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Police Detectives in ‘A’ Division say they are investigating the murder of Jermaine Simon, 24yrs, of 46 Norton Street Bagotstown E.B.D,

An unidentified man died at the Georgetown Hospital last evening shortly after he was hit by a vehicle driven by a young attorney-at-law as he was attempting to cross Duncan Street.

Two women now remain at the ramshackle Chase’s Indigent Home in Robb Street and they are both hoping that they will be out of there before Christmas.

A St Ignatius man is dead after he lost control of an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) he was riding on Monday night in Lethem.

The Skeldon sugar estate continues to surpass weekly targets, according to the Guyana Sugar Corpora-tion (GuySuCo).

Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder has revealed that the report of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Sugar Industry will not be publicly disseminated before the end of the 2015 crop as cabinet is seeking to organize a retreat on November 28 to discuss the findings before any decisions are made.

Agriculture Minister Noel Holder is currently awaiting a report from the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) on the next course of action in acquiring markets for Guyana’s rice.

Smith Memorial Congre-gational Church celebrates its 172nd anniversary this month and will hold a service on Sunday, November 15 to mark the occasion.

Several communities in Guyana benefited from 30,000 hours of voluntary service provided by different organizations on November 7.

Scores of persons last night lined several city streets and along the East Coast Demerara road to witness the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha’s (GHDS) annual Diwali motorcade.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a mutiny from senior members of his Bharatiya Janata Party for the first time in his premiership after a humiliating election defeat in the pivotal state of Bihar exposed deep rifts over his leadership.

BERLIN (Reuters) – Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who led the country for eight years at the height of the Cold War, died yesterday at the age of 96, his office said.

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Founda-tion) – Colombia’s attorney general said today that he would put a draft law before Congress next week easing the restrictions on abortion, marking a significant shift in opinion in the socially conservative country.

(Reuters) – Russia wants the Syrian government and opposition to agree on launching a constitutional reform process of up to 18 months, followed by early presidential elections, a draft document obtained by Reuters showed yesterday.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebels have suspended the purchase of weapons and munitions as a goodwill gesture as the group negotiates an end to five decades of war with the government.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has stopped dismantling centrifuges in two uranium enrichment plants, state media reported yesterday, days after conservative lawmakers complained to President Hassan Rouhani that the process was too rushed.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – A new mining code being proposed in Brazil will include stricter regulations for tailings pond dams and could make dry processing of iron ore obligatory for miners, the bill’s reviewer, Congressman Leonardo Quintão, told Reuters yesterday.

MEXICO CITY (Reu-ters) – Two-thirds of Mexi-cans are against decriminalizing marijuana, ac-cording to an opinion poll published yesterday, just days after a Supreme Court ruling that opened the door to an eventual legalization.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Phil Simmons has been reinstated as head coach of the West Indies Cricket team weeks after his suspension, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced on Tuesday.

YANGON/HINTHADA, Myanmar, (Reuters) – While supporters of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi hit the streets to celebrate an apparent landslide win for her party in Sunday’s election, a dazed former general sat at home licking his wounds.