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BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – One of Brazilian President Michel Temer’s closest aides resigned yesterday following allegations he pressured the culture minister to approve a property development, unsettling investors with the prospect of renewed political turmoil in Latin America’s largest economy.

Collis Collinson, one of the suspects in the attempted robbery of a police rank and his family who were trailed from the airport, was yesterday freed of all the charges against him due to insufficient evidence.

KINGSTON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Jamaican women bear the brunt of a “culture of fear” intended to intimidate families and stop them seeking justice for thousands of extrajudicial police killings on the Caribbean island, according to a report from a human rights group.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Wisconsin’s election commission said yesterday it had received petitions for a recount of votes in the presidential election from the Green Party campaign and another candidate and was planning to start the process.

Murder accused Calvin Bailey will go on trial next month for the alleged wounding of fellow Camp Street prison inmate Dwayne King.

Police say they are investigating a robbery under arms committed on Zhou Chunmin, 25 years, of No.

The Guyana Police Force says that the Central Immigration and Passport Office, at Central Police Station, New Amsterdam, Berbice, from Monday November 28, 2016, will be accepting applications on Mondays and Tuesdays.

(Reuters) – Zimbabwe beat the West Indies by five runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method in Bulawayo on Friday to book a place in Sunday’s final of the triangular one-day international tournament against Sri Lanka.

Sugar unions GAWU and NAACIE today urged the government and GuySuCo to reconsider the plan to end sugar cultivation at the Wales estate.

(Trinidad Guardian) A second police officer has been detained in connection with the $400,000 robbery of a Chinese businessman in Claxton Bay two weeks ago.

Wanted businessman Marcus Brian Bisram and his bodyguard were yesterday both formally named as co-accused in the murder of Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt.

A Dutch consultancy firm has been selected to conduct a feasibility study for the construction of a new bridge across the Demerara River, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon, who said that the design, location and financing options are among the things to be addressed.

Seeking to squash opposition accusations of a lack of transparency on the initial development of D’Urban Park, the government yesterday said Homestretch Development Incorporated (HDI) was a special purpose company that was set up to manage the preparation of the facility for the independence jubilee celebrations in the absence of a budgetary allocation and none of its directors received any compensation for their roles.

A 19-year-old man was yesterday found hanging in his cell at the Mackenzie Police Station and the Police Office of Professional Responsibility has since launched an investigation.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday announced that Cabinet has been advised by Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan that there will be no recall of the promotions done by Assistant Commissioner David Ramnarine.

The Ministry of Public Health is currently monitoring an outbreak of chickenpox at the Paramakatoi School’s Dormitory, in Region Eight, that has so far affected 160 persons.

The police have made arrests in the 2012 death of Blankenburg man Sideek Juman who was found dead in a hotel pool.

Deputy City Mayor Sherod Duncan says there is still a lot of work to be completed at the Kitty Market, which will not be done before next year.

President David Granger will move with “reasonable speed” on the appointment of judges recommended by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday.

President David Granger has signalled to Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo that the process to find a new Guyana Elections Com-mission (Gecom) Chair-man should begin.