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Two men were on Tuesday remanded to prison after they each faced separate charges of unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition.

In the wake of the dismissal of 11 workers, management of Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) met with the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers Union (GAWU) and presented the option of selling or restructuring the operations.

The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs yesterday launched the Sustainable Development Agreement Framework (SDAF) for Amerindian villages.

A Bel Air taxi driver accused of wounding told a city court on Wednesday that the complainant had stolen his motorbike and threatened him with a firearm.

The New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council (M&TC) has taken a decision to enter and clean the vacant lots filled with bushes in the town.

The Guyana Police Force says it has recorded a 21% decrease in serious crimes at the end of September, 2016 compared to the same period last year.

The Rambeer family of Wales, West Bank Demerara say they are constantly being affected by loud music coming from the homes of four neighbours, despite the intervention of the police.

A member of the Guyana Prison Service was yesterday placed on self-bail by a city magistrate, after he denied a charge of assaulting a child.

The owners of Dynasty Night Club and Sports Bar on Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt are disturbed over reports that a man was shot one week ago in front of their business place and later died.

A city magistrate yesterday dismissed a charge of cannabis possession against Nigel Duke, a caretaker who had been charged along with his common-law wife, in June.

An accident on the Herstelling, East Bank Demerara public road on Tuesday morning, during the rain, left three persons hospitalised and several others injured, after the driver lost  control of the minibus they were travelling in.

A 21-year-old man accused of stealing $105,000 has been granted bail of $200,000.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – In barely four years, a little-known criminal gang has grown to challenge the world’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, for domination of the Mexican underworld, unleashing a new tide of violence.

LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed yesterday to put the UK at the forefront of global efforts to eradicate modern slavery, warning human traffickers: “We are coming after you.”

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Two women accused Donald Trump of inappropriate touching in a story posted on the New York Times website yesterday, accusations his spokesman called “fiction” but which may further damage the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign with only four weeks to go until the Nov.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Burundi’s parliament voted overwhelmingly yesterday to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, a move no other country has taken despite bitter complaints from Africa that the court disproportionately targets the continent.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Thousands of Colombians wearing white and carrying flowers marched through Bogota yesterday demanding that politicians revive a peace accord to end five-decades of war after voters rejected the hard-fought deal in a referendum.

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan and his budget team were yesterday left waiting in their boardroom for the parliamentary opposition, GINA said.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Supreme Court yesterday allowed President Nicolas Maduro to put forth the country’s 2017 budget without going through the opposition-led National Assembly, breaking a constitutional obligation.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Lithium-based batteries have been powering our portable devices for 25 years.