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Malcolm Henry is currently in the New Amsterdam Hospital after a policeman allegedly shot him in his foot during a random search.

The police on the Essequibo Coast are conducting investigations into a hit and run accident that occurred on Monday night and left a man dead.

A file is to be sent by the police to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice on how they should proceed after the workplace accident that claimed the life of Garfield Souvenir, a Courtney Benn mechanic, almost three weeks ago.

A sixth Zika virus case has been confirmed here, according to GINA.

Two sisters of Port Mourant, Corentyne, are now traumatised after four men invaded their home on Monday night and robbed them of a quantity of jewellery and electronics.

A handyman, charged with attempting to murder another man who refused him when he begged for money, was yesterday committed to stand trial.

An ex-policeman, who was charged last year with four counts of forgery, was found guilty yesterday and fined a total of $400,000 by a city court.

While a suspect has been charged with the murder of Oriley Small, two others who had been held by police were released from custody over the weekend.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) is not happy with the seats it has been allocated for the Linden council as part of the winning APNU+AFC team which captured 15 of the 16 seats at the March 18 elections.

Two independents who challenged the governing APNU+AFC coalition in the March 18 election for the Mahaicony-Abary Neighbourhood Democratic Council lost their races.

City Magistrate Dylon Bess yesterday dismissed the charge against David Bissoon, known as “Twinkle,” whom he had barred from his court for cross-dressing.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority’s (GCAA) wide-ranging powers could be detrimental to the development of the sector, according to a recent Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-sponsored study.

Director of the Berbice Regional Health Services, Jevaughn Stephens says a plan has been devised to address drug shortages that have plagued the region recently.

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Guyana Branch, will be conducting a two-day training seminar for Members of Parliament on 31st March and 1st April, 2016.

Following its annual general meeting on March 24, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GGCI) elected a 21-member council from which the new executive will be chosen.

A minibus operator was yesterday fined $10,000 for indecently exposing himself to a revenue collector, who found him sitting in his vehicle with his genitals exposed.

A South Ruimveldt man is now a remanded prisoner after being charged yesterday with both having and growing cannabis.

President David Granger yesterday met with Hamley Case and Clarissa Riehl who have been appointed to head Guyana’s diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom (UK) and the Canada respectively.

President David Granger on Monday urged the councillors-elect for Bartica to use their win at the March 18 Local Government Elections (LGE) as a means of promoting collaboration and the progress of the new town.

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