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Fuel prices will be increased today at Guyana Oil Company Ltd (Guyoil) pumps countrywide, which the company says is due to the acquisition costs going up.

A grenade was last night lobbed outside the offices of the Kaieteur News at Saffon Street, Charlestown, where staff had gathered for a wake for one of its reporters.

Investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident which occurred on the Goed Fortuin Public Road, WBD, about 04:05 hrs today that resulted in the death of Shawn Patrich 21 years, of David Rose Street, Bagotville, WBD.

Investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident which occurred at about 23:46 hrs yesterday on the Amelia’s Ward Public Road, Linden, that resulted in the death of Michael Fox, 22 years, of Cinderella City, Amelia’s Ward.

Fuel prices are going up from tomorrow. A release today from the Guyana oil company said that acquisition costs for fuel have been going up.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., (Reuters) – Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, whose record-setting boxing career, flair for showmanship and political stands made him one of the best-known figures of the 20th century, died on Friday aged 74.

The PPP/C has benefitted from over $55.2 million in advertising from the state-owned  broadcaster National Communications Network (NCN) that it was either not billed for or had not paid for up to May, 2015.

There is concern at the writing off of $2.5 million owed to the state broadcaster NCN by Merundoi Inc whose Executive Director Margaret Lawrence sits on the NCN Board but NCN’s Chairman Bish Panday says the settlement is not the public’s business.

Chairman of National Parking Systems Irfan Cush, who has signed an agreement with the City Council to install parking meters around the city, said he believes their implementation will see Georgetown’s congestion decrease significantly.

Two men accused of procuring persons to smuggle cocaine were yesterday remanded to prison when they appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in a Georgetown court.

There exists several discrepancies in old age pension eligibility requirements as expressed in the Old Age Pension Act as against the regulations of the Ministry of Social Protection (formerly Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security), according to a forensic audit and review of the Old Age Pension (OAP) Scheme.

The five men accused of murdering fisherman Hemchand Sookdeo, who was thrown overboard during a pirate attack on the Corentyne River a week ago, were yesterday charged with the capital offence of murder when they were arraigned at the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court, at Corentyne, Berbice.

More than two weeks after the report on the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Public Service was submitted to President David Granger, the government is still to begin wage negotiations with workers’ unions.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) believes that women do not belong in prison as the three major offences that cause their incarceration are connected to “disordered relationships with men.”

The Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness (CADVA) group is currently working with eight families which consist of surviving children of domestic homicide parents with the hope of providing needed assistance.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) has signaled that a new national house-to-house registration exercise could be run off next year.

As Corriverton struggles with a garbage disposal crisis, the Mayor and Town Council (M&TC) has temporarily taken over the collection of solid waste from the private contractors now responsible for providing the service.

Police last evening were looking for a man who shot at two reporters who chased him through several city streets after witnessing him robbing a US citizen at gunpoint.

The man wanted for fatally shooting 16-year-old Shemel Mercurius as her terrified three-year-old nephew looked on, turned himself into police at a Brooklyn Police Station on Thursday and has since been charged.

Over 200 youth from schools across the country yesterday participated in the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment’s National Youth Environment Forum, held in commemoration of  World Environment Day 2016 (WED) which is being observed tomorrow under the localized theme – ‘Fight against illegal trade of Wildlife.’