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The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank who was accused of raping a Lethem teen more than a month ago is expected to face an assault charge shortly.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has filed an appeal challenging the decision of Justice Navindra Singh to free murder accused Shakir Mohamed.

A Sparendaam mason was on Thursday denied bail after he was charged with attempting to murder a man over the theft of a bike.

Jamal Munroe, of Savannah Park, New Amsterdam, who is accused of robbery, yesterday told Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus that he was arrested although he was only a bystander during the attack.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The leaked “Panama Papers” exposing holders of thousands of hidden bank accounts for possible violations of anti-bribery law could form the basis for a review by the U.S.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) is still investigating the fatal bee attack that resulted in the death of a sugar worker at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, according to President Komal Chand.

Once only accessible on a membership basis, the Pegasus Hotel yesterday re-launched its Aura Lounge and Bar giving access to the general public.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.,  (Reuters) – A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on a NASA cargo run to the International Space Station yesterday, and its reusable main-stage booster landed on an ocean platform minutes later in a dramatic spaceflight first.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma’s son said yesterday he would sell his investments in a mining firm owned by friends of his father amid speculation that the wealthy family is wielding undue political influence.

(Barbados Nation) Four teenagers were remanded after appearing in court in connection with the gang rape of a teenaged girl last weekend.

Courts Guyana has launched a Mother’s Day Facebook contest that will see three pairs of mothers and their children facing off in a cooking competition.

A meeting was held at the Parliament Office of Guyana on Monday to begin discussions about a partnership agreement between the Parliament of Guyana and the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

(Trinidad Express) Finance Minister Colm Imbert yesterday announced a 15 per cent increase in the prices of super gasoline and diesel in his presentation of the government’s mid-year budget review in parliament.

BRASILIA  (Reuters) – Nearly 40 percent of lawmakers from Brazil’s most powerful party that recently broke with President Dilma Rousseff’s ruling coalition do not think she will be impeached, a survey released yesterday showed.

A just concluded three-day workshop, conducted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), is expected to make the operations of the Parliament Office more effective.

(Trinidad Express) A businessman charged with laundering almost TT$1 million and operating a gaming house without a licence appeared in court on Thursday.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago should develop its building codes properly, implement legislation and introduce investment to secure recovery in the event of an earthquake.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice released thousands of subpoenaed documents about the controversial “Operation Fast and Furious” gun trafficking investigation to a congressional committee yesterday, a committee spokeswoman said.

Samuel Marks of Port Kaituma, NWD, has been charged with murder committed on Police Sergeant 16934 Leonard La Rose which occurred on March 01, 2016, at Matthews Ridge, NWD.

During today, Police Special Constable 14536 Akeem Hyles, 22 years, of the Tactical Services Unit was among a team of Joint Services personnel and officials of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) in a boat in the Amatuk Falls area, Potaro River, when the vessel capsized and he is suspected to have drowned, the police say.