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North Sophia resident Derwayne Singh found himself facing a simple larceny charge last Friday, after he was accused of making off with a phone that he borrowed to make a call.

The garbage collection in the city is under control, according to Solid Waste Director Walter Narine.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales yesterday showed signs of wavering on his decision to expel the head of a United Nations-backed anti-graft unit, who is investigating the leader’s campaign financing.

QUITO, (Reuters) – An Ecuadorean judge has sentenced 20 Chinese crew members to up to four years in prison for illegally fishing off the Galapagos Islands, where they were caught with 6,600 sharks aboard.

TOKYO/SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea fired a missile that flew over Japan and landed in waters off the northern region of Hokkaido early on Tuesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, marking a sharp escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula.

First Lady, Sandra Granger, on Saturday evening, attended ‘Emerge 6’, an evening of performances by children, held at the Theatre Guild Playhouse, Kingston.

The curtains came down on the thirteenth edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts CARIFESTA XIII on Sunday evening.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet yesterday sent Congress a bill that would legalize gay marriage, a move that follows a string of liberal reforms in one of Latin America’s most conservative nations.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia has sent a letter of protest to Venezuela after it said security forces from the socialist country crossed the border into the Colombian province of La Guajira over the weekend, two government sources said yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to cut foreign aid supporting HIV/AIDS treatment could cost 9 million years of lost life in South Africa and Ivory Coast, according to a global study released yesterday.

Fly Jamaica Airways, recently beset by a disruption of its flights, has managed to shuttle the majority of its passengers to their respective destinations.

(Trinidad Express) The Office of the Prime Minister yesterday afternoon issued a statement disclosing the Robert Le Hunte, cannot hold a senatorial or ministerial portfolio.

Three children were yesterday rescued from their home in Central Rupununi by officers of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) amid reports of them being sexually abused by their father.

NEW DELHI/BEIJING  (Reuters) – India and China have agreed to an “expeditious disengagement” of troops in a disputed border area where their soldiers have been locked in a stand-off for more than two months, India’s foreign ministry said on Monday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican prosecutors yesterday indicated that they are not yet in possession of the evidence United States authorities have gathered against controversial Muslim Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal.

The Aranaputa Processors Friendly Society (APFS)  in the North Rupununi is now looking to international markets to sell their peanut butter, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday reshuffled his cabinet to put more emphasis on helping aboriginal people, who complain he has broken repeated promises to improve their lives.

Tragedy struck in the North West District on Sunday when a man fell overboard as he was being transported home and drowned.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is unlikely to win congressional support for funds he wants for a proposed U.S.-Mexico

Fifty-seven young people last Thursday graduated from the Buxton Information and Communication Technology (ICT) workshop and the Buxton Youth Development remedial programme.