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A fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, gutted an Enterprise, East Coast Demerara home yesterday morning, leaving a family of five with millions in losses.

A seaman was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday after being found guilty of trying to smuggle cocaine out of the country.

BK International’s Manag-ing Director Brian Tiwari on Monday said the firm is prepared to walk from the management of the Haags Bosch landfill once it is paid what it is owed for the work done.

Accused carjacker Raymond Seenarine was remanded to prison yesterday after a city court heard he allegedly stole a vehicle from the Kitty Police Station and was caught by the police after a high speed chase.

Lawyers for Anthony De Paul Hope and Ralph Tyndall, the men accused of murdering Colleen Forrester and stashing her body in a septic tank, are expected to make closing arguments today when the men’s trial continues.

Thrust into an unexpected role, an elderly caregiver is pleading for help to care for Ragesh Ragbeer, a bus conductor who was left paralysed from the waist down after he was struck by a car almost a month and a half ago.

A couple was placed on bail yesterday after denying ownership of live rounds allegedly uncovered by police during a house raid.

A Pork-Knocker was placed on bail after he denied chopping another man with a cutlass during a confrontation at an interior shop.

The Rotary Club of Demerara installed Renata Chuck-A-Sang as its new president and a new board at its 22nd installation ceremony hosted on Tuesday evening at the Pegasus Hotel.

A truck driver was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with stealing wood and later escaping from police custody.

The Guyana Fire Service is investigating the origins of a mysterious fire which ravaged an unoccupied Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice home some time around 11.30pm on Sunday.

WASHINGTON/HAVANA, (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba have reached an agreement to reopen embassies and restore diplomatic ties severed more than five decades ago, and the historic deal will be unveiled today, U.S.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – Greece’s last-minute overtures to international creditors for financial aid yesterday were not enough to save the country from becoming the first developed economy to default on a loan with the International Monetary Fund.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used a White House visit yesterday to turn the page on a spying scandal that had damaged bilateral relations and said they want to work to bolster economic ties.

(Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump filed a $500 million lawsuit yesterday against Univision over the Spanish-language TV network’s decision to end its contract to broadcast the Miss USA pageant, which is co-owned by Trump.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduran authorities have issued an arrest warrant for federal lawmaker and Congress vice-president Lena Gutierrez, along with 15 other people accused of defrauding the country’s health ministry, the head of the supreme court said yesterday.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – The World Health Organization yesterday declared Cuba the first country in the world to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to child.

MEDAN, Indonesia, (Reuters) – More than 100 people were feared dead after a military transport plane ploughed into a residential area shortly after take-off in northern Indonesia yesterday, in what may be the deadliest accident yet for an air force with a long history of crashes.

(Trinidad Express) Bring it on! Corruption accused Former embattled FIFA Vice President Jack Warner declared last night that he is not going anywhere and if the United States sends for him, he’s ready to battle them.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Wednesday will announce it has reached an agreement with Cuba to reopen embassies and restore diplomatic relations severed more than five decades ago, U.S.