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A post-mortem examination was yesterday performed on the body of Cane Grove fisherwoman Phulmattie Rami by Pathologist Dr.

Two businessmen are lucky to be alive and without serious injuries after they were robbed by armed bandits while transporting $4M to Georgetown.

Indarpaul Moninlal Doodnauth, the Lusignan, East Coast Demerara businessman wanted in connection with last month’s seizure of millions of dollars worth of cocaine at Block 20 Enmore/Haslington New Scheme, has turned himself in to police.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday announced that two officers were dismissed and another suspended for their role in the Jamaican cocaine bust in March this year and Commissioner General Khurshid Sattaur said the relevant authority will determine whether charges will be laid.

Guyanese passengers stranded by Caribbean Airlines at JFK International Airport for days, finally got on a plane last evening but only after blocking a departure gate for a flight where mostly Trinidadians were heading to Port-of-Spain.

The installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras should conclude this month but the availability of reliable back-up power from the Guyana Power and Light could be a problem, Dr.

More than four weeks after being stranded, the Chief of the remote Amerindian village of Kurutuku, Solomon Lewis finally began his long journey home on Tuesday.

Veteran engineer Melvyn “Mel” Sankies was yesterday laid to rest following a funeral service attended by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and other dignitaries at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Brickdam.

Around 15 persons gathered in front of State House yesterday and stuck their middle fingers out as they expressed grave concern at the charging of 18-year-old Kevin Simon who allegedly showed his middle finger to President Bharrat Jagdeo’s convoy.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has appointed 10 Returning Officers (ROs) and 10 Election Clerks (ECs) in what it said yesterday was another major step forward in  preparation for the 2011 General and Regional Elections.

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad yesterday reiterated Government’s commitment to ensuring the availability of chicken on the local market and 15 import licences have been granted.

A decision on whether Guyana will join a European Union (EU) trade accord to ensure that only legally harvested timber is imported into the EU is likely to be made shortly.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday sidelined questions regarding a former US Ambassador’s statement that Guyana was becoming a narco state and that several requests were made for help in dealing with the investigation into the murder of Minister Sash Sawh.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s  office denied allegations published in the daily Liberation yesterday that he was handed cash by L’Oreal heiress Liliane  Bettencourt for his 2007 election campaign.

Two family friends accused of assaulting each other were yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $20,000 each after they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Ineffective Pentagon  oversight of private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan has  wasted up to $60 billion over the past decade, a “troubling”  failure that undermines U.S.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Katia strengthened  into a hurricane over the Atlantic yesterday, while another  mass of thunderstorms that could become a named storm this week  triggered evacuations of some oil workers from the Gulf of  Mexico.

A small fire at the Blood Bank in the compound of the Georgetown Hospital last night sent two fire trucks racing through the city to quell the blaze.

In celebrating 20 years of excellent service, The Gift Centre (TGC) last Friday launched  a joint ‘Scratch  and Win’ promotion with its sister company, Shoe Source (SS).

TRIPOLI/TAWARGA, Libya, (Reuters) – Muammar  Gaddafi’s sons clashed on the airwaves yesterday, with one  offering peace and another promising a ‘war of attrition’ as a  final battle for control of Libya’s coast loomed.