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The photograph of Anthony David that accompanied the report, ‘Evidence enough to convict accused in robbery of land court judge – Hughes,’ which was published in Stabroek News’ May 28, 2016 edition, was not that of the accused but of another man with the same name.

LUSAKA (Reuters) – Africa is unlikely to fall into the type of unsustainable debt trap seen in the 1990s despite a spike in borrowing and widening budget deficits, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said yesterday.

The Office of the Prime Minister, today, advised that it has terminated with immediate effect the services of Abel Seetaram as Regional Representative of the Office Prime Minister for Region 5.

James Duddridge MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office with specific responsibility for Caribbean relations, will be visiting Guyana tomorrow.

About 1800h. yesterday, the police say that miner Ramal Williams, 18 years, of 58 Miles, Mabura Road, was working in a mining pit at Konawaruk Backdam, Potaro, when it caved in and he was trapped beneath.

(IMF press release) The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a 24-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) for Suriname, in an amount equivalent to SDR 342 million (about US$478 million or 265 percent of quota), to support the government’s economic reform program.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said he has no intention to dismiss National Security Minister Edmund Dillon, despite the escalating crime situation in Trinidad and Tobago.

Over 5,000 laptops costing more than $300 million from the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project were either stolen or defective, according to an investigation into the initiative which found that the OLPF fell short of its objective, was “grossly overstaffed” and the $4.3 billion spent on it could have been reduced.

The boat attacked by pirates on Friday night has been found but the three crewmen remain missing while the police continue to hold five men as investigations continue.

Three years ago Essequibo businessman, Beni Sankar made a switch from rice to coconut production as he is optimistic that the industry will boom.

All cable broadcasters would have to pay outstanding spectrum fees as bad debts might determine whether they are granted licences in the future, says Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), Lennox Craig.

There is far too much uncertainty surrounding the scrap metal trade and the law governing it is severely outdated, an investigation into the Scrap Metal Unit has said.

Carifesta Avenue will be widened and the insignia of various Heads of State will be placed there in time for Caricom Day.

Pandemonium broke out at the Guyana National Stadium early yesterday morning and about 30 persons were injured after a fight broke out between two men at the Banks Beer Fest concert.

The United States is concerned that drug flows through the Caribbean are on the rise, according to a top US anti-narcotics official who said Washington remains “very concerned” that high level traffickers are not being arrested and prosecuted.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – The French government and CGT union yesterday dug in their heels amid a wave of strikes and angry street protests against labour reforms, but there were fresh phone contacts between the two sides.

Onika Luke, the 16-year-old waitress who was shot in her chin during an attempted robbery at a Better Hope restaurant  on Friday, remains a patient at the Woodlands Hospital Intensive Care Unit.

A Rose Hall town man is now dead after he collided with a horse on the public road in Portuguese Quarter, Corentyne on Thursday evening.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Rio de Janeiro police swarmed two slums yesterday searching for suspects in the alleged gang rape of a 16-year-old Brazilian girl who said more than 30 men assaulted her, a case that shocked the nation set to host the Olympics in August.

Region Two is not in a position to offer any help at the moment to parts of the Pomeroon which have been hit by tidal flooding, according to its Regional Executive Officer (REO).