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(Trinidad Express) Five months after he was abducted, victim Darrell Cuffy was released  yesterday.

(Reuters) – Denis Mukwege, a doctor who helps victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State, won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

A Colombian national was yesterday sentenced to three months in prison and ordered deported back to his home country.

(Reuters) – White Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder on Friday for the 2014 shooting of black teen Laquan McDonald, a case that laid bare tensions between the black community and the police department in the third-largest U.S.

A New Amsterdam Prison Officer is now a member of the inmate population after being remanded to prison yesterday on a charge of possession of narcotics for trafficking and introducing a prohibited item into the prison.

A prison officer is now in custody after he was implicated by an inmate in the smuggling of marijuana into the Timehri Prison.

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, looked headed for a lifetime job on the U.S.

(Trinidad Express) A business owner yesterday said ordinary citizens of Trinidad and Tobago feel raped.

A distraught mother is asking the public for help in locating her 16-year-old daughter who has been missing for more than a week now.

An autopsy performed on the remains of Lennox Douglas, the miner who died earlier this week after the pit he was working in caved-in at Mowasi Backdam, Konawaruk, Potaro showed that he died as a result of multiple injuries.

(Reuters) – French police are investigating the disappearance of Interpol chief, Meng Hongwei, who was reported missing after traveling from France to his native China, and they have placed his wife under protection after threats, the interior ministry said on Friday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Brett Kavanaugh looked headed for a lifetime job on the U.S.

Amid the continuing carnage on the roads, the Guyana Police Force Traffic Department has reintroduced its traffic education unit with the aim of “restoring safer and better road practices”.

(JAMAICA GLEANER) A Manchester woman is now in police custody after stabbing to death her 38-year-old common-law husband, Oneil Coleman.

(JAMAICA GLEANER) The Jamaican police plan to seek the assistance of their counterparts in the United States (US) to help identify the persons behind the cache of guns and over 600 assorted rounds of ammunition that were seized at the wharf in Kingston on Wednesday, law enforcement sources have revealed.

Under a five-year Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) initiative, approximately 2,500 poor families are expected to receive housing assistance, which will include the construction of core homes that will be allocated for free to 250 of the most vulnerable.

At a hearing spanning some five hours yesterday, the Guyana Court of Appeal began hearing arguments in the appeal filed by PPP executive Zulfikar Mustapha to challenge the ruling upholding President David Granger’s unilateral appointment of retired Justice James Patterson as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday defended his criticisms of President David Granger’s governance, saying they were meant to hold him accountable.

Three men are expected to face charges, including drug trafficking, today after their arrests by ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Wednesday resulted in the discovery of over 25 pounds of cocaine.

An Annandale, East Coast Demerara businesswoman is wanted for questioning by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) following the recent seizure of cocaine by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) from a vessel from Guyana.