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The former Halito Hotel, which was in receivership last year, was bought over by the owners of King’s Jewellery World, which is now operating it as King’s Hotel and Residences.

The Ministry of Public Security will spend an estimated $152.8M to construct living quarters for senior officers of the Guyana Police Force as some twenty-five contractors bid  yesterday for the contract.

Director of the Aircraft Owners’ Association, Kit Nascimento has commended the government for reemphasising the need for flight operations inspections in the wake of three separate plane crashes over a month that claimed the lives of two pilots and injured another.

More than a month since a boat accident on the Moruca River claimed the lives of a father and son, no one has been charged yet as the police await advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The family of Jayleena Titus, the seven-year-old who is believed to have drowned after a mishap at the seashore near the Guyana Marriott Hotel at Kingston, Georgetown, is still searching for her body.

A police recruit was yesterday given a second chance after he admitted to moving a fellow trainee’s phone without permission.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Sunday evening congratulated the residents of Rose Hall who are celebrating the 175th anniversary of the founding of the town, which he said has become an economic hub and a pioneer for development.

In yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News in the news item which appeared on page 13 under the headline `Yarrowkabra man killed in Land of Canaan accident’  it was reported that the now deceased man was driving motor car PGG 8696 when in fact it should have been PGG 6896.

The Labour, Occupational Safety and Health Department of the Ministry of Social Protection has voiced concern over the recent spate of industrial accidents in the aviation industry which has left two pilots dead and another injured over the last month.

SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The United Nations condemned North Korea’s “outrageous” firing of a ballistic missile over Japan yesterday, demanding Pyongyang halt its weapons programme but holding back on any threat of new sanctions on the isolated regime.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s top court yesterday ruled definitively against President Jimmy Morales’ internationally criticized push to expel the head of a U.N.-backed

(Trinidad Express) Former Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has been detained for questioning in the “witness tampering” investigation initiated by acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams in January 2015.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump visited Texas yesterday to survey damage from the first major natural disaster to test his leadership in a crisis, as record rainfall from Tropical Storm Harvey lashed Houston and tens of thousands of people fled deluged homes.

(Barbados Nation) Bryden Stokes, a subsidiary of ANSA McAL, will be shedding four per cent  of its staff in what it calls a restructuring of its operations.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Former Argentina President Cristina Fernandez narrowly won an Aug.

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh from escalating violence in Myanmar face the growing danger of sickness and attempts by the Bangladesh authorities to send them home, despite a United Nations plea that they be allowed to seek shelter.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Constabulary Force is reporting that the murder tally has now passes the 1,000 mark.

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google yesterday unveiled tools to make augmented reality apps for mobile devices using the Android operating system, setting up its latest showdown with Apple Inc’s iPhone over next-generation smartphone features.

(Trinidad Express) Police have information on the identity of the men who died in a triple homicide in Carlsen Field last Thursday.

A  bandit was this morning fatally shot by a security official during an attempted robbery at the junction of the Giftland Mall access road.