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A former constable based at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) was in court yesterday to answer to a simple larceny charge which alleged that he stole a pistol.

The first step in making Bartica a green town is dealing with the solid waste problem that has always plagued the community, according to Deputy Mayor Kamal Persaud.

An early morning fire, suspected to have been set by an occupant who is mentally unstable, gutted an Agricola, East Bank Demerara (EBD) house yesterday and the man was later arrested after he fled the scene.

Five of the six firefighters who were injured following Monday’s blaze at the Gafoor’s Houston Complex are now at home recovering while the family of the other is left to cover the cost of a much needed CT scan as the man remains a patient of the Male Surgical Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Commemorative $5,000 and $2,000 coins and a $50 bank note were yesterday launched at the Bank of Guyana (BOG) as part of the 5oth Independence Anniversary celebrations, GINA said.

President David Granger yesterday called on the nation to view Guyana’s diversity as an asset and not a liability and to use the occasion of the declaration of Social Cohesion Day, May 11, to reject divisive political culture, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

Believing that human trafficking is being “swept under the carpet,” Miss World Guyana finalist Treasure James has decided to create awareness.

An East Ruimveldt youth who was apprehended by the police on May 5, allegedly for having a gun in his possession has been remanded to prison until May 17.

Courts Guyana Inc, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sport lit up Main Street Avenue once again.

The Buxton Arts Theatre (BAT), a community-based drama group, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sports, is set to hold a grand fun day and cultural exhibition on May 22.

Assuria Insurance Company yesterday donated three computer systems to the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) as the two look to strengthen their ties.

The residents of Kissoon Street, Better Hope, East Coast Demerara are calling on the relevant authorities to repair the deplorable road in their community.

The draft legislation for the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) is still being looked at by the World Bank, according to Attorney General Basil Williams who said yesterday that that process is almost complete.

CARACAS/PUNTO FIJO, (Reuters) – Soldiers fired tear gas at stone-throwing protesters yesterday as Venezuela’s opposition marched to pressure electoral authorities into allowing a recall referendum against unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Public sector corruption siphons $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion annually from the global economy in bribes and costs far more in stunted economic growth, lost tax revenues and sustained poverty, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday.

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev., (Reuters) – A car-sized sled powered by electromagnets rocketed to more than 100 miles (160 kph) an hour through the Nevada desert on Wednesday in what the Los Angeles company developing the technology said was the first successful test of a futurist transit system called hyperloop.

(Barbados Nation) Police are now investigating the murder of Colin Forde of 10th Avenue, New Orleans, St Michael.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday denied any wrongdoing after being been named in the Panama Papers as a former director of a British Virgin Islands company set up to exploit a Siberian gold prospect.

The Director of Sport Christopher Jones this afternoon issued a message of condolence on the passing of renowned West Indies cricket commentator, Tony Cozier.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Renowned regional and international cricket journalist Tony Cozier, the voice of West Indies cricket for more than five decades, has died.