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A 31-year-old shopkeeper is now nursing a gunshot wound to his left hand after he was attacked on Thursday evening.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Proposals made by Brazil’s far-right presidential front-runner Jair Bolsonaro present a serious threat to the country’s environment that could lead deforestation “to explode,” a group of non-government organizations said on Friday.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure yesterday urged residents against removing distribution cables attached to lantern posts following recent thefts in West Demerara and East Bank communities.

(Trinidad Express) Days after she told a story of demons in her head, a 40-year-old woman died from ingesting a poisonous substance on the streets of Penal on Thursday.

KOCHI/NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A senior leader of India’s ruling party warned on Friday that protesters in the southern state of Kerala would take the law into their hands if officials attempted to let women enter a hill temple at the centre of a raging controversy.

The New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation has won a $118m contract for the  supply and delivery of medical equipment.

DUBAI,  (Reuters)  Saudi Arabia said today that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has died, and said it fired two senior officials over the incident that has provoked an international outcry and strained relations between Riyadh and the West.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two young men who faked their kid­nap­pings on the same day – one due to mon­ey wor­ries and the oth­er be­cause of ta­ban­ca—were each jailed for 30 days with hard labour yes­ter­day.

Murder accused Travis Evans, who escaped from the Lusignan Prison early on Monday morning, was recaptured this morning by Joint Services ranks at the Soesdyke-Linden junction.

Oil production, expected to begin in 2020, “will be the most transformative economic development” in Guyana’s history and the current administration is taking steps to ensure that revenues accrued from the sector will not be squandered but will be invested strategically to build human and institutional capacity, address the infrastructural deficit and provide economic security for future generations says President David Granger.

The Appeal Court yesterday upheld the legality of President David Granger’s unilateral appointment of retired judge James Patterson as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), saying that he did not act unreasonably in doing so.

The Public Health Ministry entered into rent-free arrangements to have drugs and medical supplies temporarily stored at four off-site facilities, including a hotel where a termite infestation and damage to some of the items were evident.

In addition to tapping into the Contingency and Lotto funds, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) sourced money from its road works and infrastructure development budget to complete D’Urban Park, according to the preliminary findings of the Auditor General, which also said there is no evidence of checks on works for which the private company that started the project was given half a billion.

A 26-year-old man is now dead after he was stabbed by his friend yesterday morning following an argument over a bicycle and a box of food the night before.

A 12-member jury yesterday found former death row prisoner Terry Kissoon guilty of manslaughter after his retrial for the death of Troy Smith.

WASHINGTON/ANKARA, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said yesterday  he presumes missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead and that the U.S.

A young miner is now dead after he was stabbed by a man who he was arguing with him over cigarettes.

WASHINGTON/GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday threatened to deploy the military and close the southern U.S.

When President David Granger arrived at the Public Buildings yesterday to address the National Assembly, he was met by his own cheering section as well as protestors calling for the release of severance payments to ex-sugar workers and members of the Rastafarian community who are awaiting the promised decriminalisation of possession of small amounts of cannabis.

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Leftist presidential candidate Fernando Haddad accused right-wing front-runner Jair Bolsonaro yesterday of soliciting mass messaging over social media via WhatsApp, funded by businesses, in an alleged violation of Brazil’s campaign finance law.