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The four men who were recently nabbed by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) were yesterday charged with possession of narcotics.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Rich countries agreed yesterday to try to cap the global price of Russian oil, while Russia delayed the re-opening of its main gas pipeline to Germany, as both sides raised the stakes in an energy war between Moscow and the West over Ukraine.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Argentines descended on the capital’s main plaza yesterday in a show of solidarity against a shocking assassination attempt on the country’s vice president a day earlier, which triggered an outpouring of support in a country gripped by deep political polarization and economic crisis.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The FBI recovered more than 11,000 government documents and photographs during its Aug.

Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Patrick Findlay has urged ranks of Region One (Barima-Waini) to remain committed and professional in the execution of their duties.

(Trinidad Guardian) A brazen shooting in the carpark of the luxury Brix Autograph Hotel in St Ann’s yesterday left one woman dead and a TriniBad artiste nursing multiple gunshot wounds.

A Nigerian national was yesterday remanded to prison while his alleged accomplice was released on $100,000 bail after they were both charged with attempting to commit a felony.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved a potential $1.1 billion sale of military equipment to Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, with China threatening to take counter measures.

A caretaker yesterday pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba slammed U.S. funding for “democracy promotion” programmes as interventionist and illegal, aimed at toppling the government just as the island nation faces its worst economic crisis in decades, the country’s Vice Foreign Minister said on Friday.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India’s first home-built aircraft carrier yesterday, underlining his government’s efforts to boost domestic production to supply a military deployed on two contentious borders.

Some 200 families were allocated house lots in Stewartville and Meten-Meer-Zorg, Region Three, during an outreach at the West Demerara Secondary School today, according to the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA).

Lightning last evening struck a small fishing boat in the Corentyne River with three fishermen, leaving one missing.

TAIPEI,  (Reuters) – The shooting down of a drone off the Chinese coast that buzzed a Taiwanese-controlled island was the most “appropriate” thing to do after repeated warnings, and China should exercise restraint, Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Friday.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India’s first home-built aircraft carrier today, underlining his government’s efforts to boost domestic production to supply a military deployed on two contentious borders.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner escaped unharmed yesterday after a man fired a loaded gun at her that failed to go off inches from her head.

As questions continue to swirl in relation to the award of the $566.9 million contract to Kares Engineering Inc for the reconstruction of the North Ruimveldt Secondary School, a source at the national tender board told Stabroek News yesterday that despite Kares’ disastrous work on the Kato Secondary School, their hands are tied.

Two weeks after being hospitalised for a fall, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashleigh Jackson passed away last evening at his Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara home. 

Currently facing several death sentences for his role in the February 2008 Bartica massacre in which 12 men, including three police officers were killed; Mark Royden Williams, called “Smallie,” was yesterday sentenced to hang.

The Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday intercepted a motor vehicle carrying a quantity of cannabis and four men were arrested.