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Top officials of oil firm ExxonMobil yesterday cautioned against expectations of a large number of direct employment opportunities to be generated by the company’s production activities here, while saying that it will be the government’s responsibility to create jobs using revenue that is earned from the operation.

  Timothy Horatio, the Police Constable who drove the Route 40 minibus that crashed along Regent Street on Saturday, resulting in the death of a passenger, was yesterday charged with causing death by dangerous driving and was remanded to prison.

Ian Griffith and Cora Towler yesterday both appeared before a city court, where they were charged with possession of  cocaine for trafficking which was found in the handles of a suitcase.

Actor and playwright Godfrey Henry was yesterday charged with causing the death of a man as a result of dangerous driving.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has facilitated reconstructive surgery for one of its members who was shot to the head last year, GINA said.

Government may soon take steps to ensure that Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is completely separated from the Guyana Police Force, as is expected under the anti-money laundering legislation, according to Attorney-General Basil Williams.

Stephanie Lawrie, the woman who allegedly fatally stabbed her brother during a fight at their Better Success, Essequibo Coast home, was yesterday charged with killing him and released on $400,000 bail.

The five teens charged with killing retired Professor Pairedeau ‘Perry’ Mars reappeared in court for their statements on Monday.

A family of five lost everything yesterday after a fire of unknown origin completely destroyed their home at Friendship Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara.

A $43.2m contract was cleared at the August 23rd Cabinet meeting for upgrading of the sea defences between Bushlot and Reliance on the Essequibo Coast.

Four Haitian nationals were yesterday fined by a city magistrate after they admitted to entering the country illegally.

An afternoon raid yesterday of the Stabroek Bazaar by the city’s Food Safety Department (FSD) did not produce the expected numbers of illegally traded items.

Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney-General Basil Williams will be attending the 48th meeting of the Council of Legal Education (CLE) in Antigua & Barbuda, from September 1st to September 4th, and among the issues to be discussed are financial contributions to the council and the collaborative legal agreement between the University of Guyana (UG) and the University of the West Indies (UWI).

Sean Williams, who was shot by a police officer responding to a report of domestic violence, has been discharged from the hospital and his shooter has offered his family compensation.

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the welfare of veterans is set to commence today and present heads of the disciplined services along with former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) chiefs of staff would be among the first to be formally interviewed.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has indicated plans to increase the number of water distribution trucks for Sophia residents, in light of complaints by some that they were forced to resort to using trench water for domestic purposes due to the inadequate supply they were receiving.

Tenders were opened yesterday for the construction of a Document Centre at Fort Street, Kingston under the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI).

The APNU+AFC Government has budgeted for the titling of 30 more indigenous communities even as it negotiates a four-year extension of the present project funded through the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) and which ends in October 2016.

Government is still to act on the controversial Red House lease agreement that was made by the former PPP/C-led administration and Attorney-General Basil Williams yesterday said that action would be taken “within a reasonable time”.

Following a recent Cabinet decision, Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection Keith Scott has appointed the Chairman and members of the National Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH).