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Three men were sentenced to four years in jail yesterday after they were found guilty of having nearly five kilos of cannabis for drug trafficking.

Executives of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) yesterday met President David Granger at the Ministry of the Presidency following concerns that several conditions of the multi-year agreement signed between the union and the government in 2011 have not yet been met.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is expected to soon commence the new motor vehicle registration series VV for privately registered vehicles, buses, trailers and goods vehicles (inclusive of vans and lorries.)

A third man has been charged with the robbery of the America Street moneychangers, who were earlier this month ambushed by gunmen.

Two suspects were arrested on Tuesday in relation to the robbery of former Crime Chief, Assistant Commissioner Leslie James and his family on Sunday morning but they were not identified during an identification parade held yesterday.

Kevin October, one of the four men accused of murdering 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, yesterday testified that he was in police custody at the time the crime was committed.

A man was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday after he was found guilty of having 27 kilogrammes of cannabis for trafficking.

A truck driver was found guilty on Monday of four counts of causing death by dangerous driving and sentenced to five years in prison.

An Albouystown youth was refused bail and remanded to prison after he was charged with attempted murder yesterday.

Under the umbrella of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), seventy workers from Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) went on strike on November 19 at the company’s Mabura Hill operations.

A North Ruimveldt mechanic was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail by a city court after he was accused of selling parts from a vehicle a customer left at his shop.

After biding his time until customers left, a lone bandit yesterday robbed Khan’s Tyre shop at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara.

For accident victims like Orlando London, the wheels of justice are turning slowly.

The Department of Culture’s official website – www.50guyana.com was activated on Wednesday as the Ministry of Education begins preparation for Guyana’s 50th Independence anniversary.

Ten senior and twenty-eight recently qualified lawyers will be honoured at the 35th Award Dinner and Dance being hosted by the Guyana Bar Association and the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers at the Georgetown Club today.

Two armed bandits yesterday robbed the Magic Mall at La Grange, West Bank Demerara of $500,000 and escaped in a waiting black Nissan Blue Bird motorcar.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The suspected Islamic State mastermind of the Paris attacks was among those killed in a police raid north of the capital, France confirmed yesterday, bringing an end to the hunt for Europe’s most wanted man.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Contradictory advice from two European-based agencies about the cancer risk posed by the weed-killer glyphosate offers clarity on only one message – that uncertainty is inherent in the scientific process.

PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – The wait time to pass through the Panama Canal has shortened to four days, down from more than 10 days last month, the authority that runs the waterway said yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) A recommendation by Opposition Senator Dr Christopher Tufton that a bipartisan committee be established and given a timeline of 12 months to hammer out differing views on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has been accepted by the Government.