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BANJUL, (Reuters) – Senegal’s army spokesman said yesterday that its forces are at the Gambian border and will enter at midnight if the veteran president, Yahya Jammeh, refuses to relinquish power.

President David Granger today wrote Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo suggesting that Attorney General, Basil Williams meets a representative of Jagdeo on issues surrounding the controversial GECOM list.

Former New York state Senate leader John Sampson was sentenced to five years in prison today for lying and obstructing justice to cover up his misuse of escrow money, according to Newsday.

(Trinidad Express) Gunmen stormed the home of a couple and shot the pair in bed shortly after midnight on Monday.

Hundreds of rice farmers gathered yesterday outside of the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agriculture Development Authority (MMA-ADA) at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, where they protested what they dubbed the “draconian” increases for land rental and drainage and irrigation.

President David Granger has a moral obligation to explain his rejection without explanation of the list of nominees submitted for the post of Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), according to former president Donald Ramotar, who says the head of state’s handling of the process could scare other potential candidates.

United States-based Guyanese Haslyn Thom, who was found with over three pounds of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri on Saturday, was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail and fined $4.1 million for drug trafficking.

Convict Calvin Bailey, who is accused of wounding a fellow prison inmate at the Camp Street Prison last year, was yesterday told he would have to serve an extra two years in prison after he was found guilty of the crime.

The prosecution yesterday closed its case against Mark Royden Williams, called “Smallie,” Dennis Williams, called “Anaconda” and Roger Simon, called “Goat Man,” who are accused of murdering 12 men, including three police officers in the 2008 Bartica massacre.

A lone gunman yesterday afternoon assaulted and robbed a cashier attached to the Money Gram outlet located in the Spready’s Supermarket, at Port Mourant, Corentyne and escaped with approximately $800, 000 in cash.

The Civil Defence Com-mission (CDC) and the Region One Regional Democratic Council (RDC) are continuing to closely monitor Almond Beach, which has suffered severe flooding and erosion, while acting Minister of State Raphael Trotman says a team has been dispatched to assess the situation.

New York judge Dora Lizette Irizarry yesterday granted a further postponement in the sentencing of fraud conspiracy convict, US-based Guyanese businessman, Ed Ahmad.

Repair works have commenced at the Harold Wilson Primary School in Ituni, Region Ten following the decision by parents to keep their children at home due to the deplorable infrastructural conditions at the school.

Marketing Manager of Scotiabank, Jennifer Cipriani says the bank is taking the blame for the fire at the Byderabo dumpsite in Bartica last Wednesday.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for works on broken culverts on Vlissengen Road and Carifesta Avenue and the engineer’s estimate for the work is $142m.

A former policeman was arrested and his firearm was seized yesterday after he allegedly opened fire on an East Ruimveldt resident whom he confronted during a surprise visit to his daughter’s home.

The legislatures of Guyana and the Canadian province of British Columbia yesterday signed an agreement described as the framework under which their future engagements would operate.

The Special Constable who was placed under close arrest following the robbery of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) office at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, last Thursday, has been released and has returned to work.

A fight over the payment of an electricity bill has landed a 37-year-old man behind bars on a charge that he stabbed his step-brother.

An autopsy performed on the remains believed to be those of fisherman Surujpaul Dindyal has revealed the cause of death to be multiple injuries, while DNA samples have been taken for testing to confirm the identity.