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A 24-year-old man accused of willingly accepting a stolen car appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and was remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

Two men who were arrested at Kurupung Landing, Mazaruni after police allegedly found a quantity of cocaine and ganja in a shop they were in, on Thursday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and were remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

Magistrate Kim Kyte-John on Thursday sentenced a man to six months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to larceny when he appeared before her at the Weldaad Magistrate’s Court.

A 50-year-old housewife accused of threatening behaviour towards two other women appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday and was released on bail.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Thursday remanded to prison a man who was found with a quantity of cocaine and cannabis.

Magistrate Kim Kyte-John granted bail to two men who were charged in separate incidents with indecent assault and indecent exposure when they on Thursday appeared at the Weldaad Magistrate’s Court.

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh last night unveiled a list of 40 more zero-rated items including dried blackeye peas, cooking salt, all locally produced uncooked meats including salted fish, sanitary napkins and local river and air transport.

Launching a $1.6B credit facility, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud yesterday said rice producers should not squander the funds loaned to them as happened in the past or use the credit facility to re-finance outstanding debts.

Three persons died yesterday as a result of the injuries they sustained after being involved in separate vehicular accidents.

Armed bandits on the prowl at Mc Doom yesterday morning robbed an Eccles money- changer of $3M before hijacking his car and escaping.

The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) says the GINA ads cut-off to Stabroek News appears prima facie to be an attempt to stifle free expression and the body along with regional publishers and broadcasters is seeking an early audience with President Bharrat Jagdeo to discuss the matter.

The Guyana Police Force said on Wednesday it retrieved an unexploded grenade that was thrown into an East Bank Demerara yard by unknown persons.

A cell phone technician appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with receiving stolen cell phones and accessories from North Point Imports on King Street earlier this month.

Casinos may be at least six months away and the bill was not sped through parliament to facilitate Buddy’s International Hotel capitalising on Cricket World Cup 2007 but was meant to attract investment by large hotels in the country.

President’s Bharrat Jagdeo’s statement that the decision to withdraw all ministry advertisements from the Stabroek News was a business decision is not credible, David de Caires the editor-in-chief of the newspaper said yesterday.

The government and its creditors have reached an “amicable settlement” on the bauxite bonds issue, President Bharrat Jagdeo announced on Thursday.

Head teachers believe that far too many children are pressured into extra lessons at an early age causing “burn-out” and influencing the high incidence of school dropouts; they want the Education Ministry to take policy action in this respect.

A Werk-en-Rust man appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday charged with stealing 34 pounds of chicken from the Brickdam Police Station where he is employed as a handyman.

Guyana would be obtaining half of its petroleum needs or 5,200 barrels per day (bpd) from Venezuela at a concessionary rate under the Petrocaribe agreement from May 1, 2007, Prime Minister Sam Hinds says.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Kellawan Lall said the country’s municipalities on Thursday received computers to boost their services.