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Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection Keith Scott last evening told Indigenous leaders that he will not apologise over a remark he made in Parliament which was interpreted to mean that Amerindians had shown greed in their land claims.

As expansion works at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) continue, evening flights will be affected during the latter two weeks of October in order to facilitate the merger of the existing runway to the new Taxiway Kilo.

A repeat offender was yesterday sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in jail after he admitted to obtaining money from five different women by pretending he would offer them jobs.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has been locked in a dispute with residents of Subryanville, who object to the agency’s use of a property in the residential area.

The 13th Berbice Exposition and Trade Fair was launched on Wednesday and Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin told residents of the county to look beyond the sugar industry for economic advancement.

A dentist was yesterday robbed at gunpoint at the Campbellville Health Centre.

A post-mortem examination has revealed that Shelton George, the murder accused inmate who was found dead in his cell at the Lusignan Prison earlier this week, died as a result a blood clot in one of his lungs caused by a lodged warhead, according to police spokesperson Jairam Ramlakhan.

Former murder accused Regan Rodrigues, also known as ‘Grey Boy,’ was yesterday charged with threatening the mother of the man he was charged with killing, political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing.

David and Queen streets, in Kitty, Georgetown, will both be restricted to one-way traffic during peak hours on weekdays, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure announced yesterday.

An East Ruimveldt man was yesterday charged with hitting his cousin in the face with a glass bottle, resulting in stiches.

West Coast Berbice firefighters were able to avert major damage at the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) substation at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, where they put out a fire on Thursday night.

Four months after the disappearance of her 85-year-old father, Elaine Domingo has lost hope.

Survivors of the December 2,000 fatal explosion at Camp Groomes, the ammunition depot of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), say they are disappointed that both the army and the government are continuing to ignore their appeals for compensation.

British High Commission-er Greg Quinn on Thursday hosted a farewell reception for the latest batch of Chevening scholars and he was confident that their experiences would enable them to become advocates for Guyana’s development.

PPP/C Member of Parliament and parliamentary whip Gail Teixeira has criticised the Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Sydney James for appearing before the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on lands, which she also says appears to have strayed from its gazetted terms of reference.

The Zara Group of Companies yesterday launched its scholarship programme, and five young students were awarded scholarships to pursue various courses of study at the University of Guyana (UG) in the new academic year.

(Trinidad Express) The close relatives of Carlsen Field mother Michelle Harrylal are expected to submit samples for DNA testing to have legally satisfying proof that it is her remains.

Local craft producer Petal Frank died yesterday in Barbados, where she had travelled to participate in Carifesta XIII as an independent member of the Guyana Arts and Craft Producers Association (GACPA).

CARACAS/WASHINGTON/,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that prohibits dealings in new debt from the Venezuelan government or its state oil company yesterday in an effort to halt financing that the White House said fuels President Nicolas Maduro’s “dictatorship.”

An East Coast Demerara taxi driver became the victim of a carjacking on Thursday at Vryheid’s Lust, where he was also beaten by two men.