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PNCR presidential hopeful and attorney James Bond, 31, says his acceptance of the nomination is a signal that the country’s youth are capable and willing to provide leadership at the national level.

-after ministers order for removal Intervention by President Bharrat Jagdeo will see the resumption of vending at the Stabroek Market square, two days after vendors were told by government ministers that they could no longer sell in the area following the detonation of a grenade.

At approximately 3.30pm yesterday, the driver of this car, BMS #3, ran off the Embankment Road behind Bel Air Gardens and plunged into the canal.

“American”, the man who police say was holding the grenade in his hand when it exploded at the Stabroek Market square on Wednesday morning, may be involuntary remigrant Gordon Baird.

PNCR leader Robert Corbin says that his party has seen evidence of plans by the Bharrat Jagdeo administration to stay in office beyond its constitutional mandate but an official from the Office of the President yesterday staunchly rejected these assertions saying that the allegations were unfounded.

The main opposition PNCR is questioning the legality and wisdom behind Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Dr.

Investigators last evening surrounded and searched the premises of PPP MP Philomena Sahoye-Shury, after a failed attempt was made to “channa bomb” her house.

Linden businessman Albert Joseph, called “Bolo,” who was shot during a robbery last Monday, succumbed to his injury last evening.

No one has been appointed to lead the prosecution in the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the treason charges against Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol Ann Munroe and ex-soldier Leonard Wharton.

Rudolph London, the man accused of severely chopping his common-law wife who is now clinging to life in the hospital, was arraigned on an attempted murder charge at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magis-trates’ Court yesterday.

Two University of Guyana (UG) students were yesterday fined for detonating an explosive device on the university’s Turkeyen Campus on Thursday afternoon.

Veteran journalist and television personality, Clem David, 63, died on Thursday night at his Eccles, East Bank Demerara home following a prolonged heart condition.

Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD) businessman Majeed Khan, who was shot once in the chest during a robbery at his home on Thursday evening, remains hospitalised in a critical condition with the bullet still to be removed from his body.

Medical Director at Georgetown Public Hospital Dr Madan Rambarran says the institution has a mass casualty preparedness plan and was equipped to handle the influx of patients injured in the recent grenade explosion in the city.

Forecasters attached to the HydroMet Department of the Ministry of Agriculture have benefited from a numerical weather prediction programme which will improve the forecasting capability of the agency.

Elton Todd’s death, days after undergoing surgery at a city hospital for acute appendicitis, stunned his family but they were even more surprised when they found out that the medical team that operated on him failed to remove his appendix.

A family of No. 2 Settlement, Blairmont, West Bank Berbice, on Thursday managed to save their house from a fire that was ignited after the collapse of a rotten section of a utility pole.

The Linden business community received another scare yesterday when a second prominent businessman was robbed by a lone gunman, who made off with an undisclosed sum of cash and jewellery.

All the bills passed by the National Assembly last year received President Bharrat Jagdeo’s assent, according to Speaker Ralph Ramkarran.

Minister of Tourism Manniram Prashad on Wednesday commissioned a “Giants of Guyana” billboard at the head of the Main Street avenue, as part of a bid to promote eco-tourism.