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President David Granger yesterday called for collaboration between the Executive and Legislative branches of government to achieve “economic independence” saying the transformation of the economy cannot be denied or delayed.

Aaron Hing and Staymon George, the two prime suspects in the murder of British teen Dominic Bernard, were yesterday each arraigned in a city court for his murder.

On January 12, 2016 the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) confirmed that a sample sent for testing from the Ministry of Public Health in Guyana tested positive for the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

Canadian firm Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) found higher levels of gold than had been projected during operations at its Aurora mine last year and has set aside US$3 million for further exploration this year.

Despite the concerns of the opposition at a lack of consultations on what was described as a “cut and paste” Coroners (amendment) Bill which fueled a more than two-hour-long debate, government last evening passed the piece of legislation.

The National Assembly yesterday passed an amendment that will make it mandatory for institutions, like banks and major stores offering credit lines, to submit their customers’ credit information for a licensed credit bureau to evaluate whether they might constitute risky business.

Security guard Ron Peters, who was shot at by the bandits fleeing after their robbery of land court judge Nicola Pierre and her husband, said he opened fire on the men after they attempted to hijack a passing car.

A wireless link has been set up between the Demerara Harbour Bridge and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Guyana Police Force and it is expected to aid the fight against crime and the monitoring of traffic.

  The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has served notice that it intends to dispose of a 40-ft container of goods consigned since 2011 to businessman Bobby Ramroop.

The University of Guyana Academic Board, at a Special Meeting late last yea r, unanimously approved that the number of sittings as a requirement for admission be removed from the institution’s general entry requirement.

Cabinet has approved the sum of $700m for the purchase of essential drugs, GINA reported last night and Health Minister Dr George Norton told Stabroek News that supplies to tackle the H1N1 virus will be single-sourced from New GPC.

Police Constable Zameer Zakier was yesterday unable to produce to the court three pieces of a bullet and its fragments, which he said pathologist Dr.

Anthony Simpson, 18, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the gun-point hold up of a man, who was robbed of over half a million in jewellery and a mobile phone and shot during the attack.

A miner was on Wednesday remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge after he was allegedly found with marijuana at the Camp Street prison.

A family of three lost its home on Wednesday afternoon when a fire, suspected to be of electrical origin, gutted a house at Kaneville, East Bank Demerara.

A teenager was yesterday charged with breaking and entering a house and stealing over $200,000 in cash and valuables.

A Cummings Lodge man was yesterday brought before a court on a charge that he assaulted his common-law wife because she refused to use his photo as her WhatsApp profile picture.

The Ministry of Social Protection is backing an initiative by Queen’s College students to counter human trafficking (TIP) in Guyana, a release from the Ministry said yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A Brazilian court suspended the operating licence for the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, one of the world’s largest, just weeks before owner Norte Energia SA planned to start electricity generation, prosecutors said yesterday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff yesterday signed a bill that gives amnesty to holders of undeclared offshore assets in exchange for a fine, part of efforts to cut a swelling budget gap and revive investment in the recession-hit economy.