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Thirty-seven more Guyana Police Force ranks have completed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Induction Course.

The New Amsterdam Town Council last week ordered the closure of two Chinese restaurants after surprise inspections uncovered unsanitary conditions at both businesses.

A musician and labourer was last Tuesday granted bail after denying that he stole over $200,000 in goods and cash.

Fifty commemorative Golden Jubilee coins are up for grabs as GuyOil rolls out its promotions for the 50th independence anniversary celebrations, a release on behalf of the company said.

Two persons were last week fined $140,000 each for trying to smuggle birds out of the country.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s chances of remaining in office plummeted yesterday after a key senator recommended the leftist leader face an impeachment trial and a top prosecutor said she should be included in a vast corruption investigation.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Mining companies Vale SA and BHP Billiton were hit with a 155 billion-real ($43.5 billion) civil lawsuit for the collapse of a dam at a mine last year that killed 19 people and caused damage that prosecutors said was comparable to BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

ANZAC, Alberta,  (Reuters) – A massive wildfire that has forced the evacuation of all 88,000 people from the western Canadian oil city of Fort McMurray and burned down 1,600 structures has the potential to destroy much of the town, authorities said yesterday.

Minister of Education Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine this afternoon said that Trinidad and Tobago has outbid Guyana for this year’s CPL T20 cricket finals but said that no official word has come from the organizers.

About 2130h. last night, Naresh Kumar, 37 years, of Parfait Harmonie, WBD, was driving a motor car allegedly at a fast rate along the Parfait Harmonie Access Road, when he lost control of the vehicle which turned turtle in a canal.

Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Barton Scotland this afternoon allowed a motion by former Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee to have the House debate the crime situation as a matter of urgent public importance.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA’s chief ethics investigator has recommended a life ban for Jeffrey Webb, a former vice-president of the global soccer body who has pleaded guilty in the United States to offences linked to racketeering, fraud and money laundering.

The Private Sector Commission today said it was seeking an urgent meeting with President David Granger on crime.

City Hall today warned container operators to adhere the stipulations governing their use of city roads.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s top court told tobacco companies today they must adhere to a new federal rule requiring much larger health warnings on cigarette packs, in a major setback for the $11 billion industry that opposes the new policy.

With the city failing to deliver on a promised site for their relocation, Stabroek Market Square vendors yesterday continued to protest their removal by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), which said an agreement would be reached in a few days.

The daughter of murdered Ruby businessman Habiboodean (only name) and the man she allegedly hired to kill him were both yesterday charged with the eight-year-old crime.

The suspected triggerman in the killing of Parika businessman Seeram Singh has been positively identified as the shooter, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

The dispute over the renaming of the Ogle Airport to the Eugene F.

International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) Guyana Ltd, the local distributor of Lailac Infant Milk is continuing to challenge a decision made by the Government Analust-Food and Drug Analyst Department (GA-FDD) to recall the product.