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The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), while confirming that documents are missing from the files in the rape case against Muslim scholar Nezaam Ali, said that efforts are now being made to get replacements.

The Georgetown Metered Parking By-laws have been added to the website of the Official Gazette.

A Linden teenager was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with robbing a woman of almost $300,000 in jewellery during a gun-point attack and also assaulting a police officer.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States blacklisted Venezuela’s Vice President Tareck El Aissami for drug trafficking, the first crackdown by the Trump administration against a top official in President Nicolas Maduro’s government for money laundering and the drug trade.

The police are still compiling the report on the incident where a pedestrian was knocked down and killed on Saturday night.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The UN Security Council yesterday denounced North Korea’s weekend missile launch, urging members to “redouble efforts” to enforce sanctions against the reclusive state.

Accounting issues experienced by Region Four’s Regional Administration have been put down to a 32% vacancy in its accounting unit, which is a shortage that has persisted in excess of a year, according Regional Executive Officer (REO) Pauline Lucas.

Smyth Street Nursery, St Angela’s Primary and St John’s College have been adjudged the best of the best in their respective categories, according to the results from last Saturday’s Children Costume and Float Parade.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US immigration officers have arrested more than 680 people in recent operations, 75 percent of whom have criminal records, the homeland security chief said yesterday of actions that have alarmed immigrant rights groups.

(Reuters) – A Virginia federal judge today issued a preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations, the latest legal setback for the administration.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. blacklisted Venezuela’s Vice President Tareck El Aissami and an associate for drug trafficking, the first crackdown by the Trump administration against top officials in President Nicolas Maduro’s government for money laundering and the drug trade.

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman says he would petition the Ministry of Finance to set aside a greater portion of the gold royalties for land reclamation projects in mining areas, GINA reported today.

OROVILLE, Calif., (Reuters) – Evacuation orders for nearly 200,000 people living below the tallest dam in the United States remained in place early on Monday after residents were abruptly told to flee when a spillway appeared in danger of collapse.

A former Jamaica Contractor General  is tipped to be the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), according to well-placed sources.

An early morning blaze yesterday claimed the lives of three persons at Beterverwagting (BV) and police are working on the theory that a man hacked his wife to death before setting the place afire.

As public outcry grows over the implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT) on private education services, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan maintains that as a fiscal measure VAT should not be looked at as a solution to social ills.

The police in `B’ Division yesterday took into custody the businessman who was said to have been involved with Leilawatie Mohamed, also known as ‘Aunty Leila,’ the mother of four who was shot dead in her Tain Settlement, Corentyne home last week.

Just eight days after moving into their new home, a woman and her husband were robbed of cash and jewellery after four armed bandits invaded their abode on Saturday night and beat them.

Ifa Kamau Cush, one of the original principals behind the controversial parking meters deal had been jailed for four months in New York in 2002 and placed on five years’ probation for grand larceny in the third degree.

The member of the Guyana Fire Service who allegedly struck down and killed boat builder, Clement Skeete almost four months ago was last week released on $250,000 bail after he denied the charge of causing death by dangerous driving.