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City Treasurer Ron McCalman was placed in the hot seat yesterday during an appearance before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), where he was questioned about an eight-year gap in the city’s financial records.

Abdul Budhoo, 31, was yesterday sentenced to 62 years in prison for killing his cousins, Shaheed and Imran Bacchus.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has a new board of directors led by Health Law Consultant and Attorney Kesaundra Alves.

Kapil Haresh Thakurian, the man accused of trying to ship nearly 194 pounds of cocaine hidden in seafood at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) last August, was yesterday found guilty and handed a five-year prison sentence along with a $237.6 million fine.

Police are currently reviewing surveillance footage as investigations continue into Sunday morning’s murder in Kitty.

Discussions are still ongoing on whether the several hundred workers attached to the recently-closed Wales Sugar Estate will take up employment at the Uitvlugt Estate, Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) clarified yesterday while emphasising that severance has to be paid before such an offer was even considered.

Fresh from its recent discovery of oil at the Payara well site, US firm ExxonMobil is preparing to begin drilling at a new site in the Stabroek Block offshore of Demerara.

The World Wildlife Fund Guianas (WWF), with support from the European Union (EU), has launched a new project to enhance protection of marine and coastal resources of both Guyana and Suriname by the year 2020.

With road repairs slated for the Diamond Housing Scheme East Bank Demerara, residents are hoping for action soon as they say that continued neglect could result in some streets becoming impassable.

A two-day consultative forum that brought together 55 religious leaders from 14 Caribbean countries has recommended that more attention be paid to actions that address the reduction of violence against women and girls and include men and boys and that best practices in the area of treatment and care as it relates to HIV/AIDS be supported.

Police are preparing a file to be sent to the office of Director of Public Prosecutions for advice on the stabbing of a 14-year-old, allegedly by an off-duty policeman.

The origin of the fire which destroyed sections of a Robb Street, Georgetown store during last month has not yet been determined but as the investigation continues, officials are working on two theories.

A Paramakatoi man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with chopping a fellow villager over to a land dispute.

SACRAMENTO, Calif (Reuters) – California leaders pushed back yesterday against President Donald Trump’s claim that the state is “out of control,” pointing to its balanced budget and high jobs numbers in the latest dustup between the populist Republican and the progressive state.

The police have completed their investigations into the 2014 murder of waitress Debra Blackman and the case file is expected to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) today for legal advice.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said yesterday it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were “unacceptable” comments one of the channel’s presenters made about Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with US counterpart Donald Trump.

Three months after their professional lives were placed in limbo, student nurses across the country are breathing a sigh of relief as the Ministry of Public Health has finally decided on the way forward.

SAN FRANCISCO/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A US federal appeals court will hear arguments today over whether to restore President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries, the most controversial policy of his two-week old administration.

Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence yesterday signed Guyana’s third Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) with Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) Director, Dr Carissa Etienne.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Michel Temer nominated Justice Minister Alexandre Moraes as his nominee to the Supreme Court yesterday, seeking to place a close political ally on the tribunal as it rules on a graft scandal threatening his government.