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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Europe needs Turkey to dramatically cut the number of migrants reaching Greece within weeks or the pressure for more border closures and fences will grow, the EU’s top official in charge of ties with Ankara warned yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Satellite images taken this week of North Korea’s Sohae rocket launch site show apparent fuelling activity seen in the past shortly before a rocket launch, a US think-tank said, as US government officials signalled that a launch could occur as early as tomorrow.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria will resist any ground incursion into its territory and send the aggressors home “in coffins”, its foreign minister said yesterday, in comments clearly aimed at Sunni Arab countries that have said they were ready to join such an operation.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is convening a meeting with the private sector on February 16 to discuss FATCA, the US extra-territorial law governing accounts held by US taxpayers overseas.

BENGALURU, India,  CMC – Rising West Indies star Carlos Brathwaite made headlines at the Indian Premier League auction here Saturday when he was snapped up by Delhi Daredevils for US$626 000.

With the El Nino drought deepening, some farmers in Mahaica are angry that their crops are at risk of dying because others are pumping water indiscriminately despite a rotation schedule instituted by the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agriculture Development Authority (MMA-ADA).

Two suspected money launderers were arrested and millions of dollars in local and foreign currency seized following raids conducted by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) early yesterday morning.

Gunmen on Thursday stole roughly $30M in raw gold when they ambushed a gold miner near his home at Craig, East Bank Demerara and two workers that had been accompanying him are now in police custody for questioning.

The Ministry of Social Protection yesterday condemned the Guyana Post Office Corporation’s use of sprinklers to disperse homeless persons and said it will soon begin a collaborative programme to have them receive care for their specific needs.

Billing clerk Ian Timothy Andrews, 22, was apparently attempting to connect a bulb to the end of a loose wire when he was electrocuted at his home at Palmyra Village, East Canje on Thursday.

Residents in four Neighbourhood Democra-tic Councils (NDCs) will not be required to vote at the Local Government Elections (LGE) on March 18 as only one list of candidates has been approved to contest the polls in each constituency.

According to Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan, he is unaware of any intention to invite international observers to scrutinise the upcoming local government elections.

While City Hall has announced fees for operators using city minibus parks, many of them say they had not signed on to the proposal.

Voluntary group Team Legacy which is seeking to win several seats on the Georgetown City Council at the March 18th local government elections, says it will focus on reviving the city’s “forgotten” wards.

At the age of three, Gulliver’s godfather bought her a pink lunch-kit.

“Women were not made to be beaten. Use your hands to love her, not hit her,” Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday implored Matthew Johnson, who was charged with assaulting his wife.

Forty-six patients of the Oncology Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) died last year, according to statistics released by the unit.

A refurbished neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was reopened on Thursday at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.

Once completed, the Merriman’s Mall Recreation Park will feature among its facilities a petting zoo, according to plans released by City Hall on Thursday.

Called on to lead a defence in the killing of Plaisance minibus driver Gavin Fiffee, accused Orin Jerrick yesterday relied on a statement he gave to the police in which he said the victim and others had attacked him with a cutlass.