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President David Granger has pledged that his Administration will develop the capacity of the Diamond and Leonora Diagnostic Centres, following a tour of those facilities on Monday.

The police on Monday evening arrested a suspect in relation to the wounding of Bel Air Park resident, Nicholas Coates who was shot to his knee during a home invasion last month.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s planned cuts in spending and energy subsidies signal that the world’s largest crude exporter is bracing for a prolonged period of low oil prices.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel’s top court slashed former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s prison sentence to 18 months from six years yesterday after overturning the main count in his 2014 bribery conviction.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Islamic State theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when “owners” of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured females.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – A surge of El Salvador gang violence this year has pushed up homicides in the country by about 70 percent from 2014, making it a top contender to overtake Honduras as the world’s most murderous nation.

St Lucia has confirmed that it has received a request from the Protocol Directorate of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to grant a waiver of the diplomatic immunity of Dr.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government will no longer be providing free textbooks to the majority of students as it seeks to cut costs, says Education Minister Anthony Garcia.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Central American countries have agreed a pilot scheme to allow thousands of Cuban migrants stranded in Costa Rica to continue their journey toward the United States, the Costa Rican foreign ministry said on Monday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Members of Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party have filed Supreme Court appeals to challenge the election of eight opposition legislators, spurring accusations the party is trying to undermine the opposition’s landslide victory this month.

DAR ES SALAAM, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As drought continues to cripple its hydropower plants, Tanzania is struggling to produce enough electricity – and is moving toward using more fossil fuels to make up the shortfall.

CHENNAI, India, CMC- A fast bowling legend and a former Australia cricket captain have criticized the appointment of Jason Holder as West Indies captain, arguing that the decision could ruin his Test cricketer.

The Guyana Police Force today said that it was unaware of any pending disciplinary matter against Assistant Commissioner of Police, David Ramnarine.

A Sunday night gathering ended tragically after a fight resulted in the deaths of two men near a popular bar in Manchester, Corentyne.

As the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill continues to burn, a garbage crisis has developed in the city.

Government has released wide-ranging draft legislation to tackle cybercrime including child pornography, hacking, identity theft and cyberbullying.

The anti-terrorism bill is crucial to meeting requirements of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Attorney-General Basil Williams said yesterday even as he drew rebukes after telling attendees at a “consultation” on the bill that it is not feasible to have consultations on every piece of legislation.

City Hall yesterday took action against what it described as the unauthorised construction of a building on Holmes Street, ordering workers to stop working on the structure, seizing concrete blocks and demolishing a concrete bridge which was blocking the drain.

A drunken quarrel ended fatally when a labourer was stabbed to death by his uncle early Sunday afternoon.

The State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) is considering aerial surveillance  of Baishanlin Forest Development Inc’s properties in order to fully visualise the extent of the Chinese logging company’s foothold in Guyana.