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“A guide to the rights of women” booklet was launched by the Social Protection Ministry on Monday at Parliament Building, GINA said.

A Guyhoc man, who was charged with allegedly robbing two persons of more than $100,000 in cash and valuables, was yesterday granted bail by a city magistrate.

Eureka Medical Laboratories Inc. (EML) has celebrated 21 years of service to the Guyanese public by achieving International Standards Organisation (ISO) accreditation from the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC).

A man who was a victim of a hit-and-run accident on Saturday remains a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) in an unconscious state and the driver is yet to be apprehended.

The issue of money to maintain Guyana’s eco-park, Iwokrama, was raised by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo during separate meetings with non-resident envoys from Australia and Germany, GINA said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Two big New York law firms that represented the now-imprisoned financier Allen Stanford persuaded a federal appeals court yesterday to throw out a lawsuit claiming that they helped conceal his $7.2 billion Ponzi scheme.

BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – United Nations rights experts and more than 200 campaign groups called on the government of Honduras yesterday to protect a key witness in the killing of activist Berta Caceres that has sparked widespread international condemnation.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – A spelling mistake in an online bank transfer instruction helped prevent a nearly $1 billion heist last month involving the Bangladesh central bank and the New York Fed, banking officials said.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former chairman of the Integrity Commission (IC) Ken Gordon on Wednesday criticised Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley for having no confidence in the IC, insisting his statement will undermine the institution’s effectiveness.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – State prosecutors in Brazil are seeking the arrest of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on charges of money laundering and identity fraud for concealing ownership of a beachfront apartment, his foundation said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Indian liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who left the country as he faced pressure from banks to repay more than $1 billion owed by his collapsed airline, refuted charges he was an absconder and said he respected the law of the land.

The opposition PPP today raised concerns about several aspects of voting by the Joint Services on Tuesday, including electors not using national identification cards.

India today defeated the West Indies by 45 runs in their T20 World Cup warm-up match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

The police today said that investigations are being conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death of Sherwin Lynch, 19 years, of Sparendaam Housing Scheme, ECD, whose body was found with suspected stab wounds at about 2030h last night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government has 14 days to pay outstanding monies owed to cane farmers or face the court. Close

As the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the fire tragedy last Thursday at the Georgetown Prison begins today, one inmate who managed to survive yesterday revealed the names of two prisoners who he said started the blaze that killed 17.

Head of Project Coordination at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Fitzroy Corlette said yesterday that there is to be a restriction and not a ban on the importation of used tyres.

America Street moneychanger Ryburn Fraser, who was one of the businessmen robbed by armed bandits on November 3, 2015, testified yesterday at a city court.

The husband of Indrawattie Somwar has confessed to chopping her to death during a domestic dispute on Tuesday, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

A businessman was yesterday afternoon shot twice to his left leg at High Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown when he attempted to intervene in a robbery which occurred a short distance from where he operates his business.