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At about 0245h. today, the police say that three men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, broke into a home at Cadet Lane, South Ruimveldt, where they confronted Mai Venezuela, 39 years, and her son Devon Venezuela, 19 years.

(Trinidad Express) Collapsed insurance giant Clico still owes Government TT$12.83 billion, Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Economy Rudy Indarsingh said yesterday.

With General Elections set for Monday, concerns have been raised at the expedited release to the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (New GPC) of over $2B for the supply of drugs to the health sector, none of which has yet been delivered.

A man is currently in police custody after a large cache of weapons, including assault rifles, pistols and ammunition, were found by customs officials carrying out a routine inspection at the GNIC wharf in the city yesterday.

High Commissioner of Guyana to Canada Harry Narine Nawbatt has been campaigning for the PPP/C in Amerindian villages in Region Nine as the ruling party goes all out to gather support from a pivotal segment of voters.

Three men were yesterday charged with the murder of Wismar businesswoman Shevon Gordon, who was shot during a robbery last month, and they accused police of shocking them with a Taser to force confessions out of them.

Expressing confidence about a win at Monday’s general elections, the APNU+AFC coalition yesterday said there would be peaceful acceptance of the results once supporters believe they reflect the will of the electorate.

The police yesterday denied that they had planned to arrest large numbers of persons over the weekend and on Monday on false grounds, as claimed by APNU+AFC coalition, which alleged that it was part of a concerted effort to prevent them from voting.

APNU+AFC yesterday warned of alleged attempts to destroy public records at various government offices, while calling on police to investigate the reports and safeguard the property of the people.

Kwebanna, Region One Toshao Godfrey Wilson has accused the Amerindian Affairs Ministry of disrespecting him and his council by bypassing them and handing over solar panels and a tractor to People’s Progressive Party/Civic supporters in the village.

Campaigning behind the symbol of the striking panther, the Organization for the Victory of the People (OVP) wants citizens of Region Four to know that it is going to make sure that there are no more decisions made without their input.

A team has been deployed to observe the electoral environment before and on polling day, Monday by the CARICOM Secretariat.

Constable Shawn Critchlow, the crime scene rank who processed and photographed the scene where Shaquille Grant was killed, was yesterday unable to tell the court the whereabouts of the spent shells which he said he recovered.

Guyanese Chetram Karan was recently sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison on burglary charges after he fled during his trial at the Queens Supreme Court, in New York.

An elderly Paradise, Essequibo Coast man was on Thursday discovered murdered on the seashore in the area after he went missing on Wednesday.

Allan Barker, the man who allegedly stabbed his wife to death at Bagotville, West Bank Demerara, was arrested in Sophia on Wednesday and charged with murdering her.

A vendor was yesterday sentenced to a year in jail after conning a man of a $1M in a bogus land sale.

A vendor was yesterday charged with trafficking ganja that was found at a stall at the Merriman Mall, in Georgetown.

Members of the Guyana Police Force yesterday took part in a series of mock scenarios throughout the country as part of a security exercise to prepare them for Monday’s elections.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron swept to a stunning election victory yesterday, confounding forecasts that the vote would be the closest in decades and winning a clear majority that left his Labour opponents in tatters.