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Two armed bandits yesterday robbed the Stain-Masters (Guyana Limited) company located at Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt of money and also took items from an employee before escaping.

A high-level security conference between Guyana and the US got underway here yesterday with Prime Minister Sam Hinds conceding that the country needs to get on top of threats such as drug trafficking.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) conducted a training session last week for dealers of used tyres to inform them about some key concerns about quality.

Guyana is not going to agree to the European Union’s contention that this country’s sugar products, or those originating in one Cariforum country and processed or refined in another, are not eligible for preferences in Europe under the rules of origin.

Seven standpipes were recently installed at Bare Root to remedy the water shortage in the area while leaks are being repaired.

The Ministry of Education on Monday convened a two-day workshop to engage broad stakeholder input in the finalization of a sector policy on HIV/AIDS School, Health and Nutrition (SHN/HIV).

A Kitty resident who reportedly had two guns, including an AK-47 rifle, and a large amount of ammunition in his possession when police raided his home, appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on two charges and was remanded to prison.

A mini-bus conductor, who allegedly attempted to sell cocaine to a policeman in July, appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking and was remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive Hamilton.

A 19-year-old taxi-driver and a 21-year-old carpenter accused of stealing five sheep were granted bail when the duo appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Almost three years after he allegedly hit and killed a Cuban doctor on Homestretch Avenue, a 28-year-old taxi driver appeared in court charged for the fatal accident and was released on $150,000 bail by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

The Buddy’s fuel trial was adjourned at the Providence Magistrate’s Court yesterday to allow the prosecution to respond to particular issues raised by the defence.

A man who admitted that he had cocaine and ganja because he was “frustrated with life” was fined with an alternative jail sentence for possession of the narcotics when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Three teenaged boys appeared in court yesterday charged with snatching cellular phones and two were remanded into police custody by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle while the other was placed on a two-year bond after the virtual complainant opted not to give evidence.

The army yesterday morning seized an illegal airstrip located some 80 miles upriver from Orealla in the Corentyne with a burnt-out aircraft on it along with a still smoldering all terrain vehicle and a bulldozer – clear signs of a drug operation.

Guyana has asked Venezuela to positively identify one of its nationals killed here as investigations continue into the alleged kidnapping of a woman and her three-year-old daughter by two Venezuelans from their Ruimzeigt, West Coast Demerara home on Saturday morning.

After a months-long hiatus, the members of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) were yesterday sworn in by President Bharrat Jagdeo and Justice of Appeal Ian Chang also took the oath as Acting Chief Justice.

An East Ruimveldt man has been detained by police in connection with the $4.3M Roy Sarjoo robbery.

Ansa McAL Trading Ltd announced recently that among the five winners in the final drawing of this year’s “Sqezy Choose, Wash and Win” promotion, Violet Wilson of Festival City, North Ruimveldt emerged a double winner.

Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur said the Caribbean Community is keenly aware of Cuba’s support of its development and looks forward to another year of cooperation as Caricom observed 35 years of diplomatic relations between the Region and Cuba on Saturday.

The PPP “has taken note” of the rum shop brawl and the firing of bullets in the air in which Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Kellawan Lall was involved more than three weeks ago.