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Three months after the Mahaicony Creek started experiencing flooding, the water continues drop though heavy rainfall sends it back up.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in as the Philippines’ 16th president yesterday, capping the unlikely journey of a provincial city mayor whose brash man-of-the-people style and pledges to crush crime swamped establishment rivals in last month’s election.

SAN JUAN, (Reuters) – Puerto Rico authorized suspension of payments on its general obligation debt yesterday just minutes after U.S.

A teenager was yesterday granted his release on bail pending a wounding charge.

Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green has voiced disappointment at the majority of city councillors not submitting any plans for development in their constituencies.

Two men are now behind bars after police say searches at their homes uncovered several quantities of ganja.

A pensioner is now a remanded to prisoner after a city court heard yesterday that he severely chopped another man.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A Goldman Sachs executive’s alleged arranging of prostitutes for himself and the brother of a decision-maker at Libya’s sovereign wealth fund was completely unacceptable behaviour for an employee of the bank, the first witness called by Goldman told a court yesterday.

The Guyana Amazon Warriors began their 2016 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 title pursuit with a four-wicket win over the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots with one ball to spare in last night’s match played at Warner Park.

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Presidency (MOTP), Omar Shariff has been sent on leave by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, a release from MOTP said today.

At 01:30hrs today, police say that a fire destroyed a home at Wales, West Bank Demerara, and the body of an unidentified person was subsequently discovered among the rubble.

Exxon Mobil Corporation today said that drilling results from the Liza-2 well, the second exploration well in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, confirm a world-class find with a recoverable deposit of between 800 million and 1.4 billion oil-equivalent barrels.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former London mayor Boris Johnson abruptly pulled out of the race to become Britain’s next prime minister today, in a shock move that upturned a political order shaken by last week’s vote to leave the European Union.

Proposed tobacco control legislation will see a ban on smoking in public places while cigarette advertising will no longer be allowed and pictorial and text health warnings will have to be displayed on at least 75% of the packaging on tobacco products.

Government needs to explain why about $800 million worth of steel and other equipment that were earmarked for the now-frozen specialty hospital project, went solely to businessman Brian Tiwarie, former President Donald Ramotar says.

Clyde Barker, the truck driver who was accused of running over 12-year-old Ezekiel Murray along the Friendship Public Road last year and causing his death, was yesterday sentenced to 3 years imprisonment.

A businessman was yesterday sentenced to two years imprisonment and fined $100,000 after being found guilty of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin is in denial about Guyana not being in an economic crisis.

Kevin Joshua, who doused a schoolboy with acid and left him disfigured, was on Tuesday found guilty by a jury of inflicting grievous bodily harm on the youth.

Accused earlier this year of having in his possession a .32 firearm and matching rounds Mark Calvan was yesterday found not guilty.