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$50M for ‘Fineman’

Amid a series of explosive disclosures and claims, police have upped the reward for information that might lead to the arrest of wanted man Rondell Rawlins called `Fineman’ to a staggering $50M (around US$250,000).

Heated row preceded Campbellville killing

The motorcyclist who was gunned down on First Street, Campbellville late Thursday night following a heated argument with two men, was yesterday morning identified as 29-year-old North Sophia resident, Derrick Cort by his relatives who flocked the Lyken’s Funeral Home.

Nunes made ‘very valuable contribution’ – PPP

Former member of the PPP cabinet in the 1960s, Cedric Vernon Nunes who passed away in Birmingham, UK on Wednesday made a “very valuable contribution to the PPP and to all Guyana,” the party said in a press statement The PPP said that it had learnt with great sadness the passing of one of its early leaders who came to prominence and was recognized as a national leader during the period 1961 to 1964 when he held the position of Minister of Education in the then PPP administration.

General Electric indicates investment interest here

A team from General Electric (GE) of the United States which was here recently met several government agencies in the areas of energy, water, agro-processing and mining, among others, while exploring business and investment opportunities, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported yesterday.

Export duties to go by 2011 in EPA

According to the Caribbean-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) export duties, which an exporting country charges on its own exports, will be eliminated by 2011, or three years after the EPA comes into effect.

NBS makes monetary donations in NA

A number of religious and other non-governmental organizations, including churches and orphanages in Berbice, recently benefited from monetary donations from the New Building Society (NBS) branch on New Street, New Amsterdam.

Date rape accused remanded

A 26-year-old man who allegedly raped a woman he met at a creek was yesterday remanded to prison when he was brought before Magis-trate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court.

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