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A Lamaha Park man died yesterday morning after he collided with a van at the intersection of Hadfield and Smyth streets, in Georgetown.

As institutionalized elderly care becomes more normalized, the St Joseph Mercy Hospital has invested in making the experience as comfortable and homey as possible for its residents.

Businesses in the commercial district of the city will be required to pay a separate fee for garbage collection from June, Director of Solid Waste Management at the Georgetown Municipality Walter Narine has said.

Former Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally has called for the process used to constitute the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) to be revamped, while saying that drawing nominees from political parties is a recipe for partisanship and polarization.

Minor changes have been made to the 1999 agreement reached between the then government and ExxonMobil in the wake of the huge offshore oil discovery in 2015.

Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams is seeking leave from the Guyana Court of Appeal (GCA) to approach the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in a case where the state is fighting a US$2.2m judgment in favour of Trinidad road construction company, Dipcon.

Contractor Courtney Benn yesterday disputed the Ministry of the Presidency’s announcement of an award of a contract to his company for works on the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

As part of its mandate to control the use of tobacco in order to minimize its effect on populations, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/ World Health Organization (WHO) has instituted a hiring policy that favours non-smokers.

A gang of bandits have left the workers of a Chinese restaurant traumatized after they invaded their home at Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara early yesterday morning.

A man was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in jail after he was found guilty of having illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Anthony Nester, the Trinidadian national who was charged with incurring over $250,000 debt at the Brandsville Hotel last year, was yesterday found guilty of the crime and fined.

A Kitty man was on Thursday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment after being found guilty of armed robbery.

Carlotta Meusa, the Plaisance woman who was charged last year with falsifying her passport application, was yesterday freed due to insufficient evidence against her.

The police are currently pursuing a man who set two vehicles belonging to a prominent New Amsterdam, Berbice businessman on fire early yesterday morning.

As the probe continues into an attempt to smuggle an AK-47 rifle out of the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) Compound, Eve Leary, three of the five ranks implicated in the plot have been placed under open arrest.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The killing of land rights campaigner Berta Caceres has unleashed a wave of activism in support of women and the environment, said friends, colleagues, and family commemorating the first anniversary of the Honduran’s death.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will reply in writing to Senate Democrats’ questions about his meetings with Russia’s ambassador last year, the Justice Department said yesterday after a top Republican denied Democrats’ request for a public hearing.

A new eco-tourism initiative, the Wet Savannah Drive, which involves adventurous two-day trips through the trails to explore indigenous communities, is set to begin on March 12.

Sixty persons were sworn-in by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) on Thursday to serve as traffic wardens under the city constabulary.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Former Haitian President Rene Preval, 74, the first leader in Haiti’s history to win a democratic election, serve a full term and peacefully hand power to a successor, died on Friday after falling unconscious at his home.