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The young woman who was stabbed about her body less than four days ago, allegedly by her reputed husband who is still to be apprehended, is severely traumatized, even as she is physically recovering from the attack.

The Guyana Police Force has issued wanted bulletins for four persons who are being sought for questioning in relation to a series of fraudulent activities.

Local coconut farmers and processors are looking for support from the government, including the setting-up of a development fund, to make the industry more viable.

During his visit to Berbice yesterday for a ‘Meet the Public Day’ in Corentyne, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, announced that he was donating $250,000 to the expansion of the Whim burial ground after being informed of its current state.

The ability of the National Toshaos’ Council (NTC) to properly carry out its mandate specifically in the interest of Amerindian land titling is being impeded by a lack of financing, according to Vice Chairman Lenox Shuman.

The Ogle International Airport (OIA) will be renamed the Eugene F Correia International Airport (EFCIA) and plans are under way for the unveiling of the name to coincide with Guyana’s 50th independence anniversary celebrations.

No contact has been made with self-confessed drug trafficker Barry Dataram with respect to testifying before a Board of Inquiry (BoI) set up to investigate his claims that the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) is involved in the drug trade and corruption, sources say.

GAZIANTEP, TURKEY (Reuters) – Germany is seeking the creation of “safe zones” to shelter refugees in Syria, Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday, an idea Turkey has long championed in the face of UN caution.

LONDON (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama implored young British people yesterday not to pull back from the world, a day after sparking a row by bluntly telling Britain it should remain in the European Union to preserve its remaining global clout.

The Giftland Mall yesterday opened its fresh ‘Brand Name’ wing as a bazaar setting for local tradesmen and businesses as works to introduce retailers of high-end clothing began.

TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s Liberal government is prepared to overhaul the country’s laws governing broadcasting, media and cultural industries to support local content, Heritage Minister Melanie Joly told the Globe and Mail in a report yesterday, announcing a new policy direction in what she called a broken system.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The people of Sudan’s Darfur have voted not to reunite the states of the conflict-torn region, the commission overseeing a referendum said yesterday, but opposition groups said the poll was rigged by the central government in Khartoum.

QUITO (Reuters) – The death toll from Ecuador’s devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has risen to 646 people, President Rafael Correa said during a TV broadcast yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said yesterday that Mozambique has admitted to having over one billion dollars of undisclosed debt and the two sides were now evaluating the implications of this disclosure.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Longer prison sentences for non-violent criminals and crowded prisons are hurting the American economy more than they are helping it, economists in US President Barack Obama’s administration said in a report released yesterday.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A European Commission plan to publicly reveal tax and financial data of large companies raised concerns among many European Union finance ministers who yesterday advised caution after the Panama Paper leaks.

The Guyana Human Rights Association today welcomed a government announcement last week of an immediate ban on river bank mining.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Longer prison sentences for non-violent criminals and crowded prisons are hurting the American economy more than they are helping it, economists in U.S.

Hailing the Paris Agreement on climate change as the “most ambitious” international environmental pact in modern history, President David Granger yesterday said Guyana will play its part by bringing two million hectares of forest under conservation, among other steps.

A Mahaicony septuagenarian is now dead after being battered to death and police say her son, at whose hands she reportedly suffered years of abuse, has confessed to the crime.