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The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that a murder charge be laid against the suspect in the murder of Ramkarran Mohanlall, who was stabbed to death last Wednesday evening.

Although there were increases in murders and armed robberies for the first month of the year, the Guyana Police Force says there was an overall drop in serious crime, which it credited in part to improved networking among the Joint Services.

There were seven road fatalities recorded for January, according to the Guyana Police Force, which says speeding caused more than half of the accidents.

The police are currently pursuing three suspects in the murder of a Brazilian national who was found with his throat slit in a mining camp located in the Cuyuni district on Tuesday.

Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) is seen as the “next frontier for development,” according to Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson, who says residents can expect major infrastructural works.

A year after the inking of the Cummingsburg Accord which underpinned the successful pre-election alliance between APNU and the AFC, the partnership appears to be going strong and a major criticism that the Prime Minister was not chairing Cabinet in breach of the agreement has been quelled.

GENEVA/LONDON, (Reuters) – The suspected link between the Zika virus and two neurological disorders, the birth defect microcephaly and Guillain-Barre syndrome, could be confirmed within weeks, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.

MILWAUKEE, (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed sharply in a debate on Thursday night over their support for President Barack Obama, with Sanders accusing Clinton of “a low blow” after she compared him to Republicans.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Supreme Court approved President Nicolas Maduro’s “economic emergency” decree on Thursday, setting up a showdown after the Venezuelan Congress rejected the measure last month.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill embraced and kissed yesterday in a historic meeting, uniting to issue a global appeal for the protection of Christians under assault in the Middle East.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court said yesterday that opposition leaders Sonia Gandhi and her son, Rahul, will have to face trial in a case involving the alleged misuse of party funds, but exempted them from appearing in court.

MUNICH/AMMAN, (Reuters) – Major powers agreed yesterday to a pause in combat in Syria, but Russia pressed on with bombing in support of its ally President Bashar al-Assad, who vowed to fight until he regained full control of the country.

(Jamaica Observer) Owners of UC Rusal have signed an agreement with a Chinese firm for the purchase of Alumina Partners of Jamaica (ALPART), a bauxite mining and alumina processing plant located at Nain, St Elizabeth, in the south of Jamaica.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies have been struck by the late withdrawals of leading players Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine, dealing yet another blow to the embattled Twenty20 World Cup squad.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) says that Chief Executive, GWI, Dr.

The Police yesterday said that serious crime was down 6% in January this year compared to the same period last year.

MILWAUKEE, (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed sharply in a debate last night over their support for President Barack Obama, with Sanders accusing Clinton of “a low blow” after she compared him to Republicans.

(Photos by Samantha James) Three persons on their way to their farm died following a horrific collision between a car and their motorcycle at Annai, North Rupununi, yesterday morning, leaving residents of the indigenous community in shock and mourning.

Saying that the former PPP/C government allocated all of the country’s productive forests prior to demitting office, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday announced plans to review the process.

A 16-year-old Skeldon High School boy was killed last evening after the minibus he was travelling in was involved in an accident at Bengal Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice.