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Members of the judiciary are to benefit from training on the issue of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) by the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol).

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) team, during a meeting last Wednesday with members of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU), emphasised the need for readiness to meet the demands of the Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) legislation.

University of Guyana Vice-Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith has hailed a recent fundraising visit to the United States as a success as it has yielded both financial and human resources support from the diaspora for the university.

A young man remains hospitalised with injuries to his right leg after he was struck down by police officers last Friday.

British Professor Ian Swingland, a world renowned conservationist is facing charges in the UK for allegedly helping investors avoid £60 million in taxes through projects tackling climate change and the spread of HIV.

The site visit that will determine the reaccreditation of the University of Guyana’s Medical School is set for the end of November, and a large part of the university’s supplemental budget will go toward improving the school’s conditions, according to Vice-Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will stand trial on corruption charges, a crusading federal judge ruled yesterday, adding more turbulence to the country’s political landscape.

Through a collaborative effort by donors, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) received endoscopic equipment yesterday that will help to screen and diagnose a number of digestive tract abnormalities, GINA said.

UNITED NATIONS/BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – The United States believes two Russian aircraft attacked an aid convoy near Aleppo in a strike that shattered a one-week truce, U.S.

ELIZABETH, N.J., (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors yesterday charged the Afghan-born man arrested after weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey with four counts including use of weapons of mass destruction and bombing a place of public use.

Olufemi Crawford, the 12-year-old girl who was reported missing since last Wednesday, has been reunited with her family.

A Yarrow Dam construction worker, accused of wounding another man, was remanded to prison yesterday after making an appearance before a city court.

KINSHASA, (Reuters) – At least 44 people – including 37 demonstrators and six police officers – have been killed in protests over Congolese President Joseph Kabila’s perceived bid to extend his rule, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said yesterday.

MANILA, (Reuters) – Convicted Philippine felons yesterday told a Congressional hearing they had bribed a former justice minister and fierce critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, dealing another blow to her efforts to investigate the country’s deadly war on drugs.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison by a city court after it was alleged that he assaulted an 11-year-old.

(Trinidad Guardian) For the period 2006 to 2015 there were 102 fatal accidents which occurred in the workplace and the construction industry was cited as having the highest number of fatalities as it recorded 33 fatal accidents for that period.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – Peru’s president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski told the United Nations General Assembly yesterday that his government is concerned about what he called the critical economic and social situation in Venezuela, citing shortfalls of food and medicine.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to run for re-election in 2018 and may impose tougher authoritarian rule to curb unrest over the slumping economy, the CIA’s top Russia analyst said yesterday.

A young McDoom fisherman, brought before a city court on three counts of breaking and entering and larceny, was remanded to prison after he pleaded not guilty to the charges yesterday.

An East Ruimveldt man was yesterday fined after he admitted to stealing a man’s phone because he was financially frustrated.