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Prosecutors in the case of disgraced former state Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson, whose conviction was largely due to evidence provided by Guyanese businessman Edul Ahmad, who is also awaiting sentence, are asking that he be sentenced to seven or more years on his felony convictions of making a false statement and obstruction of justice.

Richard Stanton, the man who is accused of gunning down businesswoman Patricia Sanasie, will stand trial for her murder in the High Court.

After over a year on the run, Thurston Kenrick Williams was yesterday charged with the murder of miner Charles Major, who was fatally chopped at a camp at Mahdia.

Although construction work at the D’Urban Park has left a section of the Hadfield Street roadway uneven and muddied, residents are understanding at the effects that have come with the works.

After one of the highest spring tides ever resulted in flooding in the Pomeroon and Mahaicony, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary Agriculture Development Authority (MMA-ADA) said the inclement weather was hindering them from venturing into the areas to address the issue.

Guyana Energy Support Services, a subsidiary of John Fernandes Limited, is seeking to provide support services for the drilling of oil wells.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has reached a deal with its main financier China to improve the conditions of an oil-for-loans deal, giving the OPEC member’s crisis-hit economy “oxygen” ahead of heavy debt payments, its top economic official said yesterday.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States aim to reach new agreements on cooperation in law enforcement, health and agriculture over the coming months, a senior Cuban official said yesterday, as part of the former Cold War foes’ drive to normalize ties.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian interim President Michel Temer agreed with union leaders yesterday to draft a blueprint for overhauling the creaking pension system within a month, as he seeks to restore confidence in Latin America’s largest economy.

A clash in Parliament on Thursday over the state of the rice industry saw Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder committing to a review of the imposition of VAT on imported machinery and spares.

VATICAN (Reuters) – Pope Francis criticized Western powers for trying to export their own brand of democracy to countries such as Iraq and Libya without respecting indigenous political cultures, according to an interview published yesterday.

LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori said yesterday a report linking her and a senior aide to money laundering was “dirty” politics and an attempt to smear her three weeks before a closely-fought election.

More than three months after Assistant Commissioner of Police Balram Persaud died in a fatal accident an inquest will be held soon to determine the circumstances surrounding how he met his demise.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Gunmen stormed a police headquarters in southern Haiti yesterday leaving at least six killed in a shootout and a related accident in an apparent uprising attempt days after the volatile country missed a deadline to sign in a new president.

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – Six people were shot dead at voting centres after polls closed in Dominican Republic’s presidential election, the electoral chief said yesterday, blaming the clashes on delays to results stemming from parties’ insistence on manual vote counting.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The son of former Honduras President Porfirio Lobo pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, a year after his arrest in Haiti as part of a US Drug Enforcement Administration probe.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Guyana Jaguars left-hander, Leon Johnson, is among 14 players invited to a special camp designed to help batsmen improve their technique against spin, ahead of the upcoming Test series against India and Pakistan.

The company, that will build, own and operate, the Waste-to-Energy Plant, that is proposed for the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill, behind, Eccles, East Bank Demerara, could get Cabinet’s go-ahead, as early as the next two weeks.

About 2000h. last night, the police say that salesman Safraz Bacchus, 31 years, of Port Mourant, Corentyne, was in his home which is under repairs, when shots were discharged at him.

The police say that investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred about 2115h yesterday on the Sisters Public Road, WBD, and which resulted in the death of pedal cyclist Devon Sealey, 10 years, of Sisters Village.