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Students of Region Four demonstrated their ingenuity as the Region Four Department of Education wrapped its biennial science fair yesterday at the Diamond Secondary School.

The newly elected executive of the North Ruimveldt Multilateral Secondary School Old Students Association (NRMSSOSA) has pledged to work on several areas that would see the school’s facilities upgraded.

A Guyanese national, identified as Neville Hillary Phagu, was one of two men charged yesterday over a multimillion dollar cocaine find at Carlisle Bay, in Barbados.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Senior judges in Brazil voiced concern yesterday over the detention of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, even as they threw their support behind the sweeping corruption investigation that threatens to topple his embattled successor.

DIKILI, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish authorities yesterday detained at least two human traffickers after they shuttled some 120 Syrian refugees to the Aegean coast in a sign Turkey may be stepping up efforts to curb the flow of migrants to Europe.

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines said yesterday it had seized a North Korean freighter that was covered by harsher United Nations’ sanctions against Pyongyang over its nuclear programme.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – A total of 135 people were killed in the first week of a partial truce in Syria in areas covered by the deal, a monitoring group said yesterday, highlighting its fragile nature just days before the United Nations attempts to reconvene peace talks.

(Barbados Nation) POLICE HAVE CHARGED two men in connection with Wednesday’s seizure of cocaine and cannabis at Carlisle Bay, St Michael.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Batsman Lendl Simmons has become the latest player to withdraw from the West Indies squad for next week’s Twenty20 World Cup in India.

During this morning, Traffic Officer Superintendent Dion Moore was travelling in a private motor vehicle along the Providence Public Road, EBD, when the driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with a utility pole.

A standoff at the Georgetown Prison was yesterday defused after Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan and Minister of State Joseph Harmon met with protesting inmates to address their grievances and avert an escalation.

Deputy Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels has been sent on six weeks leave in the wake of complaints by inmates following the deadly fire at the Georgetown Prison, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan announced yesterday.

A former judge will chair the three-person Commission of Inquiry into Thursday’s fiery revolt at the Georgetown Prison, which claimed 17 lives and it has been given up to March 15th to submit a report with findings and recommendations.

While Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday said that the next of kin of the 17 prisoners who perished after the Camp Street prison fire had been notified, some families say they are still awaiting word from the authorities.

Cuts to the government’s budget can be made by the National Assembly, the Guyana Court of Appeal ruled yesterday, overturning a controversial decision by former acting Chief Justice Ian Chang that had its origins in the opposition-controlled Parliament of 2012.

As the March 18 Local Government Elections (LGE) date nears, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and foreign missions here say energies should be focused on getting the citizenry out to vote, rather than a blame game on who is not doing enough.

This year’s GuyExpo, slated for May 12–15, will place significant focus on micro and small businesses and is expected to have 500 exhibitors, Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin stated yesterday at the launch of the exposition.

Tagman Media and Tinniben Animation have addressed the issue of male child sexual abuse in their new animated short film titled Nancy’s Story: Boys Too.

After managing to elude the police for almost a year Shivanand Roopnarine was yesterday arrested and police say he has since confessed to stabbing his girlfriend, Alicia McPherson, to death.

A third suspect in the murder of Regent Multiplex Mall owner Ganesh Ramlall was yesterday arrested by the police after he was implicated by two others who are currently charged with the crime.