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Leslie Sobers

Ministry, Mormons in talks

US embassy denies espionage report Talks are underway between the Home Affairs Ministry and Mormons on a settlement to allow church members to continue their work here and the US Embassy yesterday said that it issued no reports saying that the missionaries were expelled from Guyana because of possible espionage activities.

Rorhema Dookie

Natoo says he knows family has to be careful

-questions continue about abduction, police role Beharry `Natoo’ Dookie, whose daughter Rorhema was abducted on Wednesday night and released on Thursday night, yesterday said that he does not fear for his family’s safety but knows “they must be careful”.

Dwayne Archibald

Prisoner dies after stabbing

-relatives demand answers Dwayne Archibald, one of the six inmates who attempted to escape from the Georgetown Prisons last December, died last Thursday at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after being stabbed by another prisoner in June.

Lennox Odeen

RK’s guard dies at hospital after found bleeding

A  59-year-old RK’s  security guard, who was discovered last night by police unconscious and bleeding in the middle of a crowd at Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic, died shortly after being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital.

 Farood Mohamed

Covent Garden trio die in crash

–fourth friend in custody Three men from Covent Garden died yesterday morning when the vehicle they were in slammed into a light pole on the East Bank Demerara Highway near Providence.

REO asks engineer for answers over flimsy bridge

The Region Four Senior Superintendent of Works, Stephen Glasgow, was allegedly responsible for the $1.1 million Bobby White Street, Bee Hive North “flimsy” bridge project and he has been asked to explain his actions A letter, dated July 13, 2009, was sent to Glasgow by the Region Four Regional Executive Officer (REO) Shafdar Alli informing him that “It has been discovered and confirmed that the construction of `Bobby [White]’ Bridge…was not built to specification.”

Flimsy bridge was built in one day

-had been complained about since January -Contractor says workers bought the wrong ‘nails’ The “roughly constructed” $1.1M bridge at Bobby White Street, Bee Hive North was built in less than a day and a subsequent inspection revealed that the project’s contract had most likely been breached by the contractor.

Flimsy Bee Hive bridge

Benn says did not send officer home Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn said that his recent visit to the Bee Hive North access bridge, about which residents have raised concerns, did not result in a senior Region Four officer being sent on leave.

Ramzan Alli

Good Hope businessman murdered

-found in car trunk with plastic taped over head Ramzan Alli, a Good Hope businessman, was yesterday discovered dead in the trunk of a rental car with a plastic bag duct-taped over his head on the Coldingen Railway Embankment Road.

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