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The trial of Colin Bess, who has been charged with raping a 12-year-old child will commence this morning at 9 before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the High Court, in Georgetown.

The Overseas Medical Mission Team (OMAT) has for more than two decades provided invaluable medical service annually to hundreds of Linden and Region Ten residents – this year is no exception.

Cabinet on Tuesday approved expenditure of $13.4 million for the hosting of the Inter-Guiana Games scheduled for August which will include Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana competing in various sport disciplines, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday.

The Mayor and Councillors of the city of Georgetown through the office of newly appointed Town Clerk Royston King will be inviting the Auditor General’s office to conduct an audit into the financial operations of the city.

The Hand in-Hand Insurance group has collaborated with the Rotary Club of Georgetown to host its inaugural internship programme for high school students.

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Iran’s pragmatist government tried yesterday to sell its nuclear agreement with world powers to hardliners at home, just as a U.S.

Twenty vendors at Bourda Street will have to be relocated temporarily to facilitate the demolition of the Bedford Building, the City Council said in a statement yesterday.

BUJUMBURA, (Reuters) – Burundi’s leading opposition politician called on President Pierre Nkurunziza to hold talks with rivals and form a national unity government after a disputed election, saying it could help avert a new conflict in the poor African nation.

A plea that he smokes cannabis to cure his blindness on his doctor’s recommendation failed to move the court and a man found himself sentenced to six months community service as well as a $3,000 fine yesterday.

YANGON, (Reuters) – China has lodged a diplomatic protest with Myanmar after a court in the southeast Asian nation sentenced 153 Chinese nationals to life imprisonment for illegal logging.

A construction worker was yesterday sentenced to 4 months in jail after a city magistrate found him guilty of stealing an electronic tablet from an 11-year-old child.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – The front-runner in Argentina’s presidential election campaign is unnerving investors with his silence over the country’s notoriously inaccurate inflation reporting, while the second place candidate says data transparency would be a top priority.

SAN ANTONIO, (Reuters) – Even as immigration remains a hot topic in the U.S.

In an effort to assist those communities severely affected by the heavy rainfall during the period July15th to July 16th, Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated (FFP) recently donated a range of items to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), a release from FFP said.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras contained a rebellion in his left-wing Syriza party to win parliamentary approval yesterday for a second package of reforms required to start talks on a financial rescue deal.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House said yesterday it was in the final stages of drafting a plan to close the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two Muslim leaders were released from the Central Police Station, Port-of-Spain early yesterday afternoon.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Global health experts called yesterday for the creation of a $2 billion vaccine development fund to feed a pipeline of potential new shots against priority killer diseases like Ebola, MERS and the West Nile virus.

(Reuters) – Campbell Soup Co said it would stop adding monosodium glutamate (MSG) to its condensed soups for children and increase its organic offerings as part of a broader strategy to cater to changing consumer tastes.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Effective August 17, financial institutions in Jamaica will be required to transmit relevant financial information to Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) – the competent authority – on persons who reside permanently in the United States (US) or persons who earn a substantial amount of their income from or within the United States.