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Mohammed Ali who was charged with possession of 113 pounds of cocaine had the charge against him dismissed on Tuesday.

There has been no activity on the forest concessions previously held by Chinese forester Bai Shan Lin, which government is holding on to at the request of the China Development Bank, according to Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman.

Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources Simona Broomes told a Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources yesterday that the development of mining syndicates will directly influence the growth of the economy.

A poor turnout by the Guyana Private Schools United yesterday did not deter the protest action against VAT on private education, outside of the Ministry of the Presidency.

The second and final retrial of Lakeraj Fredericks who is accused of the 2011 murder of Clifton Bonus, is set to commence next Monday before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Georgetown.

The PPP yesterday said it will test AFC MPs in parliament at the next sitting over the latter’s call for a review of the controversial VAT on private education tuition.

Dynamic International Airways has found itself in the hot seat once again and this time, it has been fined US$120,000 ($25m) by the United States Department of Transportation (DoT) for failure to provide prompt refunds to passengers after flight cancellations, and failure to promptly notify passengers of the cancellations.

A businessman and his employee are presently in custody following the discovery of a man in a shallow grave at Karrau Backdam, Mazaruni on Easter Monday.

The driver of a car belonging to the Guyana Telephone &Telegraph Company, escaped with minor injuries when he slammed into a steel and concrete fence of a shop at Lot 57 New Road Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara yesterday.

After being freed almost three weeks ago of a murder charge, Reagus Lamazon was taken before a city magistrate on Tuesday along with another man to face four armed robbery charges.

aA teenage boy was remanded to prison on Tuesday after he was charged with being in possession of cannabis that was found in baby powder being taken into the Camp Street prison.

(Reuters) – General Motors Co said yesterday that it is ceasing its Venezuelan operations after its assets in the country were seized by public authorities.

After issuing an ultimatum to government for the return of the computers taken from the Enmore/Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) within a week, attorney Anil Nandlall is now stating that he will give the administration until the end of this week.

An inquest has been ordered into the death of four-year-old Ramkarran Mohan who was struck down on the Tuschen Housing Scheme Main Road, at East Bank Essequibo (EBE).

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday accused Iran of ‘alarming ongoing provocations’ to destabilize countries in the Middle East as the Trump administration launched a review of its policy towards Tehran.

]Three days before sentencing, Ed Ahmad’s lawyer was criticized by the judge in the case for not complying with rules for hard copies of the sentencing memorandum to be provided to the court.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May won parliament’s backing for an early election on Wednesday, a vote she said would strengthen her hand in divorce talks with the European Union and help heal divisions in Britain.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo says that on government’s permission he will release a copy of not only the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) contract but also a dossier of other documents pertaining to it.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration yetserday denied being misleading about a U.S.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Western countries and drug companies pledged fresh support yesterday to wipe out diseases that blind, disable and disfigure millions of poor in tropical areas each year and urged new donors to join the fight.