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Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken yesterday said he was unaware that ranks from the force had trailed Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Monday.

Sherwin Clarke is now awaiting sentencing, after admitting mid-trial that he did have a hand in the 2016 killing of Better Hope pensioner David Ramkissoon, into whose house he and others had gone to rob.

Keron Hope, 25, yesterday appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court charged with the murder of Mariam Edwards, 26, in Puruni, Region Seven between June 8 to 9 this year.

Over five months after Opposition-nominated GECOM Commissioners Vincent Alexander, Charles Corbin and Desmond Trotman proposed that an internal investigation be launched into the events of the March 2020 general and regional elections, Chair, retired Justice Claudette Singh has finally ruled against the proposal.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) yesterday launched the Home Construction Assistance Facility at New Amsterdam and Skeldon in Region Six.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, who is currently leading a delegation to India has been given a guided tour of a section of IndianOil, “The Energy of India”, located at Tikri Kalan, New Delhi.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers yesterday conducted an operation on Orange Walk within the vicinity of Bourda Market and intercepted two males with a bag containing “brick-like” parcels of suspected cannabis.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand yesterday led a consultation  aimed at strengthening special education teaching.

A Police Constable was arraigned at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court yesterday for allegedly discharging a firearm within 100 yards of a public way at two locations on the East Coast of Demerara.

Following a series of complaints from members of the public, Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr.

A week since teachers at Lodge Secondary School staged a protest against gang activities at the school, several initiatives have been undertaken to address the situation.

While the WPA respects the struggles for better oil contracts and other related issues, the party says it situates itself in the struggle for the Guyanese people to benefit directly from the oil revenues.

The Rotary Club of Stabroek recently completed its Academic Bowl which resulted in Ethan Gursahai from St Joseph High School being judged as the overall winner.

The Ministry of Education continues to collaborate with the Guyana Police Force to tackle anti-social behaviour exhibited by some students in various schools which have resulted in violent encounters in some instances.

Former Deputy Chief Election Officer, Roxanne Myers has filed a $70,000,000 lawsuit against Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party, Lenox Shuman, and the Guyana Times for what she said were libelous statements made against her more than a year ago, impugning her character when she served the Commission.

LONDON/BOSCOMBE DOWN, England,  (Reuters) – Britain’s first flight to take asylum seekers to Rwanda did not take off as scheduled yesterday after the European human rights court issued last-minute injunctions to stop the deportation of the handful of migrants on board.

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) last Friday donated 100, 18-month coconut plants to the Guyana Prison Service (GPS).

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russia told Ukrainian forces holed up in a chemical plant in embattled Sievierodonetsk to lay down their arms by early today as it fights to maintain momentum in its battle for control of eastern Ukraine.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Energy company executives at a conference on the global transition insisted yesterday that fossil fuels, especially natural gas, are still needed at a time when global markets grapple with tight energy supplies and skyrocketing prices.

Two elderly persons have died from COVID-19 and the Ministry of Health yesterday reported 83 new cases of the virus.