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Residents of Owen Street, Kitty, are calling on the relevant authorities to fix their deplorable road, which has been in an “unacceptable” state for more than a decade.

A pensioner was last night discovered dead at his Covent Garden home by his relatives, but there was no clear indication of how he died.

A man and his reputed wife were on Tuesday granted bail after they were charged with being in possession of over six pounds of cannabis, which they claimed belonged to a family member.

The long-awaited State Assets Recovery Bill was read in the National Assembly for the first time on Monday and envisions the use of civil proceedings to recover property belonging to the State.

Officials of the Govern-ment of Guyana were briefed yesterday by ExxonMobil on the “actual development” of the offshore Liza well and the plan to take it towards production by 2020.

Former leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan said that the party will not be marred with jealousy and pettiness but instead will rise above the negatives to preserve its identity through good performances.

Come April 1, local importers of vehicles will be prohibited from importing vehicles outfitted with used tyres, as the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) endeavours to bring Guyana one step closer to the implementation of ‘Green Economy’ initiatives.

Bartica is moving closer to becoming a model green town with a grant of US$300,000 that will be used to install renewable energy at the Three Mile Secondary School.

The attempted murder charge against Curtis Vasconcellos and Jason Howard, committed on the accountant of Tower Suites, was on Tuesday withdrawn by the prosecution and two new charges instituted.

Bids were opened on Tuesday at the National Procurement and Tender Administra-tion Board (NPTAB) for the construction of a Relief Structure at Good Hope, ECD, for the Ministry of Agriculture NDIA. 

The family of Carlton Meghan, who died in an explosion at the ice plant where he was working, is currently in talks with the owner of the company for compensation.

President David Granger yesterday said that Guyana will look to the Swiss Confederation for its support and expertise in implementing this country’s ‘Green’ Economy Action Plan.

New non-resident Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Guyana, Alaaeldin Wagih Roushdy yesterday presented his Letters of Credence to President David Granger at State House.

Local tourism company Wilder-ness Explorers has partnered with Europcar Suriname, to launch Europcar-Guyana, the first internationally recognised car rental service to begin operations in Guyana.

The Guyana Medical Mission (GMM) on Monday donated three patient monitors and a defibrillator to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s (GPHC) Accident and Emergency Unit, GINA said.

A man who resides in the Number One Village, Corentyne, is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital after he was stabbed five times by his childhood friend, who resides in the same village.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House put Iran “on notice” yesterday for test-firing a ballistic missile and said it was reviewing how to respond, abruptly adopting an aggressive posture toward Tehran that could raise tensions in the region.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Abandoning a major campaign promise, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government dropped plans yesterday to overhaul the country’s electoral system.

  (Barbados Nation) Killer Anthony Fredericks Francis admitted he strangled his lover in a fit of jealousy because he suspected she had another lover.

(Trinidad Express) Police now believe that Nadia Simms was lured to a man’s home with the promise of a job, but instead assaulted, killed and buried in a shallow grave in the bushes near his home at Quarry Village Siparia.