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The battle between the University of Guyana unions and administration took a new turn on Thursday when the embattled Vice Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi sued the President of the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) Dr Mellissa Ifill for alleged libel.

As major sea defence works are set to begin at Crane, West Coast Demerara, residents are relieved that the problem with erosion would finally be rectified.

A wedding celebration at Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) turned out to be a bloody affair after four men were chopped by another man on Saturday night.

The Department of Ophthalmology of the Georgetown hospital has announced that the Subraj Foundation Transplantation Team will be in Guyana this week to perform a series of corneal transplant surgeries.

Protesting Barticians yesterday said that they will continue to agitate against the re-election of Gordon Bradford as Chairman of Region 7 but government sources say that it is just a few persons who are protesting and one should question their motive.

A forklift operator was yesterday morning shot to his left thigh after he was attacked by two armed men who entered his New Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home and demanded valuables.

Farmers in the Upper West Watooka area, Linden, are calling for the new agriculture minister, Noel Holder to visit their community so that they could air long-held grievances and for solutions to be found.

MALONE, N.Y., (Reuters) – David Sweat, one of two New York state inmates who escaped from prison three weeks ago, was shot by police near the Canadian border and rushed to a local hospital yesterday, two days after his accomplice was killed, authorities said.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – Greece moved to check the growing strains on its crippled financial system yesterday, closing its banks and imposing capital controls that brought the prospect of being forced out of the euro into plain sight.

(Trinidad Express) Lawrence Duprey feels he was duped into disposing of his company, CL Financial (CLF), to the Government in January 2009.

LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Pope Francis has told the Bolivian government that he would like to chew coca leaves when he visits the Andean country next month, a Bolivian minister said on state television and radio yesterday.

Former Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh today challenged the US$1.6b external debt figure which Finance Minister Winston Jordan was reported to have made to the National Assembly on Friday.

The police say that investigations are being conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ignatius Francis, 72 years, of Kumaka, NWD, whose body was found on the roadway at Moruca, NWD, at about 2340h.

At about 0230h. today, the police say that two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, entered the home of Gowkarran Rampersaud, 46 years, of New Providence Scheme, EBD, through an open door, and held him at gunpoint.

(Trinidad Express) Lawrence Duprey feels he was duped into disposing of his company, CL Financial (CLF), to the Government in January 2009.

The billion dollar Guyana Forensic Science Labora-tory which opened a year ago at Turkeyen “has its problems” and the aim now is ensuring that it becomes a working facility, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan says.

Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj This week, the World Beyond Georgetown visited a gem of a village tucked away between Sarah Johanna and Caledonia on the East Bank Demerara.

“The Commonwealth stands as one and speaks with one voice in our commitment to Guyana’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

iRADIO which currently has two controversial radio frequencies − 90.1 and 91.5 − in operation has been sold to a Trinidad owned company which has a branch here, according to sources who questioned the validity of such a purchase given that the licence to operate the frequencies was acquired less than three years ago.

To 78-year-old Yvonne Trim, age is just a number. A resident of Roden Rust, East Bank Essequibo, Trim is about to complete her first year of studies in mechanics, but for her this is just to give her the papers to match her skills as she is already a whiz at vehicle repairs.