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A Better Hope carpenter was yesterday denied bail after making an appearance before a city court for unlawful possession of a pistol and ammunition, which police say he admitted were his.

Residents of several homes for children and the elderly in Georgetown experienced the joy of Christmas when over 150 Scotiabankers and their families went carolling through the city streets last Friday evening, a release from the bank said.

A boat builder was yesterday charged with stealing $800,000 in parts, which he claimed had been given to him.

A South Road man, charged with fraudulent conversion, was yesterday remanded to prison after an attempt to mislead the court upset his chances of having the matter settled amicably.

The management of Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) has agreed to immediately rectify several breaches of the labour laws that were exposed during an on-site visit to its Mabura operations by a team from the Labour Department last Thursday.

The Guyana Foundation, as part of its ongoing programme to tackle the issues of mental health stigma, domestic violence and suicide prevention, recently hosted a series of workshops, training sessions and community outreaches on the Essequibo Coast and Georgetown.

A New York jury has convicted a Brooklyn woman in the death and dismemberment of a Guyanese woman whose body parts were found on Long Island, New York.

During Friday, the police say that a female Detective Constable was in a mini-bus on the Corentyne, Berbice, during which she got the scent of cannabis sativa (marijuana) in the vehicle.

Kevin Harris was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail after he admitted to stealing a phone in a violent attack on a man, whom he claimed owed him money.

As the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) works to finalise a coastal engineering design manual in collaboration with the European Union (EU); it recently hosted a two-day workshop to train MPI staff across different agencies.

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors are preparing to unveil drug trafficking charges against the head of Venezuela’s National Guard, according to people familiar with the case, as the United States investigates the suspected involvement of senior Venezuelan officials in the cocaine trade.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Los Angeles shut more than 1,000 public schools yesterday over a threatened attack with bombs and assault rifles, sending hundreds of thousands of students home as city leaders were criticized for overreacting to what authorities later said was apparently a hoax.

(Trinidad Express) Liquid cocaine has again been found in orange juice containers shipped from Trinidad and Tobago, and headed to a destination in North America.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ruling Socialists inaugurated a grassroots assembly yesterday in the same building as the national legislature in a further effort to minimize impact of an opposition election win that has shaken the government.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian police searched the home of lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha yesterday as part of a series of anti-graft raids against senior political figures, dealing a blow to the man who opened President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment proceedings.

(Trinidad Express) The burnt bodies of a man and woman were discovered inside a vehicle parked roadside near Woodford Lodge, Chaguanas, on Monday night.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says while a bonus announced yesterday by the government for public servants was welcome it violated the principles of collective bargaining.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former West Indies captain Chris Gayle is hopeful he can return to test cricket next year but said he was simply not fit enough to take part in the ongoing series against Australia.

(Trinidad Guardian) Four suspects were last night assisting police in their investigation into the murder of one of their colleagues and a University of the West Indies student.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) as of yesterday had surpassed it 227,443 tonnes of sugar production target by 300 tonnes for the first time in 11 years.