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Newly-elected Mayor of Georgetown Patricia Chase-Green said yesterday that she was pleased to be heading a council with a fair mixture of youth and experience.

Buoyed by the support of members of his constituency and the ruling coalition, alleged child molester Winston Harding was yesterday sworn in as a councillor of Georgetown, a post he has no intention of resigning.

Another Sussex Street, Charlestown man was gunned down late last evening in what is suspected to be a reprisal killing after the murder of Kevon Payne, a member of the Coast Guard who was executed on Tuesday evening not far from his Sussex Street home.

The first ever Mayor and Deputy Mayor of new town Bartica were elected yesterday, when the Town Council held its first meeting after the March 18th local government elections.

For the first Deputy Mayor of the new town of Lethem, 19-year-old Maxine Welch, her age is an asset as it allows her to relate to the largest demographic of her municipality, the youth.

A fire on February 23rd at a Lodge house, where two adult autistic brothers had to be rescued by alert neighbours has underlined the need for early intervention in diagnosing the disorder.

Land at Liliendaal that was previously earmarked for a hotel is under consideration as the site for the new Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) head office.

Police have identified and are searching for a prime suspect in Thursday’s shooting on Regent Street, which left one of the two victims in a critical condition at a city hospital.

Two brothers have been arrested as investigators continue to probe the murder of Coast Guardsman Kevon Payne, who was gunned down on Tuesday night in Charlestown.

The renewal of contract for Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) Ramesh Ghir bypassed the board and was instead dealt with by then Minister of Public Works Robeson, a forensic audit into the corporation has revealed.

Transgender persons aren’t trying to impose themselves on society, they are just trying to be part of it, according to Quincy McEwan, known as Gulliver, the Director of Guyana Trans United (GTU).

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday urged Community Policing Groups (CPGs) to make efforts to tackle the root of crime in communities.

Entrepreneur Carwyn Holland was elected Mayor of Linden yesterday, after the 16-member council was sworn in, in the council chamber of the Mayor and Town Council.

Newspaper agent Kurt Anthony Wynter was yesterday elected Mayor of New Amsterdam, when the new 14-member council held its first meeting.

Businessman Ganesh Gangadin was yesterday elected Mayor of Corriverton when the new 16-member council held its first meeting at the Town Hall after the recent local government elections.

A Police Corporal attached to the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) of the Guyana Police Force is now under close arrest after he was reportedly found with an illegal firearm.

Major General (ret’d) Joe Singh, who has completed the inquiry into the death of Trenton Sebastian, the 19-year-old miner who died last month in a pit cave-in, says there is a great need for educating miners on the dangers they face in mining.

A Bachelor’s Adventure man was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after he was charged with harming the mother of his child.

-no explanation of Tiwari’s role Minister of State Joseph Harmon’s recent visit to China was in relation to an outstanding sum to the Guyana Government for the purchase by a Chinese company of 20% of the shares of the phone company, GTT.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama urged world leaders yesterday to do more to safeguard vulnerable nuclear facilities to prevent “madmen” from groups like Islamic State from getting their hands on an atomic weapon or a radioactive “dirty bomb.”