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Edward McCollin, who was charged last December with possession of a rifle and ammunition, was found guilty and sentenced to five years in jail yesterday.

The Police Constable who was found last Saturday with an unlicensed pistol and 15 rounds was yesterday charged and remanded to prison.

An Albouystown couple died on Wednesday after an apparent suicide. Fazil Mohamed, 65, and wife, Bibi Mohamed, 55,of Lot 8 James Street, Albouystown, were rushed to the Woodlands Hospital after they reportedly consumed a poisonous substance.

Four persons, who the police alleged had an unlicensed revolver and ammunition in their vehicle in July last year, were yesterday freed of the charges after a no-case submission was upheld by a city court.

A Three Mile Secondary School student drowned on Monday at Dog Point, Bartica while he was on a fishing trip.

An elderly woman narrowly escaped death on Tuesday, when her neighbour’s plum tree crashed into her house and pinned her in her bathroom.

A woman who allegedly made death threats to President David Granger has been arrested and taken into police custody.

Vendors are continuing to speak out against the size of new stalls at the Merriman Mall, which they say have forced them to scale back their businesses as they endure cramped conditions.

Sugar workers are today expected to receive 2.72 days’ pay as the Annual Production Incentive (API) for last year’s output.

Two persons are in custody for questioning over the murder of Lance Corporal Kevon Payne, who was gunned down on Tuesday night, a police source confirmed yesterday.

A tailor from Great Diamond went missing on Tuesday after he left home to conduct business in the city.

A Tabatinga resident was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with possession of just under 10 grammes of cocaine that was found in his yard.

The City Public Health Department is cautioning consumers against purchasing coconut water in recycled bottles.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The divestment of the Government’s assets in the sugar industry to Chinese investors was expected to result in a turnaround in the fortunes of the ailing sector in Jamaica.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s top court ordered President Jacob Zuma yesterday to pay back some of the $16 million of state money spent upgrading his private home, in a stinging rebuke that hits the scandal-plagued leader financially and politically.

GENEVA/CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Researchers around the world are now convinced the Zika virus can cause the birth defect microcephaly as well as Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that can result in paralysis, the World Health Organization said yesterday.

About 2200h. on Tuesday, the police say that miner Dalton Emanuel, 19 years, of Yarakita, NWD, was involved in an argument with another man at Yarakita, during which he was stabbed in his abdomen with a pair of scissors.

(Trinidad Guardian) An elderly T&T national resident in Canada, who has been returning home every winter for the past several years, was tied up, gagged and beaten to death at his Upper Bournes Road, St James, home sometime between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors yesterday charged Joseph Safra, the world’s richest banker, in connection with an alleged scheme to pay bribes to government officials in return for waiving tax debts.

(Reuters) – China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co said yesterday it has abandoned its $14 billion bid for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc, paving the way for Marriott International Inc to buy the Sheraton and Westin hotels operator.