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A 56-year-old miner was brutally chopped to death between Friday evening and yesterday morning, allegedly by his co-worker who also robbed him of two gold mats at the camp he was guarding at Potaro River.

LONDON (BBC) – Young people on the latest HIV drugs now have near-normal life expectancy because of improvements in treatments, a study in The Lancet suggests.

A 39-year-old man was arrested during a sting operation on Friday after he allegedly tried to bribe a police officer with $500,000 to secure the release of his son, who had been arrested last week over the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Nene Constantino Oliveira, patriarch of the family that created Brazilian airline Gol , has been found guilty of homicide in connection with the 2001 murder of an activist who led a group of squatters occupying land owned by the family, a court in Brasilia said on Friday.

The ANSA McAl-funded independence arch to mark the eastern extremity of the capital city was inaugurated today with the Head of the Trinidad-based group, Norman Sabga apologizing for the inconvenience caused during its erecting on Thursday.

A 39 year old ‘C’ Field, Sophia man who yesterday tried to bribe a policeman with half of a million dollars to release his 19 year old son who was earlier yesterday arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, was himself arrested, during a sting operation and the cash lodged as exhibits.

The police say that Homicide Detectives are making stringent efforts to quickly apprehend a co-worker who is the prime suspect for the murder of Damon Scipio a/k Rastaman, 56 years, a miner of Moco Moco Village, Central Rupununi, which occurred between 2300hrs last night and 0600hrs this morning, at BK Old Road Backdam, Potaro River.

(Trinidad Guardian) A father who was leading a fund raising drive to save his daughter’s life was murdered outside his Diego Martin home on Thursday night.

Guyana is among 14 Caricom countries listed as “major money laundering” nations in the March 2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), despite the implementation of a legislative framework, and according to Minister of Finance Winston Jordan this now adds to the country’s misery.

Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson yesterday said that the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project is on course to meet its December, 2017 deadline and while this year’s budget allocation for the works is nearly exhausted, the government will soon access the remainder to facilitate the completion.

Following an intervention by government on behalf of local companies, the contractor for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion is to purchase over US$3.5M in stone from Toolsie Persaud Limited and BK International.

Maverick De Abreu, the suspect in the recent wounding of Trinidadian soca singer Rodney “Benjai” Le Blanc in front of the Palm Court nightclub, was yesterday charged with shooting at his pregnant wife and sister-in-law.

A man has been arrested in Berbice for the suspected poisoning of three minors, who are now patients at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.

US-based Guyanese doctor Noel Blackman was yesterday sentenced to 50 months in prison by New York Judge Joanna Seybert for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a controlled substance.

Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence yesterday promised to reintroduce overtime payment for nurses and work to end the verbal and physical abuse suffered by health care workers.

Following two break-ins at his Ozama Street, North Ruimveldt home, including one that saw put up a fight with an intruder who was armed with an ice pick, Vice-Chairman of Demerara Harbour Bridge Board Joseph Holder is now living in fear.

Crabwood Creek labourer Rishee Lakhraj, whose wife succumbed to a fatal stab wound that she claimed she inflicted on herself, was yesterday charged with her murder and he was remanded to prison.

The man who threw bags with contraband, including marijuana and a phone, into the compound of the Camp Street Prison on Monday, has been sentenced to four years in jail.

The government last evening issued a cybersecurity alert in wake of a global “ransomware attack” that was in progress.

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Eddie Boyer is optimistic that the stabilising of the foreign exchange market will also lead to an increase in imports.