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A woman and a man are currently in custody as police investigate the suspected molestation of a three-year-old girl in Berbice.

A taxi driver was yesterday placed on $300,000 bail by a city court after he pleaded not guilty to causing the death of Coverden resident Ann Mohammed by dangerous driving in January.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has promised to continue engaging its Member of Parliament (MP) Nigel Dharamlall over threats he allegedly made against a man who was communicating with his ex-wife.

Months after Corentyne businesswoman Su Di Wong was shot and killed after gunman invaded her home, three persons including two remanded prisoners have been questioned and the case file is expected to be sent for legal advice soon.

The 15-year-old boy who was shot in his head on Sunday has been transferred to ICU and is recovering.

Kadesiya Adams, 21, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to ‘embezzlement committed at Singer Guyana Inc.’

A Mon Repos woman was granted $30,000 bail after she denied that she conned a friend out of  $150,000, which had been given to her to deliver to the friend’s mother.

KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday declared a yellow fever epidemic in three provinces, including the capital Kinshasa, after confirming 67 cases of the disease, with another 1,000 suspected cases being monitored.

A 33-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison after denying a charge that he had over four pounds of marijuana in his shop at Kwakwani.

More than four months after the fatal shooting of Rose Hall resident Caitanya Kishundyal, a woman has been charged with perverting the course of justice after she allegedly provided the police with a false statement in relation to the murder.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain has revoked the citizenship of the spiritual leader of the kingdom’s Shi’ite Muslim majority, the state news agency reported yesterday, prompting protests outside his home and a sharp rebuke from an Iranian paramilitary chief.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition sympathizers lined up yesterday around the country to validate signatures as part of a painstaking process to request a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro, who is deeply unpopular due to the country’s economic crisis.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama made a plug yesterday for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal to a group of 2,400 investors looking at locating business in the United States, saying the deal would help boost the global economy.

Thirty-one young adults have successfully completed Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited’s eighth Youth Link Apprenticeship programme.

The Ministry of Communities is prepared to provide each Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) with a $4 million subvention to assist in the execution of their capital works initiatives provided that they are able to submit an appropriate work programme, Minister Ronald Bulkan says.

A gang of five bandits rampaged through Budhan Housing Scheme, New Amsterdam, on Sunday, during the wee hours of the morning and two of the alleged perpetrators have been since arrested.

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Refugees worldwide will be able to take more than 1,000 online university courses for free as part of an effort to provide education and skills training under a US-based programme launched yesterday as part of World Refugee Day.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia will have to raise taxes to fund its conflict with Marxist rebels if a possible peace deal falls through, President Juan Manuel Santos said yesterday, in comments roundly criticized by the opposition.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is concerned about what is taking place in the sugar industry and the impact it is having on the lives of thousands of workers and their dependents.

CARACAS (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire inside Venezuela’s central bank yesterday, wounding two guards before he was shot dead by security officers, according to two sources, in the latest violent episode to shake the country.