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An ex-policeman died during the wee hours of yesterday morning after he was shot by police, minutes after he and an accomplice had robbed a man.

A fire yesterday morning completely destroyed a two-storey wooden building at Shell Road, Kitty, leaving some 11 persons homeless.

Weeks into an ongoing controversy surrounding the outstanding US$5 million owed for the sale of government shares in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), the public is yet to be told who has the money.

PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee yesterday strongly denied reports of infighting among the party’s leadership and asserted that it is united and stronger than ever.

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Guyana Jernej Videtič last evening called once more for government to abolish the death penalty, decriminalise same sex intimacy and to strengthen efforts to combat domestic abuse and trafficking in persons.

A drinking spree ended tragically on Sunday evening when a labourer was stabbed to death allegedly by his friend.

With its facilities boosted, the Bartica Hospital has reduced the number of referrals it sends to the Georgetown Public Hospital by nearly half, the Ministry of Health boasted on Saturday.

The naked body of an unidentified man was discovered on the Kitty foreshore yesterday morning but there were no reported marks of violence.

A man was chopped to death in the wee hours of yesterday morning during an altercation over music in Bloomfield, Corentyne, Berbice and the alleged perpetrator is currently in custody.

After five months of wrangling, local distributor International Pharmaceu-tical Agency (IPA) Guyana Ltd has agreed to comply with an order to withdraw Lailac Infant Milk from the shelves.

Two sons of a Rose Hall Town cambio dealer were robbed at gunpoint yesterday and police have since arrested two persons on the Corentyne suspected to be part of the five-man gang police have been hunting.

“There was no negligence or abandonment of duty,” Joint Services attorney Selwyn Pieters said during his final submissions yesterday to the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 3 prison unrest and deaths.

GTT yesterday launched its 4G service, while promising 30 times the speed at the same price for customers.

A Pomeroon boat captain who was placed on $50,000 bail after he denied fraudulently converting more than $1 million in items that he was supposed to keep safe for his employer was charged for theft of the items yesterday at a city court.

PPP/C MPs have received “personal invitations” for several state functions planned in observance of Guyana’s 50th independence anniversary and the party has decided that they will attend if they so wish, PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee said yesterday.

Vendors who have been relocated from the Stabroek Market Square to the temporary site at Lombard and Hadfield streets are complaining of a noticeable drop in business since the move.

HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Taiwanese group has intervened in the Philippines’ international court case against China’s claims in the South China Sea, pressing Taipei’s position that Taiwan is entitled to a swathe of the disputed waterway as an economic zone.

BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) – Syrian government forces and their allies fought insurgents near Aleppo yesterday and jets conducted raids around a nearby town seized by Islamist rebels, a monitoring group said, as Syria’s military said a ceasefire in Aleppo would be extended by 48 hours starting today.

Parents and students of the Santa Rosa Secondary School are worried that they may be penalised by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) after delays saw them writing the Agricultural Science Paper 2 yesterday afternoon instead of yesterday morning.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A judicial probe of possible corruption during Argentina’s last government is also threatening the new administration as some of President Mauricio Macri’s own allies face investigation.