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Farmers of Clonbrook, East Coast Demerara are frustrated at the state of one of the main trenches which has been causing major flooding to their farmlands and are calling on the authorities to take action.

A former student of the North Ruimveldt Multilateral School lost her life on Christmas Eve after the taxi she was travelling in collided with another vehicle on Croal Street.

After five years on the run, a Diamond, East Bank Demerara man was yesterday remanded to prison for the 2010 murder of Haslington miner Rawle Peters.

Two men including a murder suspect recently escaped from two prisons but while one has been recaptured, the accused murderer remains on the run.

A porter who confessed to having 4.5 grammes of cocaine for purpose of trafficking was fined $30,000 and jailed for three years when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday.

A month after being admitted to the hospital due to injuries sustained in a road accident, bread vendor Joseph Jaipaul of McDoom, East Bank Demerara died on Sunday.

Two men, both masons, were yesterday remanded to prison after they were read burglary charges by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A triumphant Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared yesterday that the coming year would see his forces defeat Islamic State, after his military achieved its first major victory since collapsing in the face of the fighters 18 months ago.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Islamic State has set up departments to handle “war spoils,” including slaves, and the exploitation of natural resources such as oil, creating the trappings of government that enable it to manage large swaths of Syria and Iraq and other areas.

HONOLULU (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will welcome Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for an official visit to Washington on March 10, complete with a rare state dinner and discussions about energy and climate change, the White House said yesterday.

Last rites of veteran Bollywood actress Sadhana Shivdasani were performed on Saturday at a crematorium in suburban Santacruz here where celebrities and family members bid adieu to the departed soul, according to the Times of India.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian air strikes like the one that killed a top Syrian rebel leader last week send the wrong message to groups engaged in a political dialogue to end the conflict and complicate efforts to begin negotiations, the US State Department said yesterday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Around 450 Syrian fighters and their families were evacuated from two besieged areas yesterday under the kind of operation that the United Nations hopes can be a stepping stone toward a wider peace accord in the country’s civil war.

The Guyana Government today called for the retraction of a headline in today’s Guyana Times newspaper.

PPP General Secretary and former minister of home affairs, Clement Rohee today launched a stinging attack on the government over its handling of the police force and related matters.

About 2230h. last night, the police say that a group of men were imbibing at a bar at Manchester, Corentyne, when an argument arose which turned into a disorderly brawl involving the use of cutlasses and knives.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former West Indies captain Richie Richardson has defended the young Caribbean team’s “laid-back” demeanour during their struggles in Australia and called for unity from the region’s powerbrokers.

(Trinidad Guardian) National midfielder Keron Cummings, 27, was shot and wounded yesterday by a masked gunman, moments after he returned to his home from a boat cruise lime.

About 1510h. yesterday, the police say that Sheldon Richards, 43 years, and another man who is his relative were imbibing at his home at Supply, Mahaica, ECD, during which an argument ensued.

Billions of dollars in taxes are not collected each year and this points to a major problem of management of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) which seems unable to prevent or control revenue leakage, Sunday Stabroek Business Page columnist Rawle Lucas says.