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President David Granger yesterday announced that he will re-establish the Guyana Youth Corps on January 1, 2018, to empower the nation’s youth.

The police in `B’ Division are working on wrapping up the investigation into the murder of Danian Jagdeo, 36, a phone card distributor, who was shot and killed during a robbery in Adventure, Corentyne on Wednesday.

The Black Bush/Mibicuri and the Canje Secondary Schools on Saturday received a total of 40 bicycles under President David Granger’s ‘Boats, Buses, Bicycles plus Breakfast and Books’ or ‘Five Bs’ programme.

Leon Duncan known as ‘Whistle’ is currently being questioned by police in relation to two murders.

Due to concerns over the state of the Diamond burial ground, Chairman of the Diamond/Grove Neighbourhood Demo-cratic Council (NDC) Bharat Narine says a work plan would have to be developed to address the issues.

Large parts of the country were plunged into several hours of blackout last night after the Demerara Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) went down.

The young members of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) were on Wednesday urged by longstanding member Komal Samaroo to prepare for the technological changes that the future holds.

A prisoner at the Camp Street jail escaped from the facility yesterday morning but was held shortly after following a chase by a policeman.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea said yesterday it had successfully test-fired a new type of medium- to long-range ballistic missile the previous day, claiming further advancement in a weapons programme it is pursuing in violation of United Nations resolutions.

(Trinidad Express) RubyAdams-Johnson, the grandmother of Tobago’s fourth murder victim, 15-year-old Abiela Adams, on Saturday called for hangings to resume in Trinidad and Tobago.

A man died after he was knocked down on the Parfait Harmonie Access Road, West Bank Demerara on  Saturday night.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand authorities were cutting holes in 300 whale carcasses yesterday, popping the dead animals “like balloons”, to avoid them exploding as they decompose on Golden Bay after more than 600 whales became stranded.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski asked U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call yesterday to consider deporting the Andean country’s fugitive ex-president, Alejandro Toledo, Kuczynski said in a statement.

A 36-year-old man was remanded to prison on Thursday after he was charged with being in possession of half a pound of cannabis.

VITORIA, Brazil, (Reuters) – More than 1,200 police broke an eight-day strike yesterday in a coastal Brazilian state that had seen a dramatic increase in homicides during the stoppage, but where the violence is now receding.

A prisoner held at the Camp Street jail escaped from the facility this morning but was held shortly after following a chase by a policeman.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 15-year-old female national footballer was found dead yesterday morning with her throat slit in Courland, Tobago.

SEOUL/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea early on Sunday, the first such test since U.S.

In response to an invitation by Mayor Patricia Chase-Green to meet and discuss their concerns about the metered parking system, the Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM) has decided to organise a town hall meeting, where the city administration can consult with those persons affected by the project.

  What a name to give to a village, which according to some people is situated ‘behind God’s back’; a village that has no access to public transportation because it is almost four miles off the public road; a village with holes in its roads too big to call potholes and where nothing seems easy.