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The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) will be upgrading the Mahdia, (Region Eight)  and Mabaruma (Region One) auxiliary fire services to full fire stations.

As government prepares this week to name a person to head the investigation into alleged drug procurement malpractices at the Ministry of Health, it is cognizant that persons making the allegations might not want to come forward with evidence.

A fire suspected to have been caused by unattended diyas that were lit on Saturday night in celebration of Diwali, resulted in a two-storey concrete house at Golden Grove on the East Bank of Demerara being destroyed.

The delinking of the immigration department from the Guyana Police Force was one of the recommendations made by the Disciplined Forces Com-mission (DFC), according to Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix, who says that this process needs to be carefully done and would take some time.

Two drivers are in police custody following a fatal accident at Annai, North Rupununi on Friday, according to Commander of ‘E’ division, Ravindradat Budhram.

In a bid to bring additional revenue to Linden, Mayor Carwyn Holland says the Town Council is currently exploring options to attract tourists from abroad.

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is  continuing its investigation of Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Presidency (MOTP), Omar Shariff, Head of SOCU Sydney James said.

President David Granger yesterday morning joined the congregation of the Ebenezer Lutheran Church in New Amsterdam, East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six) to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the World or ‘Reformation Sunday’.

Twenty-nine young adults have joined the Republic Bank Guyana Limited family with the launch of the company’s 9th annual Youth Link Apprenticeship programme on Friday at the Herdmanston Lodge.

  President David Granger, First Lady, Sandra Granger and matriarch of the Kayman Sankar family in Essequibo, Seraji Sankar on Saturday commissioned the Guyana Foundation Sunrise Centre at Zorg-En-Vlygt, Essequibo Coast which offers counselling and other services.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Federal investigators have secured a warrant to examine newly discovered emails related to Hillary Clinton’s private server, a source familiar with the matter said yesterday, as a prominent Democrat accused FBI Director James Comey of breaking the law by trying to influence the election.

Fly Jamaica Airways on Friday launched its new ticketing office at 86 Carmichael Street, Georgetown.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador’s former President Antonio Saca was arrested Saturday on corruption charges alleging misuse of public funds, the attorney general’s office said on Saturday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s unpopular socialist leader Nicolas Maduro shook hands with opposition leaders at Vatican-convened talks yesterday, but his wary foes threatened to boycott further meetings if some demands were not quickly met.

AMMAN/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Syrian rebels opened a new front in Aleppo as fighting spread on the third day of a major insurgent counter-attack to break the government’s siege of the opposition-held part of the city, and each side accused the other of using poison gas.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The suspect in the killing of 14-year-old Jamaica College student, Nicholas Francis, has been charged and is set to appear in court on Friday.

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – Dutch anti-Islam opposition leader Geert Wilders goes on trial today for inciting hatred and discrimination, 18 months after he led a chant for fewer Moroccans in the country and called them scum during campaigning for local elections.

NORCIA, Italy, (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck Italy yesterday in the same central regions that have been rocked by repeated tremors over the past two months, with more homes and churches brought down but no deaths reported.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – An evangelical bishop was elected mayor of Rio de Janeiro yesterday in a second round of municipal voting that cemented a rout of the leftist party and allies who dominated Brazil’s presidency and major cities for over a decade.

The Ministry of Education says that schools nationwide will be in session tomorrow Monday, October 31st, 2016.