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(Trinidad Guardian) Two former soldiers appeared in court yesterday charged with the murder of a Diego Martin man who was shot and left for dead in a forested area in Chaguaramas earlier this month.

After expressing its concern multiple times over the year, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) will today begin wage and salary negotiations with the David Granger administration and it will seek to bargain for a 40% increase in salaries.

A Sophia man who allegedly fatally stabbed his brother early Saturday morning was yesterday remanded to prison for the capital offence when he appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul.

Angelica Forde, the 21-year-old mother of two who admitted that she attempted to smuggle 3.040 kilos of cocaine to Barbados last week, was yesterday fined $8.2 million and jailed for four years.

Residents of the No. 30 Village/ Trafalgar area in West Berbice are frustrated with the stagnant floodwater and are pleading with the government to release the $50M it would cost to fix two vital pumps.

The management of State entity, Public Holding Incorporated (PHI), made professional business decisions but the management of the finances of the firm was unsatisfactory, an audit has found.

A motorcycle accident on the Houston, East Bank Demerara public road on Monday morning claimed the life of a 19-year-old mother while another person was injured and is hospitalised.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is currently conducting investigations into an accident involving an Air Services Limited (ASL) aircraft while it was taking off from Bath Aerodrome, a release from the company said yesterday.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is inviting bids for the construction of a sidewalk on Woolford Avenue between Vlissengen Road and Albert Street.

Multi-million dollar tenders were opened yesterday for the procurement of Computer Tomography CT scanners for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, during a walk-about in the Stabroek Market on Monday met with stallholders to hear  the concerns of businesses operating within the market.

A teenager is at a city hospital after he was shot on Monday during an argument at Kuru Kururu, Linden Highway while on his way to visit a friend.

Anand Narine, the ex-husband of murdered woman Babita Sarjou, and his alleged accomplice Darrol Campton returned to court yesterday, where it was heard that the prosecution is still awaiting advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on how to proceed with the matter.

The body of Barbara Hunte who went missing on Saturday after the boat she was in capsized in the Puruni River, Region 7, was recovered by a search party on Monday afternoon.

Efforts by the Ministry of Agriculture to educate farmers on how to combat the Black Sigatoka disease is having a positive impact with many now able to contain the fungus resulting in bountiful plantain harvests which has caused a drop in the price of the crop on the local market.

A young couple lost their home on Monday night when a fire, suspected to be of electrical origin, gutted their two-storey wooden house, located at Lot 102 Section G, Nigg, Corentyne.

The man accused of robbing retired British soldier Edward John Constant, yesterday claimed that his arrest was a case of mistaken identity.

A fisherman charged with breaking and entering a home and stealing over $500,000 in items, yesterday denied committing the offence and said he was in prison at the time.

Six hospitals were on Monday conferred with Baby-Friendly Hospital Status, according to a release from the Ministry of Public Health yesterday.

A team of experts from the Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP) is in Guyana for talks on the provision of technical support in developing Guyana’s emerging oil and gas sector.