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Guyana remains a peaceful and safe destination for tourists, Minister of Tourism and Telecommunication Cathy Hughes says.

The trial of the five men accused of the robbery of Land Court Judge Nicola Pierre and her family was adjourned yesterday due to the absence of Special Prosecutor Nigel Hughes.

Antigua is abolishing personal income tax (PIT) from April. A release from the Office of the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda yesterday noted that the PIT was introduced by the now Opposition United Progressive Party upon coming into office in 2004 and placed a tax of 8% on persons earning an income above $3500 and 15% on persons earning an income above $25, 000.

LONDON, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin probably approved a 2006 Russian intelligence operation to murder ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium-210 in London, a British inquiry concluded on Thursday, prompting a row with Moscow.

Jermaine Rowe, a pastry vendor, was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before a city court on a charge of cannabis trafficking.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Will Smith and Spike Lee may be shunning the Oscars party next month but while the absence from the contest of actors of color for a second year has sparked hand-wringing in Hollywood, few other celebrities plan to follow their lead.

(Trinidad Express) The deadly H1N1 (swine flu) virus has claimed another victim.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – The four former members of Swedish band ABBA, whose catchy tunes still have fans dancing around the world decades after their release, reunited – albeit very briefly – for the opening of a new restaurant-entertainment venture in Stockholm.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – William Hernandez, tired and aching, had just finished a 24-hour shift as a coroner examining more than a dozen corpses in the capital of El Salvador, victims of gang warfare that has made the Central American country one of the most violent in the world.

A man who admitted to assaulting a seven-year-old boy, during what he claimed was playing around, was on Wednesday ordered to pay $15,000 in compensation to the child’s family.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The positions of 384 sugar workers employed by the Chinese-owned PanCaribbean Sugar Company were made redundant yesterday.

The Princess International Group of Companies is the latest corporate body to support President David Granger’s ‘Boats, Buses and Bicycles’ (Three Bs) initiative and has pledged to donate a bus for school children, GINA said yesterday.

Today at approximately 8:10 hours, Private W. Zamora, an enlisted rank of the Venezuelan Armed Forces (VAF), was found dead in the Cuyuni River, Cuyuni–Mazaruni Region, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

At its 171st meeting held today,  the Governing Board of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) took a unanimous decision to terminate the relationship between Commissioner General Khurshid Sattaur and the Revenue Authority.

Investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred about 0430h.

Investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred about 0520h.

LONDON, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin probably approved a Russian intelligence operation to murder ex-KBG agent Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium-210, a British inquiry into the 2006 killing in London concluded.

Four Guyanese are now dead and three others are missing after a boat that was travelling to Guyana from Venezuela capsized sometime early Monday morning off the Orinoco River.

Amid a torrent of criticism and a threat of street protests by the opposition PPP, government yesterday assured that plans are in the pipeline to cushion the impact of the closure of the Wales sugar estate and factory.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that a policeman be charged with raping a 14 year old girl who had reportedly gone to him for assistance.