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(Trinidad Express) Homicide investigators are expected to enlist the help of Information Technology (IT) experts to access the Uber application data of slain driver Christopher Mohammed in their search for suspects.

Over two dozen workers of a mining camp at Baboon Backdam, Cuyuni River, were robbed on Wednesday.

SANTA FE, Texas,  (Reuters) – A 17-year-old student armed with a shotgun and pistol opened fire at his Texas high school yesterday, killing nine students and a teacher, authorities said, in an attack with eerie echoes of the massacre at a Florida high school in February.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Nine prisoners and two guards were killed during a riot in a prison in the western Venezuelan state of Lara, Prisons Minister Iris Varela said yesterday, the country’s second in a week.

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has instituted a curfew on the transport of forest products, including logs and lumber, on all public roadways in a bid to reduce accidents.

Over 80 percent of passengers affected by Dynamic Airways’ decision to cease operations in Guyana have been refunded.

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – Nicaraguan officials began a second day of talks with students and business leaders yesterday to try to resolve weeks of tension with increasingly unpopular President Daniel Ortega that has sparked nationwide clashes.

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The head of a new commission formed to expose the truth behind human rights abuses committed during Colombia’s long civil war has said it will focus on society’s “most fragile” and look at why sexual violence against women was so prominent.

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – Ousted Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been summoned by the anti-graft agency amid a probe into troubled state fund 1MDB, sources said yesterday, after police launched pre-dawn raids on premises linked to Najib and confiscated jewellery, luxury handbags and cash.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – More than 100 people were killed in a fiery crash of a Boeing 737 passenger plane in Cuba today, with just three seriously injured survivors in hospital after being pulled from the wreckage, officials and state media said.

The police today said that they are investigating an armed robbery committed on a mining camp located at the Baboon Backdam, Cuyuni River on Wednesday May 16,2018 between 19:00-00:00 hrs.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today said in a release it  has taken note of two articles which appeared in a daily newspaper referencing statistics on tax concessions granted to foreign mining companies.

Two men, alleged to be bandits, were killed earlier today after they attempted to commit a robbery at a D’ Urban Street, Georgetown store.

 (Reuters) – At least eight people were killed today  in a shooting at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, a local sheriff said, with one person in custody and a second detained.

The government today condemned a report by the online news service, Citizens Report on the arrest in Grenada on drug charges of Derrick Patterson, the brother of Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson.

The US$460m pre-contract costs claim submitted to the Guyana Government by ExxonMobil’s subsidiary and its two partners do not add up and is overstated by at least US$92m, according to chartered accountant and business analyst, Christopher Ram.

A Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara fisherman died yesterday after a co-worker slit his throat at the Number 65 Village, Corentyne wharf during a fight.

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson says that his younger brother, Derrick Patterson who is facing drug charges in Grenada would have to take full responsibility for his actions.

A fellow villager, said to be a drug addict, was yesterday charged with the murder of Belmont, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara fruit vendor Fareez Yassem, who was stabbed over 40 times about his body on Monday during a suspected robbery at his home.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday said it remains the only legally-recognised representative of Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) workers and accused the agency and the Natural Resources Ministry of colluding to breach the labour laws by withholding the payment of dues from workers who have joined a new union.