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The alleged bandit who was fleeing from the police on Tuesday afternoon during which a woman was accidentally shot was turned in at the Brickdam Station by his mother yesterday.

The mother of the baby who fell on the Georgetown Public Hospital’s (GPH) floor during delivery a month ago said that Neurosurgeon Dr Amarnauth Dukhi has told her that his fractured skull needs at least six weeks to heal.

Onika Luke, the 16-year-old student who was shot while working as a waitress at a Chinese restaurant, has been discharged from the hospital but is now faced with respiratory complications.

A New Amsterdam businessman was yesterday robbed of his gold chain costing $700,000.

According to Minister of State Joseph Harmon, there is no secrecy surrounding Guyana’s partnership with Norway on forests, climate change and the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP).

An attempt by bandits to break into a Diamond, East Bank Demerara home, though unsuccessful, has traumatized a man and his wife who lamented the lack of action by the police.

The National Public Health Reference Laboratory is expected to have the capacity to conduct testing for the Zika virus and  similar viruses before the end of the week, according to  Minister of Public Health Dr.

The mother of 26-year-old Levan Chanderpaul of Lot 116 Number 68 Village who was found bound and with chop wounds about his body, at the backlands in the village in August is calling for justice.

Guyana has been cleared for the issuing of the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) and this has been hailed by Minister of Education, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine.

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) benefitted from the handing over of an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) worth $3M at Shulinab on Friday.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan yesterday pledged more than $3 billion toward a plan to “cure, prevent or manage all disease within our children’s lifetime.”

CHARLOTTE, N.C.,  (Reuters) – One person was shot dead yesterday in a second night of unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials said, as police in riot gear fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a demonstration against the fatal police shooting of a black man who officers said had refused their orders to drop a handgun.

The government of Guyana met yesterday with stakeholders to discuss the revision of the National Occupational Safety and Health (OS&H) Policy and to create an action plan for the OS&H Council, GINA said.

A 31-year-old woman will spend time in prison after she admitted to stealing $280,000 from a friend.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – President Michel Temer yesterday criticized a surprise move by Brazilian lawmakers, including some members of his party and even a cabinet minister, to wipe the slate clean on illegal donations they allegedly received.

CARACAS/HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA said yesterday it has awarded $3.2 billion in contracts to drill wells in the Orinoco Belt, although sources close to the matter said some foreign partners are uncomfortable with the rushed tender and structural problems that could hinder projects.

A 33-year-old Jamaican claiming Guyanese parentage was yesterday granted bail after he was accused of overstaying his time.

(Trinidad Express) Pregnant Shevana Laura Sookram was on Tuesday posting photographs and showing off her baby-bump to friends.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s national election board said yesterday a referendum sought by the opposition to remove unpopular socialist President Nicolas Maduro could be held in early 2017 if enough signatures are gathered to request it.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC — The West Indies Cricket Board said Wednesday it planned to pump more than half-million United States dollars into the women’s game, in a move that will see an increase in player retainer contracts and fees starting next month.