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Forty-five Guyanese fishermen were detained in Suriname between last Wednesday and Sunday by that country’s Marine Patrol for not having their passports stamped.

Known best for her free spirit and remarkable work with orphaned Giant River otters at the Karanambu Lodge, local tourism pioneer and animal lover Diane McTurk passed away yesterday at the St Joseph Mercy Hospital.

The badly decomposed body of a man was found  early yesterday morning in an abandoned house at Beterverwagting (BV), East Coast Demerara (ECD).

A doctor attached to the Suddie Public Hospital died on Friday evening after he reportedly lost control of his brand new motorycycle and slammed into a bench along the Vilvoorden Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

A man is now dead after he was struck down by a motorcar on Friday evening while attempting to cross the Houston Public Road, East Bank Demerara.

By Oluatoyin Alleyne On July 10, 29-year-old Selina Ramotar was brutally stabbed ten times and left to die by the father of her child with whom she had severed a relationship.

Eight years after plans were finalised, the long-awaited family court is now up and running and so far dozens of matters have been heard by the two judges assigned.

President David Granger has extended to the family and friends of President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) and Managing Director of Safeway Security, Eon Caesar, who died on Friday evening in a hospital in Trinidad and Tobago.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Leeward Islands Hurricanes, replying to Windward Islands Volcanoes’ 291, reached 209 for six in their first innings at the close on the second day of their fourth round game in the Regional Four-Day Championship at Windsor Park yesterday.

Despite speech and hearing impediments, Nadeza Rodrigues does not let the challenges of being differently-abled prevent her from enhancing her vocational skills through the Hinterland Employment and Youth Service (HEYS).

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US intelligence analysts have concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help President-elect Donald Trump win the White House, and not just to undermine confidence in the US electoral system, a senior US official said on Friday.

Water samples taken to be tested for cyanide and heavy metals in the wake of the mysterious deaths of two young Kako brothers have returned negative, but retesting is to be done after concerns were raised about the handling of the samples.

SEOUL (Reuters) – Protestors demanding that South Korean President Park Geun-hye step down marched yesterday for a seventh straight weekend, a day after parliament voted overwhelmingly to impeach her and put the fate of her presidency in the hands of a nine-judge court.

The developer of the seven-storey building at the junction of Camp and Robb streets is aiming to complete construction early next year.

Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow said yesterday that outgoing leader Yahya Jammeh had no authority to reject the results of the December 1 election, while the United Nations and African Union piled pressure on Jammeh to step aside.

OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government on Friday reached a deal with eight of the 10 provinces to introduce a landmark national carbon price, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says will help Canada meet its international climate change obligations.

The coalition government’s talk about putting youth first has proved to be nothing but lip service, according to opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Pauline Sukhai.

An overseas-based Guyanese pensioner was beaten and robbed in his home at Salton Village, Corentyne, around 12.45 am yesterday.

NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Royalty, presidents, prime ministers and spiritual leaders joined hands with Nobel peace prize winners yesterday in the fight for child rights, saying they wanted to “globalise compassion for children” in a world which has forgotten to care.

The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a country strategy for Guyana for the period 2017 to 2021 for US$194m which includes US$65m from the UK in a previously approved programme.