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Government on Tuesday voted against a nine-point opposition motion on rice which had called for the reopening of market talks with Venezuela but it has promised to look at concessions on fuel and other areas.

A licensed firearm holder was yesterday afternoon allegedly assaulted by residents of Kitty, after he shot two men during an argument which reportedly stemmed from the parking of a vehicle.

A 40-year-old man was yesterday granted $1 million bail after being charged with causing the death of farmer Andrew Keith Simon.

Work is being done behind the scenes to deal with corrupt customs officers, according to Finance Minister Winston Jordan who on Monday acknowledged that they have given the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) “a bad name”.

Shemroy Robertson, cocaine trafficking accused, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court after a city court found that a prima facie case had been made out against him.

While Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan on Tuesday acknowledged that $6.2M was collected to sink eight wells in Region 9 during the drought this year, he maintained that contrary to allegations of extortion, the monies were voluntarily donated.

An 18-year-old army rank accused of robbing a 13-year-old girl of her cellphone while armed with a broken bottle, was yesterday released into the custody of his commanding officer until his next court hearing.

Fifty years ago Guyana became an independent nation, bringing an end to  British rule and Guyanese celebrated with much fanfare.

Richard Sankar, who has been accused of forced sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old girl, was committed to stand trial at the next session of the Berbice Assizes, following a paper committal this week before Magistrate Marissa Mittelolzer at the Albion Magistrate’s Court.

Outstanding Guyana-born US student Kelly Hyles was present at Tuesday’s sitting of the National Assembly and was recognized by Speaker of the House Dr Barton Scotland who thanked her for the visit and wished her success in her education endeavours.

Edward Boyer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Hardware Group of Companies, was elected Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) at its Annual General Meeting held on Thursday at the Marriott Hotel.

The removal of the $1 and the $5 coins from circulation in Guyana is being considered, Bank of Guyana Governor Dr Gobind Ganga said on Monday.

The PPP/C today said that its MPs left last night’s flag raising ceremony after being “disrespected”.

Babita Sarjou’s former husband and his alleged accomplice today appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with her murder.

Prime Minister of Barbados Freundel Stuart is to be bestowed with the Order of Roraima,  Guyana’s second highest award, at State House tomorrow.

A Richard Ishmael Secondary School student who was to be a participant in the steel pan segment of the cultural show for tonight’s flag-raising has died in an accident.

(Trinidad Guardian) Despite mixed emotions about an ISIS threat to detonate bombs at a mall in T&T, mall management teams yesterday went ahead and increased security measures in a bid to protect their tenants, shoppers and visitors.

Government yesterday identified the 33 persons who have been made honorary advisors as well as six appointed ministerial advisors and clarified that none had been given diplomatic status.

Guyana Water Inc’s (GWI) failure to take a series of actions including increasing tariffs has resulted in the loss of millions in potential revenue, according to an audit of the utility, even as it continues to operate at a loss and water wastage remains extremely high.

In an independence anniversary message to the National Assembly yesterday, President David Granger hailed the contributions of the country’s eight presidents and their administrations and he said the economy must be realigned and jobs created for the `good life’ to be attained.