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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government troops surrounded Hama prison in the west of the country yesterday and fired tear gas after inmates revolted, seizing several guards, a monitoring group reported.

(Reuters) – Honduran authorities have arrested four people in connection with the murder of award-winning environmental and indigenous rights activist Berta Caceres, the attorney general’s office said in a statement yesterday.

Serious flooding was avoided after the Ministry of Public Infrastructure and City Hall took action to clear two culverts in Queenstown, Georgetown this morning, GINA said.

About 1415h. today, the police say that Rawle Adams, 45 years, of Mackenzie, Linden, was driving a motor car along the roadway at Bamia on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, allegedly at a fast rate, when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – Chris Gayle’s batting failures continued as Jamaica and West Indies teammate, Andre Russell, upstaged him with an electrifying cameo to fire Kolkata Knight Riders to an important win in the Indian Premier League here today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government has begun statistical groundwork for decriminalising of marijuana possession, says Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi.

United for the first time in decades, trade union leaders yesterday blasted the David Granger administration for its failure to keep several promises but Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said that work is being done even as he urged that the criticism of government be fair.

As investigations into the Ramada Princess Casino robbery continue, police last night swooped on a house at Vreed-en-Hoop on the West Coast of Demerara and arrested a man who had over $900,000 in his possession.

Youth and women’s representatives yesterday blasted union leaders for not giving them opportunities at the leadership level and called for their inclusion and for succession planning.

A massive clean-up campaign was yesterday rolled out by the Mayor and City Council at the Stabroek Market square.

In response to attacks by political commentator and WPA activist, David Hinds, the Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday said that it was  “neither opportunistic nor have we lost our political conviction”.

With approval granted by government, coupled with its signalled intent to pass the long-awaited telecommunications liberalisation legislation, the country’s two mobile carriers GTT and Digicel have announced that they will roll out 4G service in time for Guyana’s 50th Anniversary celebrations.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) yesterday said that it has completed over 30 percent of works on stands during its first week of management of the D’Urban Park Development Project.

Hundreds of workers from different unions across the country braved the weather to march together as a historic Labour Day saw the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana  (FITUG) and the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) rally together for the first time in over two decades.

Government continues to maintain the Amaila Falls Access Road while it mulls options for recovering the maintenance costs incurred yearly.

Speaking in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Minister of State Joseph Harmon on Saturday urged Guyanese to return home and be part of the country’s development.

The Ministry of Communities is seeking to address concerns over the resources available to the office of mayors and deputy mayors across the country, according to Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green.

The Guyana Revenue Authority says an extension has been granted for the submission of tax returns.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday night increased the country’s minimum wage 30 percent, amid rampant inflation that has destroyed purchasing power in the crisis-hit country.

BAIMAJING, China, (Reuters) – The fishing fleet based in this tiny port town on Hainan island is getting everything from military training and subsidies to even fuel and ice as China creates an increasingly sophisticated fishing militia to sail into the disputed South China Sea.