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Warapoka Village’s Tourism Package will be launched by the Guyana Tourism Authority and Wilderness Explorer at the World Trade Fair this coming December in London.

One year after the city’s Solid Waste Department removed five loads of sand from his neighbour’s drain, Kitty resident Joseph Ramsey is once again asking for help, prompting the intervention of the City Engineer.

QAYYARA, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi army troops yesterday stormed into a Christian region that has been under Islamic State control since 2014 as part of US-backed operations to clear the entrances to Mosul, the militants’ last major city stronghold in Iraq.

ARCAHAIE, Haiti (Reuters) – Most inmates of a northern Haitian prison escaped yesterday after killing a guard and stealing firearms, said authorities who launched a manhunt with support from UN peacekeepers for the 174 fugitives.

The economy of Linden has slowed down “tremendously,” according to Chamber of Commerce head Kevin De Jonge, who says there must be collaboration among all the stakeholders to reverse the situation.

GETTSYBURG, Pa (Reuters) – US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promised yesterday to foil a proposed deal for AT&T to buy Time Warner if he wins the November 8 election, arguing it was an example of a “power structure” rigged against both him and voters.

Essequibo cattle farmer Surendra Sukhdeo may have been able to minimise his losses if he had followed the Guyana Livestock Development Authority’s (GLDA) advice, GINA says.

Two persons were held by the police and taken into custody after searches were conducted and they were found in possession of a quantity of cannabis.

SANAA/NAJRAN, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – A supposed ceasefire in the Yemen conflict expired a minute before midnight yesterday after a day of heavy fighting between Saudi-backed forces and the Iran-allied Houthi movement.

BOGOTA/CARACAS (Reuters) – Colombia’s Avianca airline will restart flights to Venezuela after one of its aircraft was approached by at least one Venezuelan warplane on Friday, creating a diplomatic incident and prompting the airline to cancel flights to and from the socialist country.

MILAN (Reuters) – Rescuers pulled 2,400 boat  migrants to safety yesterday, the Italian coastguard said, adding 14 dead bodies had been recovered in the past two days.

Three persons, including a Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) businessman, were arrested during the period of Friday evening and yesterday morning over the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Led by women dressed in white, several thousand Venezuelans marched through Caracas yesterday in the first of what the opposition hopes will be growing protests against the quashing of a referendum to remove President Nicolas Maduro.

A 46 year old taxi operator with addresses in East Street, Cummingsburg and Bartica respectively and who was under the police radar for a while, was last evening arrested with over thirty pounds of compressed cannabis, police said.

About 1830h. last evening the police say that an alert member of the Rural Constabulary observed a 32 year old, unemployed, male from Bartica, in Wismar, Linden, with several bags acting in a suspicious manner.

A 60-year-old male of Prashad Nagar was early this morning taken into custody, after in excess of fifty two pounds of compressed cannabis was found in his house, the police say.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police have requested video footage which may assist them in investigating the death of Guyanese national Keith Miller who had his head crushed in an accident Thursday evening.

In light of Barama Company Limited’s decision to end its forestry operations, an estimated 500 workers are expected to be laid off within the next three months, according to General Manager Mohindra Chand.

Calling gun crimes the “most pressing problem” facing the country, ex-army Chief-of-Staff Brigadier General (rtd) Mark Phillips yesterday urged collaboration with the police to ensure safety and security.

Cabinet has asked Public Health Minister Dr George Norton to investigate reports that staff of his ministry passed insider information to bidders seeking lucrative drug procurement contracts.