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After six hours of negotiation, the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) yesterday struck a deal on salary increases for teachers for the period 2016 to 2018, with union reps accepting an across-the-board increase of 8% for this year.

The Guyana government and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador will be signing a technical cooperation agreement on oil and gas in the coming week, when Georgetown will also be hosting a visit by a 50-odd member trade mission from the territory seeking partnerships with local companies to tap the sector.

Restored and digitised archival materials with, information spanning two centuries and dating back to the 17th century when Guyana became a Dutch colony, were yesterday handed over by the National Archives of the Netherlands to its local counterpart.

A family of five lost their home after their East Ruimveldt apartment was gutted by a fire allegedly set by a jealous girlfriend yesterday.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) yesterday lost an appeal it had filed before the Full Court of the High Court challenging an order directing it to produce specific records of transaction requested by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) as part of a money laundering investigation.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday postponed its expected ruling on the challenge to the constitutionality of President David Granger’s unilateral appointment of retired judge James Patterson as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Alliance for Change (AFC) campaign manager David Patterson has clarified that the party has clarified that his party is not contesting some constituencies at the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGEs) because it did not submit the names of candidates one time.

 The City Constabulary has been allowing the Town Clerk’s bodyguard to access and carry one of its weapons although he is not a licensed firearm holder, the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the operations of City Hall heard yesterday.

High Court Judge Gino Persaud last Thursday issued an order directing the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to release a Beechcraft airplane it had seized from gold miner Jerome Parkes, as part of a money laundering probe.

The decision by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) to halt what it called the unauthorised construction of a gas station on a reserve area was prompted by a complaint by Shirley Field Ridley Housing Scheme residents, who said the space was promised to them for a recreational ground.

A new $117 million Mackenzie Police Station, which will also serve as the headquarters of ‘E’ Division (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice) was commissioned yesterday by Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan.

Sasenarine Somai, the 19-year-old labourer who police say confessed earlier this week to stabbing a friend to death on Sunday at the Number 69 Village, Corentyne, was yesterday charged with his murder at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court.

Zameer Ali, the driver who was charged last month in connection with an alleged hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of businessman Chapil Dave Kumar along Uitvlugt Public Road, on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD), has been released on a total of $500,000 bail.

Two men are now remanded prisoners after being jointly charged with the recent Cromarty robbery in which a man was shot to his face.

For the second time in a week, the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday returned the police file on the fatal accident in which a senior officer struck a cyclist, directing that even further investigations be done.

A trainee policeman was granted his release on self-bail yesterday after he denied stealing from two fellow recruits.

Following the discovery of expired goods and tampered expiry dates on condensed milk products at an East Coast Supermarket, the Government Analyst–Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) yesterday urged the consuming public to be vigilant.

Although there has been a 22% increase in robberies for the year up to the end of September, 2018, compared with the same period last year, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has recorded an overall decrease in serious crimes.

(Reuters) – An American evangelical Christian pastor at the centre of a row between Ankara and Washington looked set to fly home on Friday after a Turkish court freed him, a move that may signal a step towards mending ties between the allies.

(Reuters) – A militia fighting against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria has released 833 children from its own ranks, some as young as 11, the U.N.