Sara Bharrat

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Paddy bug hits rice crop

With more than 10,000 acres already lost to paddy bug infestation, surveys of affected areas showed a poor level of sanitation in and around rice fields and staggered sowing dates, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says.

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Sumner, Mc Lennon freed of 2004 Buxton murder

– weak ID evidence, no-case submission upheld Weak identification evidence in the Sumner/Mc Lennon murder trial resulted in Justice Roxane George upholding a no-case submission by the defence and subsequently ordering the jury to return a formal verdict of not guilty.

Local companies now offer satellite tracking

– seen as major boost to crime prevention Satellite aided tracking systems have slowly made their way to the local market, offering savvy technological services which promise to change the security sector’s approach to crime-fighting.

Chairman of the National Parks Commission John Caesar and General Manager Yolanda Vasconcellos as they spoke with the media yesterday.

Zoo needs more funds, less bad press

-Parks Commission Chairman Although the National Parks Commission (NPC) has been receiving increased funding, Board Chairman John Caesar yesterday said that the Georgetown zoo requires a lot more for its development.

Hot as always: Michelle ‘Big Red’ King

With talent flowing to her from both sides of the family, Soca singer Michelle ‘Big Red’ King has lots of steam to take her through the busy future she’s planning, which includes thoughts of returning her voice to the church.

The  pregnant Dhanwantie Babichand and her two children. Babichand is holding the smoke- stained clothes of her younger child.

Burning tyres incense Friendship residents

An East Bank Demerara businessman yesterday denied burning tyres causing heavy black smoke which made breathing difficult for residents and clouded a section of the Friendship Public Road forcing motorists to proceed with caution.

Woman’s foot almost severed by boyfriend

…says finally finished with him After Sandra Parks asked her live-in boyfriend to use the indoor toilet he became enraged, began beating her with a piece of wood and then almost severed her right foot with a cutlass.

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