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A former teacher of a West Coast Demerara Secondary School was yesterday found not guilty of engaging in sexual activity with one of his former 15-year-old students.

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan and Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr Gobind Ganga have  rejected a claim in an article appearing in yesterday’s Kaieteur News that a major foreign currency crisis looms.

The New York-based, Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association (COBA) is offering a US$50,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the killer of Alastasia Bryan, a New York Corrections Officer born to Guyanese parents.

The increases that members of the opposition PPP/C received on their parliamentary salaries are being placed in a special bank account in the name of the opposition, PPP/C Chief Whip Gail Teixeira told the National Assembly yesterday.

The three men held after the attack last week on the Wild Caught Fresh Fish Depot at the Meadow Bank Wharf, Ruimveldt, East Bank Demerara, were yesterday charged with the crime, while two of them, described by police as “serial robbers,” faced a total of eight other charges, including the attempted murder of a victim.

A month after his younger brother died as a result of brain damage, an eleven-year-old Kako child, who spent the last few weeks brain dead in the Intensive Care Unit, passed away yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The daughter of Rajwantie Baldeo, the US-based Guyanese woman who was knifed to death in Queens, New York, just after midnight on Sunday, says her mother and the suspect shared a very abusive relationship and he had threathend to end her life before.

A Brazilian national was yesterday charged with murdering his workmate, who was found dead in a pit one week ago.

Samantha Sheoprashad spent the last few years filling social voids within her community and battling depression within herself, overcoming odds to be one of 60 young people from the Commonwealth selected for the Queen’s Young Leader’s Programme.

Superintendent of Police, Trevor Reid yesterday recounted murder accused Dennis Williams’ account to him about witnessing the killing of some of the 12 persons who were massacred at Bartica in 2008.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for design and supervision services for the reconstruction of St Rose’s High School.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) will on Friday, December 9 hold an outreach for contributors who are 55 years and over and would be eligible for an Old Age Benefit at age 60.

A suspect in custody for the recent murder of West Ruimveldt resident Paul Rodney has been identified as the shooter in a fatal robbery.

The drainage and irrigation system of Newtown, Kitty is slated for major upgrades in the coming weeks under a new project by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure.

The Government Analyst-Food & Drug Department (GAFDD), in a press release, is calling on all water processing factories to conform to all the department’s requirements as it relates to the sale and distribution of treated water in five-gallon bottles.

Recognising that the education sector is in a crisis, the Ministry of Education will focus next year on improving teacher training, increasing instructional time for students, improving monitoring and evaluation and better monitoring supervision of capital projects, Education Minister Dr Rupert Roopnaraine said yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A Bahamian man was sentenced to five years in U.S.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition said yesterday talks with President Nicolas Maduro’s administration were off until the leftist government keeps promises on elections and foreign aid, casting further doubt on Vatican-brokered attempts to alleviate the country’s deep political crisis.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 6.1 magnitude earthquake yesterday rocked T&T, with aftershocks being experienced as far as St Vincent and the Grenadines.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — A popular Montego Bay mortician was early Monday morning shot dead in her Bogue Village community while leaving a party which was still in full swing.