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(Trinidad Guardian) National rugby player Jivon Alexander had aspirations of joining either the Police Service or the Air Guard, but his life was snuffed out by a single bullet to the chest.

Residents of Cameron Dam, Canal Number One said that murder accused Desmond James was hiding in an unfinished wooden shack along the dam since Friday after he was taken into the area allegedly by a female resident.

The body of George Piper was found about at 08:00h this morning by ranks of the Coast Guard who continue their search for Piper ‘s brother Ravin.The

It is unfair to blame either Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, President David Granger or the government for last Sunday’s jailbreak and fire at the Camp Street prison without a full view of the preventative steps that were taken, according to retired judge James Patterson, who headed the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into last year’s fatal prison unrest at the facility.

Former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee yesterday said the former PPP/C administration had started the reformation of the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) but accused the current government of shelving it.

There is to be a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into last Sunday’s jailbreak which resulted in one death, injuries, escapes and a mostly destroyed Camp Street prison, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan revealed yesterday during discussions with a group of Opposition MPs at Parliament Buildings.

Police in Berbice are on the hunt for the man who invaded a Crabwood Creek pensioner’s house and assaulted her during the wee hours of Friday morning, resulting in her death.

The two survivors of the fatal collision that occurred near Kairuni, along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, remained hospitalised in critical condition yesterday, while police continued to investigate the accident.

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan and the Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Develop-ment (OFID) last Thursday signed an Agreement Encouragement and Protection of Investment that is expected to open new avenues for finance and investment for the private sector.

A Rupununi youth is seeking the public’s help to raise funds for him to undergo surgery needed to prevent him from possibly losing his sight.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s campaign paid $50,000 to the law office now representing Donald Trump Jr a little more than a week before news surfaced of an unreported meeting with a Russian attorney that has prompted new accusations of collusion.

Residents in Lethem, Central Rupununi who were forced to evacuate their homes in the wake of rising flood waters have been given the green light to return home.

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said he was hopeful that US President Donald Trump would reverse his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, according to weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) today.

ZINGST, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela  Merkel told voters yesterday that Britain’s decision to leave the European Union and France’s election of President Emmanuel Macron had changed her view on the bloc, adding it was worth fighting for a stronger Europe.

The Ministry of Legal Affairs yesterday said it has been moving assiduously to address the overcrowding plaguing the country’s prison system and work has begun to advance the US$8 million justice system project aimed at addressing the situation.

Government has decided that the best governance structure for a modernized prison system would be for it to be state run with a Board of Governors, according to Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan who revealed on Thursday that this was one of four proposed options.

SYDNEY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US officials interviewing refugees held in an Australian-run offshore detention centre left the facility abruptly, three detainees told Reuters yesterday, throwing further doubt over a plan to resettle many of the detainees in America.

She has received death threats, tracked gang violence, been in the trenches covering wars, travelled extensively, at times being forced to leave her young sons behind to get the story and she has lived the busy life for over 30 years.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran yesterday blamed what it called Donald Trump’s “arbitrary and conflicting policies” for global security threats, rejecting the US president’s description of Tehran as a rogue state.

A Canadian-Guyanese author on Sunday launched a new book of poetry that gives voice to his distress at the spectre of racism.