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A travel agent was yesterday granted bail after she was charged with intent to defraud a Nigerian of over $600,000 that was to be used to purchase a return plane ticket.

ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Thousands of people were evacuated yesterday from the last rebel bastion in Aleppo, the first to leave under a ceasefire deal that would end years of fighting for the city and mark a major victory for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

A West Ruimveldt man was remanded to prison by a city magistrate after he was charged with stealing a cellular phone and cash.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Prosecutors yesterday charged former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, his wife and a former finance minister with more corruption charges in the investigation of graft at state-run oil company Petrobras.

CHARLESTON, S.C.,  (Reuters) – The jury in avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof’s federal hate crimes trial found him guilty on all counts yesterday for gunning down nine black parishioners at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina, last year.

PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – Struggling to feed herself and her seven children, Venezuelan mother Zulay Pulgar asked a neighbour in October to take over care of her six-year-old daughter, a victim of a pummeling economic crisis.

A 22-year-old man was granted bail on Wednesday by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan after he was charged with being in possession of 10 grammes of ganja.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today said that Surinamese President Desire Delano Bouterse will pay a one day working visit to Guyana tomorrow to meet with President David Granger.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – St. Kitts Patriots announced today their stunning acquisition of Twenty20 batting sensation Chris Gayle from the Jamaica Tallawahs for the next season of the Caribbean Premier League.

Patricia Chase-Green has been returned to the position of Mayor of Georgetown after Sherod Duncan withdrew just before the Georgetown Mayor & City Council was set to vote for a new mayor.

Trade unions and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) today said they are still seeking an audience with key leaders in the National Assembly on budget 2017 but are yet to hear from the government side or the Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Barton Scotland.

 (Trinidad Guardian) Heather Barriteau, the woman at the centre of a fake abduction has confessed that she lied.

Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) tolls for private cars and taxis will jump from $100 to $200, among other increases, it was revealed in parliament yesterday, prompting the opposition PPP/C to call for their rescission.

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson came under fire yesterday in the National Assembly after it was discovered that $500M was allocated to his ministry to pay off debts for the controversial D’Urban Park Development Project (DPDP) and the private company which mobilized cash and kind for it.

In a bid to revitalize agriculture and address unemployment in several villages, which Minister of Finance Winston Jordan dubbed as “neglected”, a loan-grant agreement was signed yesterday between the Ministry of Finance and the Caribbean Development Fund (CDF) for US$10.4 million.

North East La Penitence man Matthew Scott died shortly after he was shot on Tuesday night after rushing to the aid of his sister and a neighbour, who were attacked by armed robbers just a few houses from where they reside.

Chairman of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) Hamilton Green said last evening that the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) has written asking for information which will assist in the probe into the allocations of land at ‘Pradoville 2’, Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara.

A daring midday robbery at Main Street’s Tower Suites where an accountant was relieved of $2.9 million cash, ended with two men being apprehended following a high speed chase by the police.

With the sugar industry not being profitable anymore, Chief Executive Officer of GuySuCo, Errol Hanoman says it is best to have a smaller sugar industry with quite a significant diversification programme.”

Labelling government’s one-off bonus of $25,000 for public servants earning under $500,000 per month as meagre, the GPSU yesterday called on the government to resume unfinished negotiations for 2016.