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(Trinidad Guardian) This country’s Miss Universe T&T pageant first runner-up Martrecia Alleyne is now being considered to replace stripped delegate Yvonne Clarke.

An autopsy has revealed that Derick Freeman, the cyclist who was last Friday struck down on the Cove and John Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD), died as a result of multiple injuries.

Food for the Poor Guyana, in collaboration with the University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS) on Monday donated farming equipment to the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, at the University of Guyana (UG), at the Turkeyen Campus.

BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Twenty months after the killing of Honduran land rights defender Berta Caceres, the masterminds behind the crime have yet to be punished, while other female rights campaigners face growing threats across Central America, Nobel peace laureates said.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly yesterday adopted a resolution calling for an end to the U.S.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actor Dustin Hoffman responded on Wednesday to an allegation of sexual harassment by a teenage intern on a film set more than 30 years ago.

A Rose Hall Town vendor has made an emotional plea to the public for help after a fire completely destroyed his home last Thursday, leaving him along with his son, 26, and two grandchildren with no choice but to live in their stall located on the main road.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Indigenous villagers ended a 43-day protest that had halted production in Peru’s largest oil block after signing a deal with the government, tribal leaders and officials said on Tuesday.

A 37 year old labourer was yesterday given six months community service for snatching a cellphone, as both the victim and accused pleaded with the court for leniency.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump seized on the New York City truck attack to press his call for tighter immigration measures to prevent terrorism on Wednesday, but Democrats accused him of politicizing the incident by trying to assign some blame to one of their senior lawmakers.

(Trinidad Guardian) This country’s Miss Universe T&T pageant first runner-up Martrecia Alleyne is now being considered to replace stripped delegate Yvonne Clarke.

The Canadian chapter of the Alliance For Change (AFC) has pulled all support from the party, while saying that its backing of the unilateral appointment of retired judge James Patterson as the new Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) chairman was the ‘last straw’ after years of being sidelined.

Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George SC yesterday rejected an application by gold dealer Saddiqi Rasul to block Magistrate Crystal Lambert from proceeding with her trial for allegedly defrauding the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) of $900 million.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH)  last night stated that a post-mortem examination on six-year-old Sophia resident, Princess Marcelle Kissoon does not point to any link between the child’s death and the ingestion of the anti-filaria tablet, Albendazole.

Upon his return to Guyana, Marcus Bisram will face a murder charge for his alleged role in the death of Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt, after a judge yesterday dismissed an application by his attorneys to have the indictment withdrawn.

Guyana has dropped two places in the World Bank’s latest rankings for the ease of doing business, moving down to 126 from a rank of 124 last year.

A truck driver was yesterday charged with causing the death of two brothers, who died after a collision at Friendship, East Bank Demarara, just over a year ago.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge will be reopened to marine traffic tomorrow, General Manager Rawlston Adams said yesterday.

Sawak Maraj, the Trinidadian national who allegedly staged his own kidnapping after arriving in Guyana last Friday, has been charged with giving false information to the police and assisting in obtaining a ransom.

A security guard was yesterday read a manslaughter charge after the fatal shooting of a Brazilian national last week.