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APNU and AFC in preliminary meeting on local gov’t polls

The Alliance For Change and A Partnership for National Unity – the governing coalition partners – on Monday held an ice-breaking meeting and are set to begin substantive talks this weekend that will determine if they will contest local government elections together.

Ministry of Public infrastructure website hacked

Anyone attempting to access the Ministry of Public Infrastructure website last evening was greeted by a message declaring the space owned by Egyptian Hackers, a development which has crystalized a fear expressed by local technological experts that Government’s Cyber security is not up to par.

[Video] Singh, Brassington placed on $6m bail each

Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited, Winston Brassington were yesterday granted a total of $6m bail each after being read three counts of misconduct in public office when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s court.

The seized chicken and mosquito coils (GRA photo)

GRA sting yields chicken, mosquito coils

On May 2, 2018, following another sting operation on the Atlantic Ocean, Officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) intercepted a Motor Vessel containing hundreds of boxes of foreign chicken and mosquito coils.

    Anthony Morrison

Murder accused had admitted cutting wife

At the trial of Anthony Morrison for the alleged murder of his common-law wife, Donna Thomas, Detective Constable Jason Kyte told the court that the man had admitted to cutting the woman on her hand, but said he did not expect her to die.

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