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A Mon Repos man was yesterday accused of hitting a policewoman in the face with a beer bottle when she attempted to arrest his partner.

Local artist Desmond Alli remains doubtful that justice will be served after he was served with a lawyer’s letter for speaking out about an assault on him, while police are yet to make an arrest.

Work has begun for a re-designed stelling for Bartica which is expected to brighten the community’s water front.

Despite complaints from residents of East Street and a petition to the President, Mayor Hamilton Green stated on Monday that the City Council will keep the paid parking lot there.

Passengers using the Lady Northcote ferry to and from the North West District are now benefitting from a reduced journey time following major repairs to the vessel.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s new opposition-led Congress plans to investigate state-run oil company PDVSA’s financial health and hefty Chinese loans, a lawmaker said yesterday.

An elderly Sophia man was yesterday charged with beating his wife because she refused to take off her clothes in front of him.

The police are yet to apprehend the man who fatally shot Trevon April on the Demerara Harbour Bridge three weeks ago although they had managed to obtain surveillance footage that captured his image.

MONTEVIDEO, (Reuters) – Uruguayan dairy farmers demonstrated and blocked roads yesterday over $85 million they say is owed to them by crisis-stricken Venezuela, in part blaming their own government in Montevideo for the non-payment.

ANKARA, (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards did well under international sanctions, and the elite military force is destined to become still richer now they’ve been lifted.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) is presently encountering a shortage in Election Day staff in several constituencies but Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield Is confident that existing vacancies will be filled before local government elections are held on March 18.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – A slew of major U.S. corporations are likely to announce in the next few weeks whether they will take big writedowns for their troubled Venezuela operations, and some may say they are leaving the country altogether.

Advance Security on Saturday handed over three new motorcycles to the Guyana Police Force in an effort to enhance the performance of the service and in observance of Guyana 50th Independence Anniversary.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A genetically modified mosquito has helped reduce the proliferation of mosquitoes spreading Zika and other dangerous viruses in Brazil, its developers said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday paved the way for a major ruling on the limits of presidential powers, agreeing to decide the legality of President Barack Obama’s unilateral action to shield more than 4 million illegal immigrants from deportation.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Latin America’s largest medicinal marijuana farm was formally inaugurated yesterday, marking another step in the region’s growing acceptance of therapeutic uses for the formerly illegal plant.

(Reuters) – Wall Street ended flat after a choppy session yesterday as falling oil prices led to more carnage in energy stocks and an “in line” economic report showed slower growth in China.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico has opened a money laundering investigation into the actress who helped Hollywood star Sean Penn conduct an interview with drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, a senior official said in an interview published yesterday.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) helicopter, GDF 1, landed safely without incident at Camp Ayanganna, after it was “buzzed” by what appeared to be a remote-controlled ‘Drone,’ recently, a release from the GDF said today.

The opposition PPP today denounced the government’s planned closure of the Wales Sugar Estate and said it will resist the plan.