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Two men were yesterday granted bail after denying a charge of armed robbery when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Two months after solo charges of larceny and conspiracy to commit a multi-million dollar larceny were levelled against former Guyana Power and Light (GPL) director Carvil Duncan, he appeared before a city court yesterday, where the charges were amended.

A security guard was fined $40,000 after admitting that he threatened his wife and mother-in-law on Independence night; he denied an assault charge and was placed on $30,000 bail when he appeared in court yesterday.

As rain continues to fuel flooding in Region Five, officials are working around the clock to bring the situation under control.

Cabinet has approved financing to the value of $9.4M or the equivalent of US$44,750 for a team from the International Children’s Heart Foundation (Baby Heart) to perform cardiac operations on 18 children, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said yesterday.

The city constabulary has begun investigations into the whereabouts of $8 million gifted to the Global Friendships Foundation from the Chinese Embassy to aid in the restoration and enhancement of George-town.

Gladwyn Brandis, the South Ruimveldt taxi driver who was found unconscious in Sophia after being badly beaten and robbed in a reported carjacking, has regained consciousness and is recuperating at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

After misleading the court by claiming he was a juvenile, a Lodge Housing Scheme teen was on Wednesday remanded to prison on a charge of armed robbery.

A technical team from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) will be sent to Barabina, Region One to assess the condition of the road after it was highlighted that it had returned to its deplorable condition mere weeks after being rehabilitated.

Drivers of vehicles traversing the Railway Embankment road on the East Coast Demerara are calling on the authorities to fill the many potholes on the roadway.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama formally endorsed Hillary Clinton’s White House bid yesterday and called for Democrats to unite behind her after a protracted battle with Bernie Sanders for the party nomination.

(Reuters) – California Attorney General Kamala Harris, the top vote-getter in the state’s U.S.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police yesterday accused mining company Samarco, a joint venture between Vale SA and BHP Billiton, of willful misconduct in relation to a deadly dam burst last November, saying the company had ignored clear signs the dam was at risk of collapsing.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Former World Bank economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski won 41,438 more votes than Keiko Fujimori in Peru’s photo finish presidential election, but thousands of disputed or unclear ballots remain uncounted, authorities said yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Following months of internal wrangling, the U.S. House of Representatives, yesterday passed legislation creating a federal control board to help Puerto Rico cope with crippling debt that is wreaking havoc throughout the island’s economy.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – A group of Venezuelan opposition lawmakers said yesterday government supporters attacked them as they tried to enter the electoral board headquarters to press their demand for a recall referendum against unpopular socialist Presi-dent Nicolas Maduro.

Post-Cabinet press briefings which have not been held for many weeks now since controversy brewed around Minister of State, Joseph Harmon are to resume next week, President David Granger said today.

Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum, is in Mexico City to get a first-hand look at its safe city programme.

The Guyana Water Incorporated is looking at ways to improve its emergency response system, GINA said.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has challenged the manufacturing sector to grow its brands, supply the needs of the country, lean towards exports and earn foreign exchange.