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Twenty-two officers of the Customs Petroleum Unit (CPU) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) have completed a Tropical Helicopter Underwater Egress Training (THUET) course designed to develop their knowledge of operating procedures in offshore safety and emergency response.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said yesterday the country will never deal with a South Korean proposal to boost the North’s economy in exchange for giving up nuclear weapons.

ASUNCION, (Reuters) – Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velazquez yesterday said he will not resign until he has details of U.S.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.,  (Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday said he is leaning toward releasing some of the evidence presented by the U.S.

Twenty-two Grade Six students of the Sebai Primary School in the Matarkai sub-district of Barima-Waini (Region One) on Thursday each received an electronic tablet to boost their virtual learning capacity.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) says it has lost a stalwart in  Samuel Archer, former President of the GTU and former Regional Vice President (Berbice).

(Trinidad Express) A shooting in Arima on Wednesday night has left a coastguardsman injured, and a 26-year-old woman dead.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – It is “reasonable to conclude” that forced labour of members of minority groups has taken place in China’s western Xinjiang region, the UN’s top expert on slavery said in a report released this week, prompting a fierce response from Beijing.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Spain’s Aena yesterday won the rights to operate the largest block of airports auctioned by Brazil’s government for 2.45 billion reais ($471.61 million).

MAYVILLE, N.Y.,  (Reuters) – The man accused of stabbing novelist Salman Rushdie last week in western New York pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault charges yesterday and was held without bail.

On August 17,  China’s Ambassador to Guyana, Guo Haiyan visited Region Six.

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Lenox Shuman today called for external police assistance to help investigate stunning claims by police detective Dion Bascom over the probe of the murder of Ricardo Fagundes last year.

The Transport & Harbours Department says that the MV Barima is being made available to transport passengers from T&HD’s Goods Wharf on Saturday at 1:00 PM.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – It is “reasonable to conclude” that forced labour of members of minority groups has taken place in China’s western Xinjiang region, the UN’s top expert on slavery said in a report released this week, prompting a fierce response from Beijing.

The police today rescued a hijacked taxi driver from the trunk of the vehicle he had been driving.

Not ruling out special protection for the cop at the centre of corruption allegations against members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that he has to first assess the case, but that the  allocating of resources to ensure  effective whistleblower’s legislation is a key matter for his administration.

City businessman Azruddin Mohamed last night said that one of his competitors in the gold industry – who he did not name –  is the driving force behind the allegations levelled against him and other members of the Guyana Police Force by Police Sergeant Dion Bascom.

Expressing exasperation, President Irfaan Ali yesterday urged that the European Union (EU) put arrangements in place in three months for Guyanese to be able to access Schengen visas here for travel to Europe rather than having to go to neighbouring Suriname.

Describing the allegations levelled by police Sergeant Dion Bascom as “malicious and untrue”, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday again denied there had been any cover-up in the murder probe of Ricardo Fagundes and said that it was convicted drug trafficker, Roger Khan who provided the names of two suspects who allegedly committed the crime.

Repairs have commenced on Thomas Lands after problems developed with recent rehabilitation work.