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The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2130h.

(Trinidad Guardian) Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi estimates about $1 billion in legal fees were paid to attorneys by state enterprises and ministries during the People’s Partnership administration’s tenure, with million-dollar sums paid to some, including one attorney who was paid $60m and $1.3m earned by another who was “eight months out of law school.”

GILZE-RIJEN, Netherlands, (Reuters) – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded today in its final report on the crash in July 2014 that killed all 298 people on board, most of them Dutch.

A 14-year-old boy died after a family outing at the Bushy Park Beach resort, East Bank Essequibo on Sunday, and his mother is demanding an investigation because she believes he was murdered.

City businessman Kevin Jordan was late last evening found guilty of raping a seven-year-old boy.

A six-member United Nations (UN) team arrived in Guyana yesterday for further discussions on the controversy resulting from Venezuela’s challenge to the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award settling the Guyana/ Venezuela border.

The three policemen accused of accepting a $6 million bribe to free drug smugglers they intercepted with a bus loaded with cocaine at Whim, Coren-tyne, have been granted bail.

Road users will have to wait until early next year before they can again pass freely near the United States Embassy in Young Street, Kingston because the mission is trying to ensure that in addition to infrastructural security reinforcement, the building stops sinking and is rid of a termite infestation.

Thirteen-year-old Shakiva Clements, who was diagnosed with bone cancer earlier this year and has since lost her left arm, is back in hospital with collapsed lungs.

Two Lodge residents were yesterday released on $600,000 bail each after they denied killing a suspected thief, who succumbed to attempts made by a group of public-spirited citizens to subdue him.

A third man was yesterday charged with the murder of rice farmer Hardat Kissoon, who was shot dead and robbed of a bag of money aboard a minibus in June.

The Guyana Police Force will soon be asking Interpol for assistance in identifying the origin of the grenades that were found near the Lamaha Canal last Saturday afternoon, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said yesterday.

The state yesterday closed its case against Andrew Albert who is accused of the 2010 murder of 43-year-old Nandalall Bopat.

Works on the Merriman Mall park are to be “held in abeyance,” City Councillors agreed yesterday, until such time as consultations with the Pan African Movement (PAM) result in a decision on the way forward.

A Mahdia man was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail after appearing before a city court charged with discharging a firearm in a public place and threatening a police officer.

RK’s Security Services is offering a $1 million reward to anyone offering information that would assist in the arrest of the men who robbed an armed cash transport team in the city on Sunday and shot one of the firm’s managers in the attack.

The former PPP/C administration improperly used the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) to pump large sums into the One Laptop Per Family Project (OLPF) as well as the e-Governance project, an audit ordered by the APNU+AFC government has shown.

Armed men on Sunday night stormed a West Coast Demerara (WCD) church and robbed a pastor and three members of the congregation of cash and valuables before escaping.

Guyana will soon be offering differentiated care for persons dealing with mental health conditions.

BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US forces airdropped small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian Arab rebels, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes in the long-running civil war by intervening on the side of President Bashar al-Assad.