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The probe into the theft of a quantity of raw gold from several miners by five ranks attached to the Brickdam Police Station is ongoing, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhaum.

PPP executive and opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira on Wednesday presented what she said was evidence to support the contention of Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo that Indo-Guyanese are being discriminated against by the APNU+AFC government and that they are poorly represented on state boards and in other areas.

Twelve private training institutions have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Small Business Bureau (SBB) to train entrepreneurs.

According to Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, the government is still in the process of sourcing financing for the establishment of the Youth Investment Fund.

The preliminary report for the Commission of Inquiry into the fatal fire at the Hadfield Street Drop-in Centre pointed to some systemic problems and bad fire prevention arrangements, according to State Minister Joseph Harmon.

A prison officer is now behind bars after he was charged yesterday over an illegal gun that was found by police hidden in a car that he was driving.

Tracy Fordyce, the driver who hit visiting St Lucian cub scouts and a scout leader on Tuesday along Woolford Avenue, was yesterday sentenced to 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to a dangerous driving charge.

PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said yesterday Americans faced challenges at home and abroad that demand steady leadership and a collective spirit, and attacked Republican Donald Trump for sowing fear and divisiveness.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Chinese company, Jiuguan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) are to invest US$2 billion to establish an industrial zone in Nain, St Elizabeth over a four-year period creating over 3,000 new jobs.

The Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) has added Green Engineering, one of nine new generation subjects, to its portfolio.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition-run National Assembly defied President Nicolas Maduro’s government and ratcheted up a conflict of powers yesterday by reinstating three lawmakers banned over fraud accusations in the December parliamentary vote.

A soldier based at Camp Ayanganna was on Wednesday granted bail in the sum of $10,000, on a charge of having a stolen cell phone in his possession.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minutes after he told a teenage relative he was going to get a meal and go to church, a man instead showed up at Carlene Grant’s workplace and stabbed her several times before taking a sledgehammer and bashing in the side of her head.

A convicted felon was returned to jail yesterday after he admitted to being found with a quantity of marijuana.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Dominica government defended its decision to introduce a Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP), saying that it had contributed significantly to the socio-economic development of the island.

TORONTO/MONTREAL,  (Reuters) – A six-year prison sentence for a policeman in the shooting death of a teenager three years ago was a rare conviction in Canada, where activists say officers too often get off easy in brutality cases.

(Trinidad Express) A helicopter pilot on Wednesday appeared before Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court charged with possession of cocaine valued at TT$1.3 million.

ANKARA/ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wants the armed forces and national intelligence agency brought under the control of the presidency, a parliamentary official said yesterday, part of a major overhaul of the military after a failed coup.

The Rotary Club of Stabroek, Georgetown recently inaugurated its new President and Board of Directors for 2016-2017, at a ceremony held at the Pegasus Hotel.

The police today said that the driver of the motor vehicle who was involved in an accident with two St Lucian cub scouts has been jailed for 10 months.