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The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) wrote Chinese logging company Baishanlin in February this year seeking $1.58b for breach of the terms under which tax exemptions were granted.

An infant and his seven-year-old sister were killed during the wee hours of yesterday morning after their father lost control of the car transporting them and crashed into two parked vehicles along the Blankenburg Public Road, West Coast Demerara.

After spending her weekend listening to the complaints from vendors living in her constituency, city councillor Andrea Marks staged a silent protest during yesterday’s statutory council meeting to bring attention to their plight.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has appealed the non-custodial sentences handed down to human trafficking convict Joyce Lawrence, in light of the law stipulating that a jail sentence is mandatory for persons found guilty of the crime.

A two-day search for 74-year-old Hedley Williams, who went missing on Sunday, came to a tragic end yesterday when his lifeless body was discovered in a clump of bushes, a short distance away from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, where he was last seen.

Speedboat monitors and a crackdown on uncertified boat captains are among measures announced yesterday by the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) in the wake of a number of fatal collisions on the rivers.

Three men were arrested on Monday night after a total of 4,409 grammes of marijuana was discovered in the car they were occupants of along the Number 51 public road, Corentyne.

The deadline for the report on a review of the financial model of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) has been extended as Norconsult, the Norwegian company contracted to undertake the task, has asked government for more time.

A father of eight died in a Soesdyke-Linden Highway accident on Sunday night after the vehicle he was travelling in collided with a truck.

A miner accused of robbing a woman of items, including a quantity of gold worth in excess of $1.5 million, was yesterday remanded to prison by a city court.

A Middle Road man, charged with armed robbery and escaping lawful custody, blamed his predicament on a family dispute over land when he appeared before a city court yesterday.

Meadow Brook resident Cleveland Lovell, who was allegedly found with a pistol and a large quantity of ammunition, was yesterday remanded to prison.

The 14-year-old, in whose suitcase handles police found cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport (CJIA), Timehri yesterday testified that accused Cora Towler had admitted that she had full knowledge of what was in the luggage.

A North Ruimveldt man was taken before a city court yesterday on a charge of discharging a loaded firearm.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the Restoration and Upgrade of Castellani House, the national art gallery.

Photos by Keno George   Nature, love and identity were the major themes that were examined by the nine young women who made up this year’s graduating class of the E.R

A Beterverwagting man was yesterday granted his release on $100,000 bail after he denied ownership of a quantity of cannabis that was found aboard a truck that was intercepted by the police at Itaballi.

A European Investment Bank (EIB) delegation will visit Guyana from September 15-17 to explore opportunities for financing new projects in the country.

A Kingston resident was yesterday afternoon robbed of a quantity of cash by two bandits moments after carrying out a business transaction.

The statements of 31 individuals have been tendered in the preliminary inquiry into the murder charges against Ganga Krishna and Avishkar Bissoon, who are accused of starting the fire at a Robb and King streets building that claimed the lives of a father and his two daughters.