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(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Fifty farmers from the District of Para will export pepper seeds next year as a result of the ‘Chili Pepper’ project.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados is spending more than Bds$1/2 million to fix up Government House and meet expenses for an official state visit of the Earl and Countess of Wessex later this month.

A 14-year-old girl was yesterday arraigned on an attempted murder charge for allegedly poisoning a family.

University of Guyana (UG) lecturers are today scheduled to begin a one-week sit-in, in conjunction with steady protests over the administration of the institution.

Ken Moore M.S., former Stabroek News chief photographer, passed away yesterday morning at the Georgetown Hospital, where he was being treated for several ailments.

Alleged arsonist Nigel Armstrong will today be arraigned at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court to answer charges of intentionally setting ablaze his family’s Parika Dam home on Monday and also escaping from lawful custody.

Christine Persaud’s family is refusing to accept that she killed herself, saying that marks of violence found on her body after her death and her husband’s suicide days later told a different story.

A badly decomposed body believed to be that of Jaikishan ‘Josey’ Seebarran, 38, of No 3 Village, West Coast Berbice was discovered at the No 5 foreshore yesterday with suspected marks of violence.

As part of its overall renovations, the Pegasus Hotel has opened a new restaurant, the Aromas Café and plans a roof restaurant.

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Ramesh Dookhoo met with President Donald Ramotar at the Office of the President yesterday in what the former described as a warm-up meeting for a larger engagement between the President and heads of various private sector companies tomorrow.

Police investigations have led to the capture of one of three men seen entering the yard of Sita Reddy, shortly before she was found dead in her home with her throat slit.

(Trinidad Express) Founder of the Adult Literacy Tutors Association (ALTA), Paula Lucie-Smith, has been named as one of three persons who will receive this year’s Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence.

Oil companies Repsol and CGX Energy Inc yesterday briefed stakeholders on their disaster management plans as part of the emergency and contingency measures not only in the event of an environmental mishap but also for the management of medical emergencies on board the rigs.

The Georgetown City Council on Monday said the municipality was neither involved nor consulted in the creation of the new set of one-way streets, adding that this move was inconsistent with the Greater Georgetown Development Plan and the good governance of the city.

REDjet is examining adding new routes out of Guyana, company CEO Ian Burns says, but he is warning that protectionism in the region can hurt travellers and restrict them to high fares.

Residents of Noitgedacht and neighbouring communities Fair’s Rust and Watooka say if the BOSAI bauxite company fails to address the prevailing dust, noise and flooding problems as they have committed to doing they are prepared to take to the streets.

Director of Digicel, PJ Mara; CEO, Digicel Guyana, Gregory Dean and Group Projects Manager Lisa Lewis yesterday called on President Donald Ramotar at the Office of the President and Mara later indicated that the company plans to broaden its operations here.

Graphic designer Wayne St. Hill survived three gunshot wounds after he was attacked by a masked bandit, who attempted to rob him of a gold chain at a Mandela Avenue Car Wash on Monday evening.

Two men accused of using a cutlass to inflict injuries to a man at the Sophia minibus park were yesterday placed on $45,000 bail each when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Carlos Grant, who was shot after he was found in a man’s yard last month, was yesterday sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to stealing $75,000 in articles.