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(Trinidad Guardian) Citizens are now paying more to travel after a 15 per cent increase in the price per litre of super gasoline and diesel went into immediate effect yesterday.

President David Granger says an accusation of corruption by transparency group TIGI against Minister of State Joseph Harmon and the government over the appointment of advisors is “outrageous” but he did not shed much light on the raging controversy sparked by the revelation that businessman Brian Tiwari had been enlisted to provide advice to his administration.

Former High Commis-sioner of Guyana to Canada Harry Narine Nawbatt has filed a $49M lawsuit against the APNU+AFC government, saying that the terms of his contractual agreement with the PPP/C administration were breached.

A 22-year-old special constable attached to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is feared drowned after the boat he was in capsized yesterday in the Amatuk Falls area, Potaro River.

Four years after being committed to stand trial at the High Court on a carnal knowledge charge, former Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) President Colwyn King walked out of court a free man yesterday after a jury found him not guilty.

A 17-year-old Guyanese girl, Kelly Hyles, has gained acceptance to 21 colleges across the United States, including all eight Ivy League universities.

Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson is appealing to loggers who use the larger of the two Kwakwani barges to bear with his ministry as the ministry is working to get the vessel up and running again soon.

Dennis Marks, the man who allegedly fatally stabbed Police Sergeant Leonard La Rose while resisting an attempt to arrest him in the North West District of Region One, was yesterday charged with his murder.

Troy Abrams, the surviving accused in last November’s armed attack on America Street moneychangers, was yesterday found guilty of robbing one of the men and he was sentenced to five years in prison.

A Guyanese man, Rajendra Ramrattan was held at the JFK Airport on Wednesday with 550.7 grammes of cocaine in a pair of jeans.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday accused government of reneging on a commitment to share leadership of the six local government councils that were equally split between the PPP/C and APNU+AFC but Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan said it was the PPP/C who refused to compromise.

At least four more towns are expected be established, according to President David Granger, who believes they will lead to economically stable communities and regions.

Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green, Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan and the other councillors yesterday toured several of the city’s ongoing projects.

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown is ready to facilitate any forensic audit and the Office of the Auditor General is welcome anytime, according to new Mayor Patricia Chase Green.

President David Granger says there are no plans to dismiss Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence over comments she made downplaying child abuse accusations against city councillor Winston Harding.

The Ministry of Education is working to initiate an in-school breakfast programme to benefit children attending public schools throughout the country.

The Ministry of Telecommunications and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) are working to ensure major upgrades to cellular networks and hot-spots in considered locations across the country in time for next month’s 50th independence anniversary celebrations.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) and two Jamaican companies have signed deals that will see the rice exports to the island almost doubled.

Keith Ferrier, one of the accused in the 2009 arson of the Ministry of Health building who was recently recaptured, was yesterday once again granted his release on $350,000 bail.

The High Court trial of Kevin Rankin, who was accused of murdering his two-year-old niece, began yesterday before Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.