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A Government Technical Institute lecturer was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail after he was charged with physically abusing the mother of his child.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) on Tuesday blasted the government’s decision to give it only one seat on the trade union recognition board compared to two for its longstanding rival, the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

The recent invasion of a Region Seven gold mining camp was not a case of robbery, according to Divisional Commander Senior Superintendent Ravindradat Budhram, who said investigators will be pursuing reports that it stemmed from a land dispute.

Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder on Monday recommissioned the Tapa-kuma Cassava Processing Factory.

The annual Mashramani celebrations will proceed as usual except for the Annual Republic Lecture series and the annual float and costume parade both of which have been rescheduled for May to coincide with the 50th independence anniversary festivities.

A man who was charged with chopping a teen to death before throwing his body into the Mahaicony River in 2014 was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court.

Nigel Inniss, one of four alleged bandits who stormed a Mahaicony supermarket late last month and carried out a brazen armed robbery, was yesterday slapped with six charges and was remanded to prison.

A 19-year-old man yesterday made a court appearance before Magistrate Judy Latchman, charged with having over 2 kilogrammes of cannabis and cocaine in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.

A third person allegedly involved with a gang of men who stole millions from America Street money changers during an ambush earlier this month is expected to be charged for the offence today, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

Keshawn Williams who pleaded not guilty to the charges of having ammunition and a dangerous weapon in his possession without being the holder of firearm licence was refused bail by Magistrate Judy Latchman on Tuesday.

The driver accused in the Bath Settlement Public Road accident that claimed the life of an eleven-year-old boy was yesterday charged with three offences including causing death by dangerous driving.

A Mazaruni miner was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in prison by a city court after he admitted to stealing a quantity of quick silver, a gas bottle, $1,000 and a cellphone.

The United Nations (UN) yesterday held a consultation workshop at the Arthur Chung International Convention Centre, Liliendaal with government officials, civil society and non-governmental organisation to draft the next cycle of the development goals.

A North Sophia man was yesterday remanded to prison after police reportedly found him smoking a “joint” and with a quantity of cannabis stashed in a chair at his residence.

SAINT DENIS, France, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew herself up in a police raid yesterday that sources said had foiled a jihadi plan to hit Paris’s business district, days after a wave of attacks killed 129 across the French capital.

A water vendor accused of having 18 grammes of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment together with a $30,000 fine.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Islamic State’s official magazine carried a photo yesterday of a Schweppes soft drink can it said was used to make an improvised bomb that brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board.

President David Granger yesterday signed the Book of Condolence at the French Consulate in Georgetown in memory of the 129 people who lost their lives in horrific terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, November 13 and contended that all states are vulnerable.

Two men were committed to the High Court for trial on Monday after it was ruled that the prosecution had made out a prima facie case against them for the murder of Ashmini Harriram Lennox Wayne, also known as ‘Two Colours’, and taxi driver Elroy Doris appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court where the verdict was handed down after a 14 month preliminary inquiry.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduran authorities said yesterday they had intercepted six Syrian nationals traveling on doctored Greek passports in the past week, including five who had been trying to reach the United States.