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(Jamaica Gleaner) The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) expressed concern on Monday about a spike in the number of police fatal shootings reported since the start of the year.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – A defiant Mexico said yesterday it would only stay in NAFTA if it suited it and rejected the imposition of any tariffs or quotas when renegotiating the trade deal U.S

The PPP this evening said that a second list of names with nominees for the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission will be submitted to President David Granger.

Indira Outar, the woman fingered as the mastermind behind the execution-style killing of Tain mother of four Leilawatie Mohamed was today charged with procuring five persons to commit the act and remanded.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Newly-appointed Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams, has strongly backed the ongoing review of the West Indies Cricket Board’s controversial eligibility rule.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Mighty Chalkdust’s (Dr Hollis Liverpool) victory at this year’s Dimanche Gras on Sunday night pushed him ahead of the “Calypso King of the World’s” (Slinger Francisco) record with nine titles as Calypso Monarch.

Arson yesterday destroyed Benjamin’s Homemade Bakery which had been a fixture in the Buxton community for almost 26 years.

Justice Brassington Reynolds yesterday refused a request to issue a temporary order to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to prohibit contractor Smart City Solutions (SCS) from administering the metered parking system in the city, while saying he wanted to be fully briefed on the entire case.

Former president Bharrat Jagdeo was evasive yesterday on his interest in a third term but noted that the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has not decided who its presidential candidate for the next elections will be.

The Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed an appeal by a group of transgender persons who contended that the cross-dressing law discriminates against them and violates equality provisions in the constitution.

Home Box Office Latin America (HBO LA) an affiliate of HBO, a leading premium pay television network in the United States has accused local company Gizmos and Gadgets of  infringing its intellectually property rights.

A new software application (app), aimed at improving the performance of pupils sitting Mathematics at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) level, was launched yesterday at the National Racquet Centre, Woolford Avenue, Georgetown.

Minister of Public Telecommunications Cathy Hughes yesterday announced plans that would allow citizens to apply for birth and death certificates among other services online, as GTT launched its expanded LTE 4G service to Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).

A medical laboratory technician, who is accused of setting the home of popular Disc Jockey (DJ), Dorrel Romeo called ‘DJ Magnum’on fire, was yesterday charged with the crime and released on her own recognisance.

For the year ended October 31, 2016, Scotiabank Guyana registered net income of $2.4 billion compared to $2.1 billion for the corresponding period in 2015.

A man who was stabbed to death during a scuffle more than one week ago at the Stabroek Market, has been positively identified as seaman, Hemant Persaud and the police are currently looking for a suspect.

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) is currently looking at 18 forensic audit reports, which have resulted over 100 smaller investigations, according to its head Sydney James.

A Rupununi farmer was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with killing his wife.

A Canefield, East Canje woman is now scared for her life, and has been left with no other choice but to move out from her home, after a man tried to strangle her yesterday morning.

Saying that the constitution leans heavily towards a judge being the “ideal person” to Chair the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), Attorney-General Basil Williams SC has informed lawyers for Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo that any list of nominees solely comprising “any other fit and proper” candidate would be deemed unacceptable.