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Hemraj Bramdeo who was set to face trial for the 2016 murder of Wales Estate labourer, Dellon Bradford, is now awaiting sentencing after pleading to the lesser offence of manslaughter.

A fire of unknown origin yesterday gutted the Z Mohammed and Sons Trading bond at Happy Acres on the  East Coast Demerara and up to press time fire-fighters were still putting out small blazes that erupted.

A Bushlot, West Coast Berbice woman was yesterday fatally stabbed during a  robbery at her house reportedly by two bandits who entered through the kitchen door which had been left open.

In another sign of growing Western interest in how Guyana intends to utilise its oil revenues, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday explained to a visiting British Government team that the country is aiming to lay a path towards agriculture, transport infrastructure and other areas.

Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken met yesterday with Traffic Ranks of Police Regional Divisions 4 ‘A’ and 4 ‘C’ during which he reminded them of the importance of maintaining professionalism at all times and he signalled zero tolerance for attacks on them.

Telecommunications company, Digicel, is welcoming new customers by rewarding them with more data for the next three months.

Owing to a number of issues which have arisen, the hearing in the appeal filed by Vikash Ramkissoon and Sarah Browne, who are challenging the annulment of their appointments as Parliamentary Secretaries; has been deferred until those issues are resolved.

The Mayor and City Council, along with its engineering team and the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority [NDIA] are working to replace the bottom half of the Cowan Street sluice door which broke during last Friday night’s high tide.

(Trinidad Guardian) The brutal stabbing of 68-year-old Patsy Ramcharan by a close female relative has left her relatives heartbroken and confused.

(Reuters) – Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it said yesterday, the latest industry casualty after the firm was hurt by exposure to the spectacular collapse of the FTX exchange earlier this month.

Mohamed Esuph, 45-years-old and Latchmine Singh 48-years-old,  a seamstress of Lot 430 Hope Lowland East Coast Demerara, were charged with the offence of Possession of Narcotics for the purpose of Trafficking on Monday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce (TTCIC) has called on the Government to act swiftly to address perennial flooding.

KYIV/BUCHAREST, (Reuters) – The United States will announce new aid today to help Ukraine restore electricity as its people faced another week of brutal cold and darkness after Russian strikes on its power grid caused rolling blackouts.

In a follow up on the status of the case file on the arrest of an attorney by a Special Organised Crime Unit [SOCU] officer, Communications Officer Liz Rahaman yesterday said the file is still under review by Director of Public Prosecutions [DPP] Shalimar Ali-Hack, SC. 

BEIJING, (Reuters) – The rare street protests that erupted in cities across China over the weekend were a referendum against President Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID policy and the strongest public defiance during his political career, China analysts said.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The international community should send a strike force to Haiti to confront gangs even though police have ended a blockade of a fuel terminal that caused a humanitarian crisis, Haiti’s ambassador to the United States said yesterday.

Tenders were opened on Tuesday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the Ministry of Home Affairs for various facilities for the Guyana Police Force.

The two men who were on trial for the deadly piracy attack in 2018 at the High Court in Berbice were this afternoon  found guilty of the offence of murder.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says it has commenced the distribution of National Identification Cards at all its Registration Offices countrywide with effect from today.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – South Sudan should investigate officials accused of overseeing systematic gang rapes, some of whose victims were girls as young as nine, UN rights experts said today in a statement the government dismissed as a fabrication.