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(Trinidad Express) The United States government has moved in on corruption-accused Jack Warner.

Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson today announced that he has sent the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Administration) of the Guyana Power & Light on leave after it was discovered that he paid himself some $27 million of the company’s money.

At about 0235h. today, the police say that Noel Luther, 20 years, of D’urban Street, Georgetown, was confronted by two men at Quamina and Carmichael Streets, Georgetown, during which one of them shot him to the chest and they escaped.

(Trinidad Express) Insurrectionist Yasin Abu Bakr and eight other members of the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen spent a second night under police guard at various police stations throughout the country last night as investigators continue their enquiries into the murder of senior counsel Dana Seetahal.

Former cop, Shawn Hinds has admitted in a televised interview that he was part of a “death squad” which was responsible for the murders of criminals during the crime spree which gripped the country following the 2002 Mash day jailbreak.

James Samuels, whose DSL service was cut off by GT&T because he was using it for internet calls has won his case for breach of contract before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) after battling it out in two courts here.

A mother is fighting for the release of her 15-year-old daughter, who was held at a police station for over a week before being placed at the Sophia Juvenile Holding Centre.

Foundation works are underway for a five-storey multi-complex mall along Mandela Avenue, next to the Chinese Embassy.

Four persons, who police say were found in a car with an unlicensed revolver, were yesterday given bail by a city court after denying charges of illegal gun and ammunition possession.

Steps are to be taken to enable Guyana’s agricultural produce to enter Brazil following a meeting on Saturday in Boa Vista between Agriculture Minister Noel Holder and an advisor to the Governor of Roraima GINA said that Holder while engaged in talks with the former Governor and current Special Advisor to the Governor of Roraima, Neudo Ribeiro Campos expressed Guyana’s support for any efforts aimed at fostering closer cooperation in areas of mutual interest.

Three years after the launch of the Haier Electrical Appliances Ltd plant at Industrial Site, Ruimveldt, which was intended to assemble 200 laptops per day along with televisions, the space is being used for storage.

Local authorities will be closely following the trial of Heeralall Sukdeo, the Guyanese charged in the United States with attempting to smuggle 268 kilos of cocaine using a shrimp shipment, to determine if any charges will be laid here, according to head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) James Singh.

A member of the Guyana Police Force found himself on the wrong side of the law when he was charged with several counts of forgery.

While government is still contemplating the future of the Amaila Fall Hydro-power Project (AFHP), should no plans be made to move forward with it, proposals for cost recovery from the US$42M Amaila Falls Access Road will be need to be gauged.

In the midst of the floodwaters that swamped Albouystown last week, the Dharm Shala continues to carry out the mission it has been on for 90 years.

Juliet Bobb-Semple, the wheelchair user who was stranded in floodwaters in her Golden Grove home last week, has since been offered assistance.

The Guyana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) has teamed with veterinarians from Panama and Trinidad and Tobago to offer free neutering and spaying for dogs and cats between July 26th and August 1st.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has restored the water supply, albeit at reduced levels, to areas on the East Bank of Demerara affected by the technical problems at the Covent Garden Water Treatment Plant.

An elderly man yesterday found himself in a city court after being accused of assaulting his grandson.

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the sugar industry yesterday completed its first round of factory visits.