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Leon Duncan, who is accused of murdering Imtiaz Roopnarine at the Cool Square Hotel, yesterday told the court that he had nothing to do with the crime.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and Dynamic Airways’ local handler Roraima Airways are working with the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) in its investigations into how cocaine got into the baggage compartment of one of the airline’s planes that left here for the John F Kennedy Airport, New York on Tuesday.

Moves by international banks to cull their relationships with banks in the Caribbean represent the “potentially most devastating threat” to the region’s development, according to former Barbadian Prime Minister Owen Arthur who warned that it could restrict Caribbean economies from access to global finance and impact negatively on remittances.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Authorities in Brazil said yesterday Zika has been detected in patients’ saliva and urine, adding to the concern over the spread of the virus, while U.S.

Stanleytown fisherman Richard Bourne was on Thursday cleared of an armed robbery charge by a city court.

The unidentified body of a man was found at the Whim Foreshore, Corentyne yesterday morning.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church will meet in Cuba next week in what could be a landmark step towards healing the 1,000-year-old rift between the Western and Eastern branches of Christianity.

With dry weather conditions “taking a heavy toll” on Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo), the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs says it is implementing a number of support measures to bring relief to residents.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. employment gains slowed more than expected in January as the boost to hiring from unseasonably mild weather faded, but rising wages and an unemployment rate at an eight-year low suggested the labor market recovery remains firm.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti slipped deeper into unrest on Friday as gangs of former soldiers roamed the capital and a mob of protesters beat a man to death with stones, following a botched election that has left no successor for outgoing President Michel Martelly.

The Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs today said that the continuing arid weather is taking a severe toll on Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo).

In stepping up operations to address money laundering, ranks of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) this morning conducted operations on four locations, the police say.

At about 1515h. yesterday, the police say that miner Akeem Chase, 22 years, of Craig, EBD, was driving a motor vehicle along Second Street, Craig, when four men in another vehicle drove across the road and blocked his path.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis will stop in Cuba on his way to Mexico next week to hold a historic meeting with Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Vatican said today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be allowed to go free from the Ecuadorian embassy in London and be awarded compensation for what amounts to a three-and-a-half-year arbitrary detention, a U.N.

“Think of this: You in a deep sleep, curl up, dreaming all kinda story and then ‘bloosh,’ water splashing like mad on you.

A father of five is now dead after he was stabbed late Wednesday night by his wife’s brother-in-law.

A Corentyne, Berbice couple, Kulip Latchminia and Mahesree Samaroo, were yesterday charged with the rape of a one-year old child.

Determined to show their displeasure at the planned closing of the Wales Sugar Estate, workers and residents participated in another protest march in the community yesterday evening and solidarity strikes were held at the Berbice estates.

City Hall will begin a $240M restoration of the Kitty Market next week, according to Town Clerk Royston King, who says the City Engineer’s Department has concluded that it possesses sufficient expertise to complete all necessary works.