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A 36-year-old man of Charity, Essequibo Coast was yesterday fined $30,000 and sentenced to three years in prison after he was found guilty of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

President David Granger last Friday assured that once evidence has been accumulated against persons fingered in forensic audits as having engaged in corrupt practices, action will be taken.

A truck operator was released on self-bail yesterday after denying the theft of a CD player.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Seventeen  Colombian soldiers died when their Russian-made Mi-17 helicopter crashed in a central mountainous area of the Andean country, the army said on yesterday.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s vote last Thursday to leave the European Union continued to reverberate through financial markets yesterday, with the pound falling to its lowest level in 31 years, despite government attempts to relieve some of the confusion about the political and economic outlook.

ISTANBUL/MOSCOW/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Turkey announced the restoration of diplomatic ties with Israel yesterday after a six-year rupture and expressed regret to Russia over the downing of a warplane, seeking to mend strained alliances and ease a sense of isolation on the world stage.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca yesterday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, shaking buildings as far away as Mexico City, but officials reported there was no immediate damage.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian harassment and surveillance of US diplomats in Moscow has increased significantly and US Secretary of State John Kerry raised the issue recently with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the State Department said yesterday.

HAVANA (Reuters) – A large “Four Points by Sheraton” sign has gone up outside the Havana hotel that this week becomes the first in Cuba to operate under a US brand since the 1959 revolution.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Captain Jason Holder has broken into the top 20 of the One-Day International rankings for the first time in his career, following strong performances during the just concluded Tri-Nations Series.

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, today (right) received a final copy of the Coastal Engineering Design Manual for the Guyana Sea and River Defences from European Union (EU) Ambassador, Jernej Videtič.

The police in ‘D’ Division say they are investigating a shooting incident during a robbery which occurred at 0100h.

Gold production at the Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) for the first half of this year has been estimated at 75,000 ounces and the company has entered an agreement to expand the capacity of its Aurora mine in Cuyuni/Mazaruni.

One of two planes that left Guyana illegally under the cover of darkness on Saturday has been given clearance to leave Anguilla and the other was grounded in the British overseas territory, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson has said.

A 19-year-old labourer perished in a mysterious fire which destroyed a two-bedroom house in the De Willem, West Coast Demerara (WCD) squatting area on Saturday night.

American oil firm ExxonMobil will be drilling more wells after an appraisal well confirmed the presence of a significant deposit of oil in the location close to where the first well was drilled.

It is important that Guyana move quickly to enact anti-discrimination laws as discrimination and homophobia “is a very real problem” for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LBGT) community here, outgoing Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy here, Bryan Hunt has said.

A police rank died on Saturday afternoon after he lost control of the car he was driving and it flipped over in the vicinity of the Bamia Creek on the Linden/Soesdyke highway.

President David Granger on Friday said that protected areas will be established in all 10 regions of the country.

The Guyana Power and Light is inviting bids for the construction of an 11 MW plant at Anna Regina on the Essequibo Coast and one for 5.5 MW at Canefield on the East Berbice.