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A Sparendaam resident, who was yesterday charged with attempted murder, was released on $100,000 bail after denying the charge.

Police are preparing to send their file on the September 15 pit bull attacks at Leonora, West Coast Demerara for legal advice, according to acting Divisional Commander Leslie James, who says an autopsy confirmed that the deceased in one of the cases died due to injuries he sustained as a result.

Esau Gibbons, 21, and Kevin Abrams, 17, who were caught red-handed after burgling the home of attorney Paula Nicholson, were sentenced to three months in jail on Friday after admitting to the crime.

Saying they have been embarrassed and traumatised because of “false corruption allegations” made against them by an illegal operator, Guyana National Broadcasting Authority Board (GNBA) directors Vic Insanally and Anthony Vieira yesterday welcomed an independent probe promised by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo.

The driver of the bus that toppled along the Nismes Public Road, West Bank Demerara on Monday evening, resulting in the death of the conductor, was blinded by the headlights from a car on the road, according to one of the passengers.

A Beterverwagting man, accused of having more than 14 kilogrammes of cannabis in his possession for trafficking, was yesterday denied bail by a city court.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said that the submarine cable across the Demerara River which was damaged earlier this year should be back in operation in November.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Colin Alleyne, the man accused of killing elderly Montrose caretaker Danrasie Ganesh, will soon come to a close as two more witnesses are left to testify.

In a report on page 9 of yesterday’s edition titled “Absent cocaine mule sentenced to four years”, the name Zamilla Ally-Seepaul was inadvertently placed under a photograph of the convict Zainab Mohammed.

Miners are pleading with the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) and Crown Mining Supplies to ensure quick removal of the company’s sunken dredge in the Mazaruni River, which continues to leave them cut off.

The National Literacy Unit of the Ministry of Education is using students’ love of rap music to make teachers aware of the possibilities of using this medium as a teaching tool.

Police are working to complete their investigation of the Blankenburg Public Road, West Coast Demerara fatal accident that claimed the lives of two children soon, according to Traffic Chief Deon Moore.

A Black Bush Polder man, alleged to have aided the accused in the days after the Mibicuri triple murder, has been charged with being an accessory.

Over the next three years, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) will be shifting gears which will see more focus on the needs of low income households, tighter planning of settlements and greater enforcement to ensure conformity with land use permits.

The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) probe into claims by People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) MP Nigel Dharamlall that a resident of Yupukari, Region 9 was tortured during investigations of an unauthorised Cessna plane there, found the allegations to be false.

Two armed bandits barged into the Digicel store at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara around midday on Monday and carted off a quantity of cell phones and cash while terrorising staff and customers.

Kevin Garraway, the man who police said had confessed to a murder at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, has been charged with the crime.

The Minister of Natural Resources has formally ordered the reactivation of the mining licence of Romanex Guyana Exploration Ltd, paving the way for that company to undertake exploration and mining in the Marudi Mountain area of Mining District No.

The family of Abeka Trotman, the four-year-old who died in an accident on Sheriff Street just over two weeks ago, say they are being kept in the dark on the investigation.

RALEIGH, N.C.,  (Reuters) – Democrat Hillary Clinton sought yesterday to keep Republican rival Donald Trump on the defensive a day after their first U.S.