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Businessman Charles Henry will likely learn his fate on Wednesday when Justice Franklyn Holder sums up the Caracas murder trial to the jury at the Berbice Assizes.

(Reuters) – A Michigan man who worked as an Uber driver was under arrest yesterday in the fatal shooting of six people in Kalamazoo, as police investigated reports he may have driven customers of the car-hailing service the night of the rampage.

Residents of Matthews Ridge, Region 1 are expected to soon see an energy boost as government yesterday invited bids for a high-powered generator for use at the community’s Power and Light company.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – General Motors Co will reconsider plans for new investment in Brazil if the economic and political situation does not improve, the company’s president Dan Ammann said in an interview published on Sunday.

A new batch of Sterling Products Ltd (SPL) workers on Thursday last graduated from its literacy programme.

LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales looked headed for defeat in a referendum on whether the leftist leader can seek a fourth term in office, according to exit polls and early results yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Bernie Sanders’ high-flying Democratic presidential campaign fell back to Earth on Saturday in Nevada.

(Trinidad Guardian) A National Gas Company (NGC) sub-contractor was found dead at her home on Friday afternoon by her husband, stabbed several times about the body.

LONDON, (Reuters) – London Mayor Boris Johnson threw his weight yesterday behind the campaign to leave the European Union, dealing a blow to David Cameron by increasing the chance British voters will ditch membership in a June referendum.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis yesterday called for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, saying the commandment “You shall not kill” was absolute and equally valid for the guilty as for the innocent.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, yesterday, announced plans to pave the Linden/Lethem roadway and launch a radio station for Indigenous communities, at the third ‘Public Day’, held at the Tabatinga Community Ground.

(Reuters) – A Michigan man who worked as an Uber driver was under arrest on Sunday in the fatal shooting of six people in Kalamazoo, as police investigated reports that he may have driven customers of the car-hailing service on the night of the rampage.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Guyana Jaguars, set 405 to win by Barbados Pride, reached 52 without loss at the close on the penultimate day of their seventh round match in the Regional four-day championship at Kensington Oval here today.

The intended supplier of urea fertiliser worth $420m is based in Long Island, New York according to Guyana Rice Producers Association (GRPA) General Secretary Dharamkumar Seeraj.

(Trinidad Guardian) A National Gas Company (NGC) sub-contractor was found dead at her home on Friday afternoon by her husband, stabbed several times about the body.

While former president Donald Ramotar says he believes justice has been served, top government officials and other interested parties have opted to remain mum on the findings of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) until the final report is officially released.

Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj This week’s feature on Kuru Kururu came about by way of a detour.

After finding that the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force were both complicit in aiding and abetting soldier Gregory Smith in the killing of political activist and scholar Dr Walter Rodney, the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) set up to investigate his death has recommended that every effort should be made to ensure that both agencies are professional.

Even though the conduct of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is being heavily criticized, both Minister of State Joseph Harmon and Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan have expressed satisfaction with the work that has been done so far.

The Region Nine administration is examining a number of long-term plans such as water harvesting to ensure that villages across the sprawling savannah region are supplied with water even during prolonged droughts.