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Technical assistance to the fisheries industry from China is on the agenda, according to a press release yesterday from the Ministry of Agriculture.

MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Nicaragua on Tuesday said it wanted to secure bigger international recognition for Taiwan during a visit by President Tsai Ing-wen at a moment of Chinese suspicions the leader of the self-ruled island is seeking formal independence from China.

Former Director of Prisons, Welton Trotz, who was charged with sexually assaulting a prison guard, had the charge against him dismissed today for a lack of evidence.

President David Granger today said that Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo will be given the clarifications he has sought over the nominees to Chairmanship of the Guyana Elections Commission.

Eighteen-year-olds will be allowed to apply for house lots and once approved lots would be allocated when they turn 21, according to the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) end-of-year report.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Wednesday it was “total nonsense” that Russian officials had assembled a file of compromising information on U.S.

A policeman was today charged with breaking into a house on Sunday and released on bail.

Following President David Granger’s rejection of his list of nominees to head the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday requested clarity on his interpretation of the criteria for the office holder and proposed an urgent meeting to resolve any differences they may have on the issue.

Today, the Government of Guyana is to sign a memorandum of understanding with University College of the Caribbean (UCC)/Law College of Americas (LCA) for the “establishment of a public private partnership law school” here.

After serving a little over three months as the Chief of Staff (COF) of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier George Lewis yesterday handed over the command to newly-promoted Brigadier Patrick West.

A 37-year-old labourer of Wine Bush, Leonora, West Coast Demerara was stabbed to death around 4 pm on Monday and his 16-year-old attacker is on the run.

Dwane Williams, called ‘Small Fren,’ yesterday further implicated murder accused Dennis Williams and Mark Royden Williams, as being part of the infamous Rondell “Fine Man” Rawlins gang, which he said was responsible for the February, 2008 Bartica massacre.

A pregnant 25-year-old Hopetown woman along with her child died on Monday night after the hire car she was travelling in hit a concrete fence at Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Demerara.

Two young men are in custody and their accomplice is on the run after they were caught in the act of robbing a greengrocer on North Road.

Region 9 has recorded 58 cases of gastroenteritis and the Ministry of Public Health has in response dispatched a five-person team to Aishalton, Shea Village and Awaruwaunau.

Merano Wilson, a vendor who was allegedly found with 10 pounds of cannabis, was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with trafficking in a city court.

The long-awaited project to develop Phase Two of the MMA Scheme – the Mahaicony/Abary conservancy dam – to ease flooding in that area and open up new lands  is set to commence by mid-year.

Three persons have been arrested by the police in connection with the Tower Suites’ Club Privilege shooting which occurred early Sunday morning, Commander of ‘A’ Division, Clifton Hicken said yesterday.

A police file on the detective who was caught in a Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara house on Sunday has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice, according to Commander of ‘A’ Division Clifton Hicken.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the Construction of a Vehicular Overpass at the Intersection of Diamond and East Bank Demerara for the Ministry of Public Infrastructure.