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The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce has called for the State Assets Recovery Bill to be sent to a select committee of Parliament and the business group has also expressed concern about plans to close the Skeldon and Rose Hall estates.

– requests interviews be done at other locations The questioning by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) of former PPP/C cabinet members and close affiliates, who were allocated land at ‘Pradoville 2,’ may be delayed after a request was made for the interviews to be conducted at a location other than the agency’s Camp Street headquarters.

Justice Brassington Reynolds yesterday denied an application for temporary orders to halt the enforcement of metered parking in the city, pending the court’s review of the contract between the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and contractor Smart City Solutions (SCS).

Mahendra Ramsuchit and Robhina Basdeoram, who were charged with attempting to smuggle cocaine through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) two years ago, were yesterday found guilty of narcotics trafficking, while a former ministerial aide, who was charged with aiding and abetting them, was found not guilty.

A 64-year-old Kuru Kuru woman was yesterday remanded to prison after she was charged with helping to supply students of the Kuru Kuru Training College with marijuana.

While some of the businesses that owe the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) millions in property rates have closed down, City Hall will be going after the owners to collect, according to spokeswoman Debra Lewis.

Four hundred thousand hectares from the surrendered Barama forest concessions will be placed in conservation, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman has said.

A Brazilian pastor was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with causing the death of a motorcyclist, following a collision in the city last week.

An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) who was seen verbally threatening and abusing junior ranks of the force in a video recorded last month, is now the subject of an investigation and is likely to face charges soon, according to Acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine.

The police have wrapped up the AK-47 probe and while the case file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said that the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) who was implicated will face disciplinary charges.

Auditors are currently working at City Hall following a request made by Town Clerk Royston King to the Auditor General Deodat Sharma requesting that an audit of the council’s stock and financial systems be done.

The trial of former Ministry of the Presidency Permanent Secretary Omar Shariff and his common-law wife Savitri Hardeo, who are charged with failing to comply with a court order, began yesterday with testimony from two police witnesses, who detailed the seizure of documents for what one of them called a money-laundering probe.

Acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine yesterday urged the almost 200 officers set to participate in five training sessions to improve on their education and work towards restoring the integrity of the force.

Neighbours and relatives held a picketing exercise in front of the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday to demand justice for a woman after an order was served on her to be evicted from her mother’s house.

The five men who were charged jointly and remanded to prison for the murder of Danian Jagdeo, a phone card distributor, who was shot and killed on February 8, at Adventure, Corentyne during a robbery, yesterday made their second court appearance in the Whim Magistrate’s Court.

The Parliamentary Social Services Committee on Thursday visited the New Amsterdam Public Hospi-tal and heard that there was a drug shortage, more staff was needed and a key testing machine was out of order.

Several months after he announced the reopening of a few cold cases, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum yesterday told media operatives that the investigations were open and the police have since re-interviewed some witnesses as promised.

Justice Brassington Reynolds, moments ago, ruled that Smart City Solutions can continue enforcing fines against drivers who fail to pay for parking in metered zones and even have their vehicles clamped, while the substantive matter is still being determined by the court.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order on Monday banning citizens from six Muslim-majority nations from traveling to the United States but removing Iraq from the list, after his controversial first attempt was blocked in the courts.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is advertising for expressions of interest for the operation of a duty free service (Diplomatic Shop) in Central Georgetown.