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The statements taken from the late Fitzroy Fiedtkou, who was present when his sister Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, 72, was gunned down at her Robb Street home, were on Monday read in the High Court, which heard that he had identified two of the four men on trial for the crime.

Reports of dire problems at the Guyana National Cooperative Bank (GNCB) formed the basis of a cable on May 9th, 1978 from the US Embassy here to the State Department and missions in the Caribbean.

An 11-year-old boy was struck down and killed on the Bath Settlement Public Road, at West Coast Berbice on Sunday evening, following the collision of two cars.

The New Amsterdam Hospital’s neonatal unit will be closed for approximately one week while the Ministry of Public Health attempts to address several deficiencies within the unit.

One of the men who was reported to have recently been beaten and then shot at afterward in the parking lot of the Pegasus Hotel is being accused of committing a sexual assault, which led to the altercation.

The lifeless body of an Enmore, East Coast Demerara man was discovered early Monday morning floating in a gutter in front of his house and his son believes that he was a victim of foul play.

Five new land surveyors, who completed the 2015 Sworn Lands and Surveys examination, were sworn in at a simple graduation ceremony on Monday A release for the Ministry of the Presidency reported that the five took their oath of office before Minister of State Joseph Harmon,

Two persons, including a teenager are patients at   the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) following a stabbing incident at Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo on Saturday evening.

A pastor was shot to his head with pellets after he courageously confronted a masked bandit who was holding his son at gunpoint at their Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo home on Sunday evening.

As the Labour Department seeks to end a long-running wage calculation dispute between management and workers of Bosai Minerals Guyana, the Chinese company yesterday refused to submit the records of an aggrieved employee and indicated that it would rather go to arbitration to resolve the issue.

A successful collaborative blood donation drive between Massy Industries and the New Amsterdam Hospital Blood Bank, yielded 32 units of blood, surpassing the target of 30 units.

As he lay in the hospital after sustaining a fractured skull during his attempts to fight off home invaders, Nicholas Harrinandan heard his phone ringing.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s harsh religious tradition is seen by many outsiders – and some Saudi liberals – as a root cause of the international jihadist threat that has inflamed the Middle East for years and struck in Paris last week.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday received bids for the Supply and Delivery of Service Connection Materials at several locations.

(Trinidad Guardian) Fearing the worst after finding his son-in-law hanging behind his home, it was a bitter sweet moment for Purnanand Bhim when he opened his daughter’s car and found his three-year-old granddaughter clutching her mother’s bloodied body yesterday morning.

City Hall’s hope of tapping the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) to support environmental management within the city is unlikely to be fulfilled anytime soon, according to Governance Minister Raphael Trotman, who has oversight of the management of the nation’s natural resources.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian miner Samarco said yesterday it is conducting real-time monitoring and emergency repairs on two of its tailings dams that suffered damage in the wake of the Nov.

Government has taken aggressive actions to improve health care delivery in the hinterland community of Baramita, Region One.

KIGALI, (Reuters) – Rwanda’s senate yesterday unanimously ap-proved a draft constitution to allow President Paul Kagame to seek a third term in office, the head of the senate said, clearing the path for a referendum that is not expected to face much opposition.

The implementation of the Berbice River taxi service has seen 62,465 passengers, from September 21 to November 7, 2015, using the service between New Amsterdam and Rosignol, a release from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure said on Monday.