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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.

While the ongoing rehabilitation of Alexander Street, between South Road and North Road, has disrupted traffic in central Georgetown during the preceding two days, Chief Works Officer Geoffrey Vaughn says the timing of the works was linked to the availability of labour.

The eastbound lanes of the public road at Better Hope and Montrose, on the East Coast of Demerara, will be closed today for preparatory works for asphaltic concrete paving due to begin next week.

(Reuters) – A delegation from Saudi Arabia has arrived in Turkey as part of a joint investigation into the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, three Turkish sources said on Friday.

As the probe into the murder of Bom Fim resident Morgan Gonsalves continues, local police are expected to contact Brazilian police for assistance, police Commander Kevin Adonis said.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Rasta­far­i­an move­ment in Trinidad & Tobago will soon hand over a Po­si­tion Pa­per to the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al.

(Trinidad Express) Police killed three robbers on Friday. The three were allegedly among a gang of four men suspected of hijacking a cigarette salesman at Todd’s Road, Caparo and robbing him of $80,000 in cigarettes.

Sittings of Parliament will resume on Thursday following the end of the annual recess and President David Granger will deliver an address.

The High Commission of Canada and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador are working with the Government of Guyana through GOINVEST to bring a Canadian oil and gas trade mission of approximately 50 persons from the province’s offshore oil and gas industry here from October 15th – 18th, 2018.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is advising the public that asphaltic concrete paving operations for the East Coast Demerara Public Road Widening and Improvement Project – Better Hope to Belfield Village will begin on Tuesday, October 16, 2018.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) today struck a deal on a three-year agreement on wage increases for the country’s teachers, thereby averting another nationwide strike.

(Trinidad Guardian) Vindicated.  That’s how Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress MP Roodal Mooni­lal said he felt yes­ter­day af­ter he claimed sev­er­al “pieces of the puz­zle start­ed com­ing to­geth­er” con­cern­ing the re­cent al­le­ga­tions he’s made against Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley.

(Jamaica Observer) MARRIAGE licence fees are to be increased in line with charges in other jurisdictions, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has announced.

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) Ap­prox­i­mate­ly 500 po­lice of­fi­cers in the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) are cur­rent­ly on sus­pen­sion and sick leave.

Although saying it is expected that “some party work” will be done during government outreaches, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday accused the APNU+AFC administration of indulging in “beyond obscene” level spending to carry out such activities.

The police are now tasked with investigating the allegation that the Alliance For Change (AFC) fraudulently procured the names of residents listed as backers of its candidates for the upcoming Local Government Elections in the Whim/Bloomfield Neighbourhood Democratic Council area.

A Trinidadian national became Guyana’s latest road fatality victim after being struck down on the Industry, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road on Wednesday afternoon.