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(BBC) A Mumbai court has cleared veteran Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar, 94, in the 18-year-old case of a bounced cheque.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The number of confirmed and suspected cases of microcephaly in Brazil associated with the Zika virus has risen to 4,690 from 4,443 a week earlier, the Ministry of Health said yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The architect of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s 2010 and 2014 campaigns, João Santana, landed in Brazil from the Dominican Republic yesterday and was taken in a police jet to the city of Curitiba, the epicentre of a massive corruption probe, his spokesman said.

The time is right for Guyanese women to take up leadership roles and fully participate in decision making and the governance process, according to Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy Bryan Hunt.

(Reuters) – U.S. health officials are investigating 14 reports of the Zika virus that may been transmitted through sex, including to several pregnant women, raising new questions about the role sexual transmission is playing in the growing outbreak.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s tourism boom continues at a record pace but is expected to cool off during 2016 with the government forecasting nearly 6 percent growth this year after a 17 percent increase in 2015.

At about 1615h on Sunday, the police say that the decomposing body of Brazilian national Maria Souza Da Silva, 43 years, was found in a shallow grave at Muruwa Backdam, Konawaruk River.

The board of directors of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has decided to terminate the contract of Colin Welch, acting CEO, a statement from Chairman of the utility, Robert Badal said last night.

(Trinidad Express) Two Guyanese nationals are in police custody after they were caught smuggling an estimated $1 million in pharmaceutical drugs from Guyana to Trinidad.

(Trinidad Guardian) After mother of two, Abiola Noel, and her on-again off-again boyfriend, Andre La Touche, had been shot in Laventille yesterday, their killers spent a few moments peering at them as they lay dying in order to satisfy themselves that the job had been done.

A Santa Mission man is now in police custody after allegedly stabbing his cousin-in- law to death early yesterday morning following an altercation at a ‘wake’ house.

An excavator operator yesterday shot and killed his ex-girlfriend before turning the weapon on himself at Kartabo, Cuyuni River Dead are Terry Alexander, 22, and Glenda McCurdy called Natoya, 19,

PPP members Kwame McCoy and Jason Abdulla, along with former bodyguard Shawn Hinds were yesterday charged with assaulting newspaper columnist and activist Freddie Kissoon, on whom they are accused of throwing human faeces during an attack in 2010.

Almost two years and a half after his common-law wife was found dead in the garage of her Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home, ex-sergeant Colin Bailey was yesterday arrested for the killing and is currently in police custody.

Renewing his appeal for national unity, President David Granger called for a narrowing of the differences and divisions between political parties through the promotion of dialogue and the intensification of political cooperation and consensus-based decision-making.

Former Minister of Public Service Jennifer Westford and the ministry’s past Chief Personnel Officer Margaret Cummings yesterday both entered not guilty pleas on all 24 charges laid against them over the alleged theft of $639 million from the Government of Guyana At their previous hearing, Westford and Cummings were not required

The brick prison being built in the compound of the Camp Street jail should be completed by the end of July, according to Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, who yesterday said it will house approximately 325 “high-profile” prisoners.

A New Amsterdam woman was yesterday charged with defrauding a fisherman of half a million dollars by claiming that she could provide him with customs documents to avert duties.

Police are now investigating the theft of nearly all the materials from the dismantled building that housed the Aurora Nursery, Primary and Secondary schools and Region Two Regional Executive Officer (REO) Rupert Hopkinson has blamed the situation on a “culture of dishonesty” in the region.

A Chateau Margot weeder was yesterday charged with assault and threatening behaviour after he allegedly battered his wife and then threatened to kill her while wielding a cutlass.