School are on a “hunger strike”.

Even as speculation about the health of President David Granger continues to grow, government yesterday said it is still uncertain of when he is due to return as he still has to await clearance from doctors in Cuba.

Following Monday’s Local Government Elections (LGE) the capital city of Georgetown will remain under the control of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) which has secured 21 of its 30 seats but the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic has significantly increased its position at the council earning a total of seven seats at the Horseshoe table.

Linden has voted overwhelmingly in favour of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) but the Alliance for Change (AFC) has still been able to acquired two seats on the 16-member council while the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has garnered one seat.

Alleged drug traffickers Stephen Vieira, Nazim Gafoor, Tazim Gafoor and Sherwayne De Abreu are expected to lead their respective defences next month after Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool overruled no-case submissions presented on their behalf.

The Government of Guyana yesterday condemned as reprehensible allegations of theft by members of the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) from a Fly Jamaica plane which crash-landed on Friday at the CJIA, Timehri.

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) has handed over a lease to the National Toshaos Council (NTC) for a plot of land in Sophia, Georgetown, for the construction of a permanent secretariat.

Three Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers, including the lead investigator, yesterday testified when the trial of five men accused of trafficking over 100 pounds of cocaine and cannabis at Parika, East Bank Essequibo, continued.

Rishi Bhagwandin, an Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) man, who was struck down along the Strathspey Railway Embankment road two weeks ago, succumbed on Monday at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

A police corporal, Quincy Alexander, was due to be medevaced to Georgetown yesterday afternoon after being shot in the back, allegedly by members of the ‘Sindicatos’ gang, while he was in a boat on the Wenamu River, in Region Seven.

A two-year sentence was yesterday handed down to an aviation officer for causing the death of a pedestrian three months ago due to dangerous driving.