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Two persons including the alleged triggerman in the more than one year old murder of Rose Hall resident Caitanya Kishundyal were arrested by the police on Friday evening and they have since admitted their involvement in the crime which they said was an intended robbery.

Government has received a complaint that persons are travelling from Suriname to Guyana to access the free health care services available in Berbice, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said last Friday, while noting that records are being gathered following which corrective action will be taken.

Persons who pay to park in the city will from tomorrow be able to take advantage of a new two-tiered parking rate when a new set of pre-paid parking cards go on sale.

Government is awaiting the outcome of “consultations” before it makes a final decision about the controversial parking meters contract, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said on Friday, stressing that the matter still concerns the Cabinet.

Residents of twelve indigenous villages in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) expressed concern about the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into Land Ownership, when they met recently to discuss issues affecting their land rights, as well as to renew their commitment to pursuing full territorial rights for the indigenous people in the region.

A resident of Region Nine who had successful surgery to remove a malignant type of skin cancer from his leg, is grateful to Dr Wan Neng of the 12th Chinese Medical Brigade (CMB) for getting rid of the dreaded disease and preventing it from spreading to the rest of his body.

The dog barked and resisted as his owner took him into the store and after a kiss on his mouth she left as he tugged at his leash seemingly with the intention of following her, but he was soon scooped up and comforting words were said in his ear as he settled contentedly on the inviting lap.

Work on the dilapidated Stabroek Wharf is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2018, Mayor Patricia Chase-Green has said.

The government’s Civil Aviation Bill was on Thursday evening sent to a special select committee but not before both sides of the National Assembly argued over the proposed legislation and left Speaker Dr Barton Scotland questioning the point of the decision.

ANKARA/ROTTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands barred Tur-key’s foreign minister from landing in Rotterdam on Saturday in a row over Ankara’s political campaigning among Turkish emigres, leading President Tayyip Erdogan to brand the fellow NATO member a “Nazi remnant”.

The expected debate of the contentious bill to legally set up a State Assets Recovery Agency was deferred at Thursday’s sitting of the National Assembly due to the sheer number of parliamentarians who were slated to speak, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday.

Members and supporters of the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) and the Guyana Equality Forum (GEF) on Friday staged a picketing exercise outside of the city magistrates’ courts to protest a magistrate’s decision to bar a transgender woman from his courtroom because of her clothing.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said US forces in Syria were “invaders” and he had yet to see “anything concrete” emerge from US President Donald Trump’s vow to prioritise the fight against Islamic State.

SEOUL (Reuters) – Opponents of South Korea’s ousted leader,  Park Geun-hye rallied in the capital, Seoul, on Saturday to demand that she be arrested, a day after she was thrown out of office over a corruption scandal involving the country’s conglomerates.

A pensioner was yesterday morning killed and a toddler left nursing minor injuries after the pedal cycle they were on, was hit by a vehicle driven by a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has proposed that a ministry for women be established.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Maxine Graham on Friday urged 84 new police officers not to forget the rules they were taught or the oaths they have taken as they embark on careers in the force.

BEIRUT/DAMASCUS (Reuters) – A double bomb attack targeting Shi’ite pilgrims in Damascus killed at least 40 Iraqis and wounded 120 more who were going to pray at a nearby shrine, the Iraqi foreign ministry said.

By Byron Kaye and Jeremy Wagstaff   SYDNEY/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The man who last year made global headlines by claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin, is working with a fugitive online gambling entrepreneur to file scores of patents relating to the digital currency and its underlying technology, blockchain.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall today said that considering the immunity granted under the constitution, former President Bharrat Jagdeo is not answerable to any court on the matter of the Pradoville 2 housing estate.