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Three men are currently in custody following an armed robbery on Wei Gao, a 43-year-old Chinese businessman and owner of ‘Shopping 25’ General Store, located in Block ‘B’ Lethem, Central Rupununi.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday stated that work to facilitate the construction of the New Demerara River Bridge has started at Clarke Street, Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara.

The government is investing almost $25 million to construct a koker in Baracara along the Canje River to regulate the water level during the dry and rainy periods, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported on Sunday.

Several members of the Guyana Police Force and Customs officers recently benefited from an in-person training session aimed at tackling the trafficking of new psychoactive substances (NPS) and synthetic opioids.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday queried whether this country has any message for the 29th climate conference which opened in Baku, Azerbaijan yesterday.

The  Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday announced that 10 scoliosis (irregular curvature of the spine) operations had been successfully done on patients aged 13 to 19.

On Saturday, Agriculture Minister,  Zulfikar Mustapha commissioned a new model farm at Talorgie Village on the Corentyne Coast.

Following the raid by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the Peng Keng Chinese Supermarket on Saturday, a number of shelves that stocked alcoholic beverages were seen empty yesterday.

(Reuters) – Donald Trump selected U.S. Senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state, sources said yesterday, putting the Florida-born politician on track to be the first Latino to serve as America’s top diplomat once the Republican president-elect takes office in January.

Thirty-six-year-old Linden businesswoman Omeca Primo, was yesterday further remanded  when she  appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court facing an additional 54 fraud chargers.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s Republican Party will control both houses of Congress when he takes office in January, Decision Desk HQ projected yesterday, enabling him to push an agenda of slashing taxes and shrinking the federal government.

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and de facto ruler condemned what he called the “genocide” committed by Israel against Palestinians when he spoke at a summit of Muslim and Arab leaders yesterday.

Traffic on the Demerara Harbour Bridge was yesterday afternoon disrupted around 4:10 pm after an oily substance was observed on the bridge’s surface.

The man who triggered concerns in the Marian Academy compound on November 1st when he offered sweets to children was arrested by the police on November 7th and explained that he was a cotton candy seller and had been trying to make sales.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime took office yesterday as the nation’s new interim leader pledging to improve security even as armed gangs flexed their muscles with a brazen attack on a commercial plane attempting to land in the capital.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard suggested yesterday that the Mexican government could retaliate with its own tariffs on U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump has picked Republican Representative Mike Waltz to be his national security adviser, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters yesterday, tapping a retired Army Green Beret who has been a leading critic of China.

The Chairman of the Station Management Committee,  Mr Rahaman has donated ten reflector vests and ten solar reflectors to the Bartica Police Station’s Traffic Department.

(Trinidad Guardian) The TTPS will not charge anyone for the death of Jayden Lalchan citing insufficient evidence to prove bullying played a role in his death.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine said yesteday its hard-pressed military was battling 50,000 troops in Russia’s Kursk region to its north, while also scrambling to reinforce two besieged fronts in the east and bracing to meet an infantry assault in the south.