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A taxi driver was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail after he denied misusing money given to him to buy a car engine.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Bill Cosby’s forthright views on black parenting came back to haunt him this week when a U.S.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Carnival Corp has won U.S. approval to operate culturally-themed cruises to Cuba and plans to start taking travelers there next May, joining a growing list of maritime companies hoping to profit from a thaw in relations between Washington and Havana.

MONTEVIDEO, (Reuters) – South American OPEC nation Venezuela will allow Uruguay to pay off a $400 million energy debt at a 35 percent discount, Uruguay said on Monday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The deaths of a number of witnesses in a massive fraud case surrounding cheating at college and government jobs has become the latest source of discomfort for India’s ruling party, already on the defensive over influence trafficking allegations.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chile took a step forward in decriminalizing the use of cannabis yesterday after the lower house of Congress approved by a wide margin a bill that seeks to change the law in the South American country.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday that a recently created diplomatic back-channel with the United States is “working very well” at improving communication between the two countries following more than a decade of tensions.

Gariban Ali, 22, called “Bagiee” is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to investigations into the murder of Patrick Boodie which occurred on April 15, 2015, at Levi Dam, New Amsterdam, Berbice.

The PPP/C has settled its list of 32 MPs for Parliament and former President Bharrat Jagdeo is on it, making him the likeliest choice for Leader of the Opposition.

President David Granger this morning convened a high-level meeting to address the recent escalation of violent crime.

At  about 1900h. last night, police say that businesswoman Angela Hussain, 39 years, of Palmyra, Canje, Berbice, was in her shop when five men, armed with firearms and cutlasses, entered and held her up, along with her family.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said last night that he was recalling his Ambassador to Guyana Reina Margarita Arratia Diaz for consultation, initiating a comprehensive review of relations with this country and reducing the size of Venezuela’s embassy here.

Concerned about the recent rise in violent crime, President David Granger will today convene a high-level security meeting to craft a crime-fighting strategy.

A father of four died early yesterday morning after the car he was travelling in hit a horse along the Liliendaal Railway Embankment, and then collided with another vehicle.

A police constable on duty was killed yesterday morning when his head was crushed by a sand truck while he was assisting in making preparations for the ‘Soca on the Beach’ show at the new Hits and Jams Water World located at Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Although Ganesh Ramlall’s relatives insist that he was the victim of a hit, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum yesterday said the information taken from his wife establishes that the businessman was killed during a robbery.

Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge says Guyana is pleased with Caricom’s response to the most recent escalation of its border controversy with Venezuela.

One of the suspects in the recent Nandy Park shooting, in which a man was shot dead and his partner and child were wounded, was arrested on Sunday, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

A Brazilian man was killed on Saturday after he was hit to his head with a piece of wood.

Festive flags and the cheers and screams of loyal Guyanese living in Barbados, paved the way for President David Granger’s meet and greet on Sunday morning at Bubba’s Sports Bar, Hastings, Christ Church.