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Two prisoners from the Camp Street jail  were last evening rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital for medical attention following an altercation.

The first criminal appeal filed by the State of Guyana at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) was heard by the region’s highest court earlier this month and on Friday it overturned a majority-decision by the Guyana Court of Appeal.

The families of Rudolph Bess and Hansranie Persaud who were killed last Sunday in an accident at Coverden, say they are waiting on answers from the police.

Over three months after he was accused of slighting President David Granger, APNU+AFC supporters are continuing to protest for the removal of Region Five Chairman Vickchand Ramphal, disrupting meetings of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) in the process.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican White House rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich announced a deal yesterday to stay out of each other’s way in some upcoming state primaries in hopes of blocking front-runner Donald Trump from winning the party’s presidential nomination.

There is a disagreement over which judge should hear the legal challenges to the controversial appointments of the Mabaruma mayor and the chairs for five Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) even as calls continue to be made for the matters to be speedily resolved so that the work of the affected local government organs can begin.

HANOVER, Germany,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said yesterday he would do whatever he could to advance a controversial trade deal with the European Union in his last eight months in office, but warned that time was running short.

The recently-formed Marcus Brian Bisram Foundation yesterday held a fun day at the Number 70 Village, Corentyne Ball field and pledged to help the underprivileged.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – A panel of international experts yesterday accused Mexico’s government of undermining their probe into the fate of 43 trainee teachers apparently massacred in 2014, the most notorious human rights case in Mexico in recent years.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistan opposition politician Imran Khan on Sunday threatened fresh protests against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, saying the leader had lost “moral authority” to rule after the Panama Papers leak had linked his family to offshore wealth.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang is expected to extend his 37-year rule after elections on Sunday which he says will give him more than 90 percent of the vote.

(Reuters) – Eight family members found shot to death at four homes in rural Ohio were specifically targeted for execution in a pre-planned, “sophisticated operation,” authorities said yesterday as their investigation of the unsolved killings entered a third day.

A 29-year-old carpenter and father of two died yesterday afternoon after he fell from the roof of the Corriverton house he was working on after coming into contact with a GPL wire.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea said on Sunday a submarine-launched ballistic missile test it conducted under the supervision of leader Kim Jong Un had been a “great success” that provided “one more means for powerful nuclear attack”.

An investigation of the Global Fund’s malaria grant in Guyana covering two and half years up to June 2015, has unearthed irregularities including falsification of data and fraudulent expenditures amounting to over $11 million which the international organisation will seek to recover.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Greenwich Park is a village situated on the East Bank Essequibo.

The 21-year-old labourer who was hospitalized in a critical condition after he was hit in the head at Canje, Berbice, succumbed on Friday and his father is seeking justice, even as two suspects were rearrested.

The taxi driver who was wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Simone Hackett turned himself over to the police on Friday evening, less than a day after his blood stained vehicle was found abandoned.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has described the decision to rescind permits for river bank mining as “harsh and unreasonable.”

Consultations have been concluded on new amendments to anti-money laundering law and its passage will see employees of licensed financial institutions liable to at least a $5 million fine and jail time of up to three years if they breach requirements to ensure originator information for all wire transfers.