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After being denied his request to use the washroom at the Bourda outpost lockups which caused him to mess himself, a teenager claimed frustration led to his escape from police custody.

Residents of Bartica are set to endure more blackouts as the expected transfer of a generator from Berbice to the town has been delayed.

The Ministry of Agriculture will be conducting Monitoring Control and Surveillance (MCS) activities within Guyana’s marine fisheries sector.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday dismissed corruption charges against him as a fabrication and said he was being framed to stop him from running for the presidency in two years’ time.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – A self-confessed hitman testified yesterday that President Rodrigo Duterte personally issued assassination orders while mayor of a city where activists say hundreds of summary executions took place.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, one of the leaders of the “birther” movement that questioned President Barack Obama’s U.S.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos yesterday acknowledged the state’s responsibility in the killing of thousands of members of a leftist political party three decades ago and pledged to prevent such assassinations again.

(Trinidad Express) There has been an alarming increase in the quantity of guns and ammunition seized by police this year compared with last year.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Canada can improve its anti-money laundering rules regime, an international group that monitors the worldwide laundering of illicit cash said yesterday, calling into question the effectiveness of the country’s financial intelligence agency.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government is to offer an apology to residents of west Kingston over the operation by the security forces in the area in May 2010, which left dozens dead and injured and millions in damage to houses and other properties.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) said yesterday it would start focusing on crimes linked to environmental destruction, the illegal exploitation of natural resources and unlawful dispossession of land in a move hailed by land rights activists.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – A Guatemalan judge has barred a son and brother of President Jimmy Morales from leaving the country pending an investigation into their role in a case centering on irregular payments, the attorney general’s office said yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Reverend Merrick ‘Al’ Miller has been fined J$1 million or 12 months in prison on his corruption conviction.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board today said it was contemplating legal action in the face of what it considered to be allegations of “wrongdoing and misappropriation of WICB funds by present members”, by former board officials.

The Wales Sugar Estate would now be diversified into rice cultivation on 484 acres of land out of the 2000 to 3000 acres and GuySuCo has published an invitation for bids for clearing to be done.

(Trinidad Guardian) Calls were being made yesterday for Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to fire his Energy Minister Nicole Olivierre after a video of her losing her cool with protesting constituents of La Brea went viral on social media.

A twin-engine Cessna aircraft was yesterday morning discovered at the Yupukari Airstrip,   Region 9 and ranks from the Joint Services were sent to the area to conduct investigations.

The Ministry of Finance yesterday announced waiver extensions and rewards to up-to-date UG Student Loan borrowers.

Registrar of Deeds, Azeena Baksh was yesterday afternoon robbed of a quantity of electronics and jewellery when two armed bandits invaded her Young Professionals Housing Scheme, Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison by a city magistrate after he was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl.