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Convicted fraudster Gopaul Tiwari, who was on trial for shooting at police, was yesterday cleared of the charges by a city magistrate due to a lack of evidence.

Two persons are in custody and police are hunting for three more as investigations continue into a shooting at a police prosecutor’s house at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

Three men have been arrested in connection with the attack on a Nigg South, Corentyne, Berbice family, during which gunmen threatened to shoot a toddler.

NICE, France, (Reuters) – French authorities were trying to determine yesterday whether a Tunisian who killed at least 84 people by ploughing a truck into Bastille Day crowds had acted alone or with accomplices, but said the attack bore the hallmarks of Islamist militants.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Images of a former Argentine official in handcuffs after getting nabbed in the middle of the night trying to stash millions of dollars in a convent have thrown the country’s political opposition into disarray, buying time for the new president to apply difficult austerity measures.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump’s choice of Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate yesterday helped bolster support among some conservatives skeptical about his policies, a crucial step as he prepares to accept the party’s nomination next week.

Guyana will next week host a judicial colloquium on the abolition of the death penalty.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica Tallawahs defeated Guyana Amazon Warriors by five wickets, in the 15th game of the Caribbean Premier League at Sabina Park here Friday night.

ISTANBUL/ANKARA, (Reuters) – An attempted Turkish military coup appeared to crumble in the early hours of today after crowds answered President Tayyip Erdogan’s call to take to the streets to support him.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today lambasted Minister of State Joseph Harmon on the matter of why contracts and evaluation reports for key projects like the Amaila Hydropower Project have not been released.

ISTANBUL/ANKARA,  (Reuters) – Turkey’s military said on Friday it had seized power, but the prime minister said the attempted coup would be put down.

The Guyana Public Service Union today condemned Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Chairman Rawle Lucas for what it said was his interference in the Authority and it said it has raised this matter with President David Granger.

President David Granger has delegated a series of powers in relation to public lands and state lands to the Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC).

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday knocked secretary general of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha Sat Maharaj for describing former prime minister Patrick Manning as a “racist.”

Puran Brothers Disposal Inc. yesterday signed a $221 million contract with the Ministry of Communities for the operation and maintenance of the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill for a period of one year.

A Nigg, Corentyne, Berbice family is now considering giving up on their new business after an attack by masked bandits, who threatened to kill a three-year-old during their demands for money.

Farm Supplies Limited has been given the no-objection by Cabinet for a $199.5m contract for the supply of long and short reach excavators for the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC).

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday announced its intention to reclaim control over the identification of all public transportation in Georgetown from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in what will be seen as the latest in a series of initiatives to gather more funds.

Nine persons are now homeless after their two-storey house was gutted by fire last night in Parika, Est Bank Essequibo.

Self-confessed drug trafficker Barry Dataram yesterday accused a Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officer of lying when he took the stand at his trial yesterday.