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Bomeshwar Sukhdeo’s car at the Providence Police Station. Missing is its number plate and rear lights.

Burnt body thought to be that of taxi driver

– car found at herstelling Persons searching for missing taxi driver, Bomeshwar Sukhdeo, yesterday stumbled upon a badly burnt corpse at the side of the road leading to Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara, believed to be his.

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Shot taxi owner succumbs

The owner of Ezee Runnings taxi service who was shot in the chest while fending off robbers, succumbed to serious internal injuries early yesterday morning and in the wake of his death, relatives called for those responsible to be brought to justice.

GDF focus will shift from strictly military

-Jagdeo says better use must be made of human resources The traditional focus of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will have to be shifted to ensure the better use of the country’s resources, Com-mander-in-Chief President Bharrat Jagdeo said.

Six-month mining notice proposal flowed from several agencies

-Persaud tells Parliament committee The proposal for a six-month notification period before mining can commence came out of a meeting of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GLSC) and the Environ-mental Protection Agency (EPA), Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud disclosed yesterday.

Haiti pleads for better aid effort, survivor found

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti appealed to  foreign governments and charities yesterday to do more to  help earthquake victims as rescuers pulled a teenage girl out  of the rubble 15 days after her Port-au-Prince home collapsed  around her.

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