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A taxi service dispatcher was yesterday charged with breaking and entering a Queenstown store.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – European Union leaders will try to convince Turkey’s prime minister to help end Europe’s migration crisis in return for financial and political concessions but they remain unsure if today’s Brussels summit can clinch a deal.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba made a rare gesture of reciprocity to the United States yesterday, three days before a historic visit by U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers yesterday called for the resignations of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy on the grounds that they failed to quickly intervene in the city of Flint’s contaminated drinking water crisis.

A man made bail at a city court yesterday, after he denied stealing a gold chain from his business partner.

The hiring of temporary magistrates is among options being considered to ease prison overcrowding following a meeting yesterday between the government and the judiciary.

About 2130h. last night, the police say that Ruben Hopkinson, 22 years, of Festival City, Georgetown, was cycling along Eden Street, Tucville, when he was attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

Guyana and India yesterday inked a US$50M loan agreement that could see commuters using a new road to traverse between the East Coast Demerara (ECD) and East Bank Demerara (EBD) by the end of 2018.

APNU yesterday dropped one of its candidates for tomorrow’s polls following a controversy over child molestation claims, a day after senior coalition official and Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence downplayed the matter.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officer Anthony Yarde, who yesterday recounted the discovery of 129.230 kilogrammes of cocaine (equivalent to 284 pounds) at the home of accused drug trafficker Barry Dataram, also revealed that some of the narcotics went missing.

After 22 years on the oft-criticised Mayor and City Council and serving as its Deputy Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green is seeking a second chance at tomorrow’s election in Tucville-North Ruimveldt as she said she was “stifled” from performing.

A Norwegian company, Norconsult, has been selected to review the financial model of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP), the results of which would determine whether the controversial project will go ahead.

Top government and judiciary officials yesterday met to discuss ways to ease overcrowding in the prisons and said the measures will be fleshed out over the next two weeks before being implemented.

A young man who chopped off a man’s hand was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in jail after a jury found him guilty of committing the offence.

Inmate Michael Lewis yesterday maintained that tear gas was thrown into the Capital Division of the Camp Street Prison on the day a fire raged through the area claiming 17 lives.

After being remanded to prison for just under two years, Inderjeet Sewdhan, hurriedly exited the High Court in Berbice after Justice Franklyn Holder upheld no-case submissions and   ordered the jury   to return a formal verdict of not guilty.

Indian company Fedders Lloyd will commence infrastructural works on the Specialty Hospital at Liliendaal on the East Coast of Demerara by June this year as it is currently tweaking its design specifications to cater for construction done by the previous contractor.

Beginning yesterday, vendors who ply their trade along the Merriman Mall will have to pay $1,500 per day to the city to continue to do so.

Five persons including a disc jockey and a businessman are seeking to represent East and West Ruimveldt on the Georgetown City Council.

With local government elections set for tomorrow, residents of the township of Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast say the economy is at a “standstill” and called for the establishment of more industries to provide job opportunities.