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A family of eight is now contemplating their next move after their house was burnt to the ground yesterday.

Sophia teen, Anthony Patterson, who in December admitted to carrying out an armed robbery and was sentenced to two years in prison, was yesterday convicted on another count of the charge.

With several areas hit by drought, the Region Six Regional Democratic Council (RDC) has taken emergency measures to ensure rice farmers have access to water from the canals for their farms.

Gary Primo, who is wanted by police for questioning over the disappearance of national footballer Ronson Anthony Williams and Carlos Anderson, is suspected to be overseas.

Ballistics expert Sergeant Eon Jackson took the stand again yesterday when the trial of the five men accused of the robbery of Justice Nicola Pierre and her husband, Mohammed Chan, resumed.

A security guard was yesterday fined $75,000 by a city court after admitting to a wounding charge.

A pork-knocker was yesterday remanded to prison after being faced with charges of growing cannabis and having over a kilo in his possession for trafficking.

AUSTIN, Texas, (Reuters) – The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas yesterday by local health officials, who said it likely was contracted through sex and not a mosquito bite, a day after the World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency.

A Kitty man appeared before a city court yesterday where he pleaded not guilty to charges of firearm and ammunition possession.

Across the country, the Guyana Police Force has been engaging in community outreaches with emphasis on the empowering of youths, a release from the police said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation said yesterday it was joining a criminal investigation of lead-contaminated drinking water in Flint, Michigan, exploring whether laws were broken in a crisis that has captured international attention.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s police watchdog has recommended that suspended national commissioner Riah Phiyega should face criminal charges for defeating the ends of justice, local media reported yesterday.

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman on Monday inducted the new members of the Closed Areas Committee, charging them to ensure that lands awarded to small and medium-scale miners by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission are higher yielding ones, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A U.S. judge ordered Petrobras , the state-run Brazilian oil company, to face class-action litigation by investors seeking to recoup billions of dollars in losses stemming from a bribery and political kickback scandal.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Two former cabinet ministers under late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez are seeking an investigation to trace the fate of some $300 billion allegedly embezzled during the past decade through a complex currency control system.

PPP/C parliamentarian Dr Clive Jagan is ill and receiving medical treatment overseas, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo stated yesterday.

EXETER, N.H./MILFORD, N.H., (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, emerging from the first presidential nominating contest in Iowa as the leading Republican mainstream contender, portrayed himself in New Hampshire yesterday as the party’s best hope to recapture the White House.

DES MOINES, Iowa, (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton’s struggle in Iowa to fend off underdog Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, reignited questions about her ability to close the deal with Democratic voters and turned up the pressure on her high-profile White House campaign.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican Government has announced an ambitious J$1.6 billion programme which will see 1,200 scholarships being given to mathematics and science teachers by 2021.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s opposition yesterday rejected a proposal by outgoing President Michel Martelly to form a temporary government to organize elections, after a run-off presidential vote was canceled last month amid violence and allegations of fraud.