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Convicted drug trafficker Peter Morgan was on Monday released from a United States Federal Prison after completing a ten-year sentence for trafficking.

Guyana-born US businessman Edul Ahmad who pleaded guilty in 2012 to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud will not be sentenced on January 15, 2016 as originally announced.

Most of a new US$165M American aid package to the Caribbean Community (Caricom) will be going towards reducing youth crime and violence in several member states.

Political leadership is needed to take the driver’s seat in the abolition of the death penalty here and in the region, a forum organised by the EU and Britain heard on Monday but Governance Minister Raphael Trotman was non-committal on the topic.

Football coach Vibert Butts was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a can-nabis possession charge.

Sugar workers in sections of the industry downed their tools yesterday for the fourth day in a row over annual incentive talks and GuySuCo yesterday appealed for good sense to prevail.

The Executive should be “marginalised” in the process of selecting and appointing judges, according to Senior Counsel Miles Fitzpatrick who has argued that the current constitution makes it virtually impossible to have a fully independent judiciary.

Relatives of Troy Brutus, the city cleaner who was fatally stabbed on Monday evening, say his assailant had previously attacked him on several occasions.

Bheerkumar Ramrattan, the vendor who was shot by bandits during a robbery on Monday evening, remains in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Businessman Naipaul Basdeoram found himself before a city court once again yesterday, when he faced charges of receiving stolen property and illegally exiting the country.

Police in Berbice have intensified their presence at several hotspots in an effort to reduce criminal activities during the Christmas season.

A man who stole a phone from former Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, while she was engaged in a food distribution exercise in Tiger Bay, was yesterday fined $50,000.

A seaman was yesterday released on $30,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to using abusive and threatening language to his common-law wife.

The PPP continues to play its Local Government Election strategy close to its chest so that even though the March 18, 2016 date has been given the party is yet to begin the process of consideration for mayoral candidates.

Seeking alternative methods in the battle against crime, the ‘D’ Division- West Demerara- East Bank Essequibo section of the police force, has been vigorously exploring and implementing partnerships with faith-based groups as part of its strategic plan to control crime in the region.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian police investigating corruption around state-run oil firm Petrobras also plan to probe more than $10 billion of construction contracts for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a lead investigator said.

Following the passing of veteran journalist Raschid Osman, the Guyana Press Association (GPA) yesterday released a statement commending his commitment and dedication to the profession.

ANKARA/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border yesterday, saying the jet had violated its air space, in one of the most serious publicly acknowledged clashes between a NATO member country and Russia for half a century.

(Barbados Nation) Trinidadian Zahra Gomes is the latest recipient of the Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship.

A South Cummingsburg man was yesterday accused of being a ‘Peeping Tom,’ while the woman he allegedly spied on found herself on an assault charge after she threw a bucket of water on him.