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Police in the North West District are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding a deadly fire at Morawhanna, which claimed the life of an elderly woman on Tuesday morning.

The latest United States State Department report on human rights in Guyana has found that alleged    government corruption, including among police officials, and laws that discriminate against women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons were the most significant human rights problems.

A University of Guyana (UG) business management major was yesterday granted bail after she was charged with harbouring a fugitive from the law.

An urgent revamping of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is needed to make it fit for the collecting of taxes and broadening the taxpayers’ base, according to Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan.

A 15-year-old boy was yesterday charged with the murder of Hemant Persaud, the brother of Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud, who was stabbed to death almost two weeks ago at the Stabroek Market.

The charge against Bollywood Club owner Eladio Peraza, who was accused of trafficking a woman, was yesterday dismissed by the Chief Magistrate.

“I love birds and I don’t have kids,” was Canada resident Davendra Narine’s explanation for attempting to smuggle 10 ‘Towa Towa’ birds onto a flight in his hand luggage.

An arrest warrant was yesterday re-issued for fugitive Marcus Bisram, the alleged mastermind behind the murder of Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt, committed last year.

  Two Guyanese admitted to possession, trafficking and importation of 14.5 kilogrammes of cocaine and 2 kilogrammes of cannabis in a Barbados court on Monday A Barbados Today report said Guyanese Coco Profitt and Paul Fraser admitted to committing the crime on a boat, the Lady Sandra, at Bridgetown Port on September 10, 2015.

Over $200,000 in cash and a quantity of phone cards, valued around $30,000, were among the items stolen from Poonai’s Pharmacy and Animal Health Care, in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne during the wee hours of yesterday morning.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s upper house of parliament voted yesterday to give lawmakers more power to reject the final terms of the country’s exit from the European Union, ignoring pleas from Prime Minister Theresa May’s government not to hamstring their negotiations.

Citizens who have opted for the prepaid meters can now receive them as the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) now has meters in stock, GINA reported yesterday.

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – The state of Hawaii said it will ask a federal court today for an emergency halt to President Donald Trump’s new executive order restricting travel from six Muslim-majority countries, becoming the first state to challenge the ban in court.

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday ruled against Native American tribes seeking to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline as their legal options narrow weeks before oil is set to flow on the project.

Odell Hicks, a mason who was charged in January with unlawful possession of a pistol and live ammunition, was yesterday sentenced to two and a half years in jail after being found guilty of the crime.

The options being considered by the government and the proposals by the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers’ Union (GAWU) on the future of the sugar industry will form the basis of a White Paper.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal environmental agency, Ibama, launched yesterday a centralized database to track timber from source to sale, a vital step in the fight against illegal logging in the Amazon.

HAMBURG, (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister accused Berlin yesterday of exerting systematic pressure on Turkish citizens in Germany and hampering campaigns in support of President Tayyip Erdogan’s bid for new powers in a referendum next month.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the Guatemalan capital yesterday to demand the resignation of President Jimmy Morales, whose popularity has dropped since his brother and elder son were caught up in a graft investigation.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday endorsed Republican legislation to replace the Obamacare healthcare law but the measure faced a rebellion by conservative groups and lawmakers, complicating its chances for passage in the U.S.