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A woman is now dead after she was struck off a motorcycle at Eccles by a driver who fled and left her and her injured companion on Wednesday night.

Though the country’s pass rate in the core subjects of Mathematics and English continue to languish below 50% at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Edu-cation Certificate (CSEC) examinations, a marginal improvement in the performance of students in these and several other subjects has been recorded.

US-based Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad is to be sentenced in New York for mortgage fraud conspiracy on January 15, 2016, according to court information seen by Stabroek News.

Hospitals were on alert last evening for patients seeking treatment for gunshot wounds after two bandits came under fire as they rode off after robbing a woman of a bag of money on Main Street.

The Government of Guyana has reaffirmed its commitment to making Guyana an “Education nation” and it is against this backdrop that Minister of State Joseph Harmon met with China’s Ambassador to Guyana Zhang Limin yesterday.

Director of Public Prosecutions Shalimar Ali-Hack and Justice of Appeal Yonette Cummings will participate in a Regional Cybercrime Workshop for Judges and Judicial Officers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 26th-28th.

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday announc-ed that he will give a ruling on the court’s jurisdiction to hear the opposition PPP/C’s challenge to APNU+AFC technocrat ministers Winston Felix and Keith Scott sitting in the National Assembly.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Retired Cuban President Fidel Castro celebrated his 89th birthday yesterday with two of his country’s closest leftist allies from Latin America, a day ahead of a historic visit by the U.S.

While welcoming the government’s plan to provide $23B to the rice sector to ensure payments to farmers, former president Bharrat Jagdeo has questioned the source of the funds.

Ron ‘Andel’ Forde, accused of killing sex worker Noel Wilson Luthers, called ‘Nephi,’ was yesterday arraigned in a city court for murder.

After being slapped by her partner, Judy Ross set his house on fire with him inside, a city court heard yesterday.

Republic Bank Ltd (RBL) of Trinidad and Tobago yesterday suspended the sale of all foreign currency at its branches.

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, (Reuters) – For many in the ranks of China’s wealthy, the shock devaluation in the yuan is a cause of regret – that they hadn’t moved more money offshore sooner.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s popularity fell to 24.3 percent in July, hurt by voracious inflation and shortages of goods ranging from spare parts to shampoo, according to respected local pollster Datanalisis.

Government in reviewing the financial position of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) and the fact that the year will come to an end shortly, made a decision that no subsidy would have been included in the 2015 budget for it, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said on Wednesday.

TIANJIN, China, (Reuters) – Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin, killing at least 50 people, including at least a dozen fire fighters, officials and state media said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two minors were remanded into prison custody on Wednesday after they appeared in court charged with the unlawful killing of an 11-year-old boy who was shot dead while they were playing with a loaded shotgun. The

(Trinidad Express) Tragedy struck the Seecharan family again on Wednesday when Sherry Ann Seecharan was found dead.

The TT$500 million National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port of Spain has to be completely shut down, says Arts and Multiculturalism Minister Dr Lincoln Douglas, the Trinidad Express reported last night.

ASUNCION, (Reuters) – An 11-year-old rape victim gave birth in Paraguay yesterday after being denied termination of her pregnancy by doctors and judicial officials, stoking the debate over abortion in the overwhelmingly Catholic country.