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A man was arrested on Saturday night in the Gafoor’s Houston Shopping Complex compound by security personnel and handed over to the police.

A bandit was on Saturday night caught by victims of the robbery, which occurred at  Joes Chinese Restaurant, Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara and handed over to the police.

Additional legal issues that have surfaced have caused another delay in the start of the Bartica massacre trial, which is now set to commence tomorrow.

The curtains will rise at the end of this month on the fifth annual National Drama Festival.

The Ministry of Public Health on Thursday evening announced plans to heighten measures to prevent the spread of Diphtheria, an infectious disease that targets the respiratory system, across international borders.

The Sophia Health Centre is once again in operation, this time equipped with armed guards, after it was closed down briefly following an armed robbery three Wednesdays ago.

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications will be working with the Ministry of Citizenship for a more effective passport application system.

After being on the market for more than two years, the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) has stepped in to assist in getting the costly, modern building on the western side of Camp and Lamaha streets rented.

A man was caught with some 2,000 grammes of cocaine along the Albion Public Road around 10.15 am on Saturday.

A Providence, East Bank Demerara miner was arrested by the police during the wee hours of Saturday and is currently assisting with investigations following the discovery of a 9 mm pistol and a quantity of ammunition.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump dug deeper in his efforts to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the U.S.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China launched its longest manned space mission yesterday, sending two astronauts into orbit to spend a month aboard an space laboratory that is part of a broader plan to have a permanent manned space station in service around 2022.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has revealed in a court affidavit distributed by the Treasury yesterday that 6.8 billion rand ($490 million) in payments made by wealthy brothers Ajay, Atul and Rajesh Gupta, companies they control, and other individuals with the same surname have been reported to authorities as suspicious since 2012.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Syrian rebels said they captured the village of Dabiq from Islamic State yesterday, forcing the jihadist group from a stronghold where it had promised to fight a final, apocalyptic battle with the West.

(Trinidad Guardian) When you look at statistics on Google Trends for the highest number of Internet searches for pornography per capita in the world, T&T comes first.

GOA, India, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi branded Pakistan a “mother-ship of terrorism” at a summit of the BRICS nations yesterday, testing the cohesion of a group whose heavyweight member China is a close ally of India’s arch-rival.

(Reuters) – An eight-wicket haul from West Indies’ Devendra Bishoo breathed fresh life into the first test against Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday, leaving his side with a faint chance of pulling off the unlikeliest of wins in the day-night contest.

For the second year running, the national holiday for the Hindu festival of Diwali and the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) Georgetown motorcade will fall on the same day.

(Trinidad Guardian) Eight months after the Zika virus was first diagnosed in T&T, brain abnormalities have been detected in five unborn babies whose mothers contracted the virus during various stages of pregnancy.

GOA, India,  (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi branded Pakistan a “mother-ship of terrorism” at a summit of the BRICS nations today, testing the cohesion of a group whose heavyweight member China is a close ally of its South Asian arch-rival.