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Sherod Duncan, Patricia Chase-Green and Oscar Clarke are the names being tossed around as likely contenders for Mayor and Deputy of Georgetown, when the APNU+AFC-heavy council sits to elect the chief citizen.

A Crabwood Creek farmer was found dead in a hammock at his home around 21:30 hrs on Tuesday with visible marks of violence about his body and his shotgun missing; the police have since held three men.

The former Sheriff Nightclub, Restaurant and Bar was yesterday afternoon razed by a fire of unknown origin.

A forensic audit of the Guyana National Co-operative Bank (GNCB) and a number of other agencies has recommended that legal action be taken against former Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh and the principals of three entities for the recovery of investments of $866m.

There was poor oversight of trade receivables by the Government Information Agency (GINA) over the last five years and the balance outstanding from a slew of government ministries and agencies at May 31st, 2015 was $134M, according to a forensic audit conducted by chartered accountant Harry Parmesar.

On Tuesday, members and supporters of local NGO Red Thread staged a protest in front of the Ministry of the Presidency against Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence.

Roy Glendon Earl Lewis, who fatally stabbed his step-nephew after he spurned his intimate advances, was on Tuesday sentenced to 26 years’ imprisonment, following a guilty plea to the lesser count of manslaughter.

Former Programme Analyst at the United Nations Development Programme  (UNDP) Trevor Benn is tipped to become the new Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall says that the granting of an order to have the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) keep his client’s gold jewellery is an abuse and misuse of the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act.

The Ministry of Public infrastructure on Tuesday received multi-million dollar bids for the rehabilitation of sections of the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

A mother told New Amsterdam Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus that she was fed up with the behaviour of her daughter, who would always leave home without permission, and that it was her daughter who had encouraged sexual assault accused Sherwin Thomas.

A Brazilian national is now a remanded prisoner after being charged with having an illegal pistol and matching ammunition.

Minibus driver Edmond Prescott, who was charged last April with trafficking marijuana, was on Tuesday found not guilty.

A convicted felon was found guilty and jailed for one year and three months by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for another armed robbery he had committed last year.

Berbice police have charged four persons following an armed robbery at D&B Sankar Candy and Confectionery shop, located at Strand, New Amsterdam.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A Surinamese man who U.S. authorities said acted as the “right-hand man” to the son of the country’s president during a scheme to send large amounts of cocaine to the United States was found guilty of trying to ship the drug, prosecutors said yesterday.

President David Granger yesterday called on the nation to practise the camaraderie and unity displayed during the Phagwah festival every day.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – Belgium’s chief prosecutor named two brothers yesterday as Islamic State suicide bombers who killed at least 31 people in the most deadly attacks in Brussels’ history but said another key suspect was on the run.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Education and Information Minister Ruel Reid says the Government is moving swiftly to try to keep the ailing sugar industry afloat as the Chinese-owned Pan Caribbean Sugar Company Limited signals that it will close its operations in Jamaica by June.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday championed Argentina’s new center-right leader Mauricio Macri as an example for other countries in Latin America, praising the fast pace of reforms to strengthen the economy.