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Students of the Bishops’ High School and St Gabriel’s Primary School were this week presented with prizes as the winners of the Amazonia Poetry Competition were finally revealed.

MONTEVIDEO, (Reuters) – The World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ruled in favour of Uruguay yesterday in a suit filed by Philip Morris International seeking compensation for economic damages caused by the nation’s anti-tobacco measures.

In observance of World Music Day, the National School of Music has organised a concert tomorrow at the Seawall Bandstand to promote the music of Guyana’s young artistes.

DALLAS, (Reuters) – A black U.S. military veteran of the Afghan war who said he wanted to “kill white people” opened fire in a sniper attack in which five police officers were slain at a protest decrying police shootings of black men, officials said yesterday.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States said on Friday they would deploy an advanced missile defence system in South Korea to counter the threat from nuclear-armed North Korea, drawing a sharp and swift protest from neighbouring China.

WARSAW, (Reuters) – NATO leaders agreed yesterday to deploy military forces to the Baltic states and eastern Poland for the first time and increase air and sea patrols to reassure allies who were once part of the Soviet bloc following Russia’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Dallas police ended a standoff with a gunman yesterday morning by remotely detonating a “bomb robot,” an unprecedented tactic by officers that rekindles concerns about the militarization of local law enforcement in the United States.

Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) is a “watershed” event, which will have long-lasting repercussions, according to the Caricom Heads of Government.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) today advised customers against being hoodwinked into making any payments on site by corrupt persons.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, this morning, received the report of the inquiry into the allegations made against officials of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) by self-confessed drug lord, Barry Dataram.

Two children between the ages of four and six died this morning after a fire swept through the Drop-in Centre on Hadfield Street.

DALLAS, (Reuters) – Snipers operating from rooftops in Dallas killed five police officers and wounded six more in a coordinated attack during one of several protests across the country against the killing of two black men by police this week.

One man is dead and four others are in police custody following an exchange of gunfire with the Police yesterday at Ogle, East Coast Demerara.

CARICOM Heads have signalled their support for a judicial decision to bring the Guyana-Venezuela controversy to an end.

Two men were yesterday charged with the 2012 murder of Mahaica trucker driver Jadesh Dass, who had been found dead on a roadway with gunshot wounds to his head.

Two Wismar men were yesterday charged with the murder of popular Linden newspaper vendor Albert Ashby called ‘Finney’ and have been remanded to prison.

Eustace Griffith, who turned himself over to police after fatally stabbing Stabroek Market handyman Steven Arthur on Monday, was yesterday charged and remanded to prison.

A  $1.5 million payroll belonging to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) was last evening stolen while on its way to be distributed.

Pressing for the suspension of the imposition of long unenforced import taxes on a range of raw materials, the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) yesterday warned that consumers could soon be paying more for goods and services.

City Councillors on Tuesday voted for the setting up of a National Capital Planning Com-mission to guide the development of the city, while Mayor Patricia Chase-Green dismissed concerns by Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan about the rush in moving ahead.