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BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A US federal appeals court has upheld the United Nations’ immunity from a damage claim filed by human rights lawyers on behalf of thousands of Haitians killed or sickened by a cholera epidemic they blame on UN peacekeepers.

A 17-year-old boy, who was caught selling ganja, was yesterday found guilty of the crime by a city magistrate, who postponed sentencing to await a probation report.

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Opposition lawmakers in Colombia have proposed a bill that aims to cut the use of mercury and other toxic chemicals in illegal gold mining, that has polluted rivers and blighted the ancestral lands of indigenous tribes.

CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indian police have arrested the owner of an orphanage for forcing children in his care to beg on the streets, busting another organised begging ring in an industry controlled by human traffickers, an officer said yesterday.

An Interim Executive Committee of the Guyana Peace Council (GPC) was elected on Wednesday to replace the Steering Committee that had been formed earlier this year to re-establish the body.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A Haitian Senate report has called for charges to be brought against two former prime ministers and several ministers for alleged embezzlement, abuse of authority and forgery stemming from the use of funds in a Venezuelan oil loan programme.

BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian warships in the Mediterranean Sea fired cruise missiles at targets near Aleppo yesterday, a further sign of Moscow’s broadening military effort in Syria days after it began to fly bombing missions from an airbase in Iran.

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte rejected criticism from the United Nations yesterday about a surge in killings of suspected drug traffickers and denied government responsibility, his spokesman said.

(Jamaica Observer) – President of Haiti-based Sunrise Airways Philippe Bayard reckons that the Haitian carrier will be operating flights to and from Jamaica by fall next year.

A Brazilian national, who was caught mining in the Kaieteur National Park, has been fined $7M, the Ministry of Natural Resources announced yesterday.

Repairs to a key Konawaruk, Region Eight bridge, parts of which had been swept away by bad weather, are expected to be completed by next Mon-day, the Natural Resources Ministry said yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt drew down the curtain on his brilliant Olympic career by securing a sweep of the sprint titles for a third successive Games when Jamaica successfully defended the 4×100 metres relay crown on Friday.

A mining operation which was in April 2016 caught operating in the Kaieteur National Park area will pay a fine of $7 million to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), a release from the Ministry of Natural Resources said today.

Two men were this morning charged with murdering 13-year-old Daveanand Sanichar after a row over a woman at a wedding house at Triumph, East Coast Demerara.

The National Museum cannot be extended to house the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology and a proposal to use the top flat of the post office building has been found to be untenable, Director Jennifer Wishart said adding that she was informed that a search is now on for a new location.

Lethem may soon see the production of genip jelly if an idea by one of its youths catches on and finds support.

Gunplay unfolded yesterday afternoon in North Ruimveldt as police chased down and captured a man who reportedly had a quantity of marijuana in his possession.

Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton has said that he will apologize to the National Assembly and by extension the nation of Guyana for providing the committee of supply with inaccurate information about a controversial contract for the storage of pharmaceuticals.

An argument over water has landed a man in the hospital, where he is nursing a wound to his leg that was inflicted with a pick-axe.

President David Granger has said that it is up to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to decide if the qualifications of attorney Zanna Frank satisfy the criteria which have been laid down for the post of Deputy Deeds Registrar.