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The trial of Lennox Wayne and Melroy Doris, who are accused of murdering beautician Ashmini Harriram, commenced yesterday morning before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

Amid ongoing questions about its use, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) yesterday facilitated a tour by the media of the Sussex Street, Charlestown  drug bond and while it was filled with medication a series of questions remain unanswered.

As government moves to merge 911, 912 and 913 into one emergency system, it has already trained police ranks and given the greenlight to a contract for the purchase of the necessary equipment, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said on Wednesday.

A recent United Nations mission on constitutional reform has recommended that the process must emphasise “meaningful dialogue, negotiation and compromise” on the part of the government, opposition and citizenry in order to be successful, the Office of the Prime Minister said yesterday.

The 90-day potato trial project is currently in its eighth week and showing positive results, GINA said yesterday.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs,  Basil Williams SC  on Wednesday met with a team from the US Department of State’s Energy Governance and Capacity Initiative (EGCI).

The Guyana National Industrial Company Inc (GNIC) on Wednesday filed a reply in the case brought against it by government holding company, the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL), to recover money which it says it is owed for leased land.

A construction worker, charged with misappropriating over $500,000 sent to him to construct the lower flat of a home, was yesterday released on bail by a city magistrate after his lawyer signaled that he was willing to repay the victim.

The daughter of the elderly woman who died last month in a blaze at Morawhanna, in the North West District, is appealing to officials to properly investigate the case, which she believes may have stemmed from malicious circumstances.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition protesters and security officers clashed yesterday as the country’s fragmented opposition gained new impetus against a socialist government it blames for the country’s social and economic collapse.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Protesters in Argentina clashed with police during marches over government austerity measures yesterday as labour unions challenged President Mauricio Macri in the first general strike since he took office 16 months ago.

PALM BEACH, Fla.,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping sat down together to dine on pan-seared Dover sole and New York strip steak yesterday, spending some social time before digging into thorny bilateral security and trade issues.

A pork knocker was yesterday denied bail on charges of possession of cocaine and a single bullet.

A fifty-six year old cattle farmer of Letter Kenny Village, Corentyne, Berbice was on Wednesday afternoon arrested with an unlicensed .32 Pistol and five matching rounds, the police said yesterday.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s top electoral court must consider the country’s plight when deciding a case accusing President Michel Temer of illegal campaign funding, an incoming justice said, suggesting the tribunal should avoid pitching the nation deeper into crisis.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Republican head of a congressional inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentine President Mauricio Macri said yesterday that Venezuela could be permanently expelled from the South American trade bloc Mercosur if its government does not change its behavior.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Cuba has agreed to a visit by a United Nations human rights investigator for the first time in decade, inviting an expert on human trafficking this month, a U.N.

Students of the Ministry of Education’s Unit for the visually impaired were last Friday in an interactive session with the Iwokrama International Centre (IIC) as part of its effort to ensure that all Guyanese are informed about its programmes of rainforest and biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.

WASHINGTON/PALM BEACH, Fla.,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which a deadly chemical weapons attack was launched, declaring he acted in America’s “vital national security interest” against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.