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Over the next few weeks, Guyana can expect heavy rainfall in almost every area, the Timehri Meteorological Office has said.

AFC Leader Raphael Trotman has submitted to Parliament Office a motion calling on Member of Parliament and Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Kellawan Lall for an explanation surrounding his conduct in a rum shop brawl and shooting incident on November 18, 2007.

Guyana and Venezuela have agreed to establish a joint working group early in January 2008 to recommend measures and mechanisms to prevent incidents such as the November 15, 2007 incursion into Guyana’s territory by a Venezuelan military contingent.

Two gunmen posing as customers walked into Sandy’s Funeral Home on Chapel Street, Lodge yesterday and robbed an employee of $300,000 cash before escaping on waiting motorcycles.

There is a relatively large number of women at the various levels of government, but their influence on decision-making is still limited, according to the findings of working groups of the Women’s Progressive Organ-isation (WPO) at their recently concluded congress.

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The US Ambassador to Guyana has lauded the local battle against HIV and a call was sounded for leaders from all sectors to join the fight against the virus as the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) launched the ‘Take the Lead’ World AIDS Campaign locally.

The Ministry of Public Works and Communication will be carrying out remedial works to strengthen embankments at the Ruimveldt and Princes Street outfall channels to shore up that section of the city’s drainage system.

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) yesterday expressed its concern over advertisements in the print media in which both the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Ltd (GT&T) and Digicel were said to have placed matters before the commission in the public domain.

Amid the disappearance of another AK-47 rifle from the Guyana Defence Force armoury, Commander-in-Chief President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday said he would be monitoring the performance of the army and expects results.

A Kitty resident was yesterday the victim of a drive-by shooting and is currently a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says Guyana’s rainforest offer to combat climate change is a call for a viable market-based mechanism to reward and compensate countries that have taken deliberate policy measures to ensure the sustainable use of their forest resources.

The Local Authorities (Elections) (Amendment) bill was unanimously approved by the National Assembly yesterday paving the way for municipal and local government elections to be held by December 1, 2008.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says it has restored power to several sections of the country affected by Thursday night’s rain and lightning storm.

The walls of a home on Eleventh Street, Diamond Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara collapsed yesterday sending its occupants running for safety.

A man accused of attempting to kill another man after they had a misunderstanding was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Tragedy struck in the Mazaruni River on Wednes-day night when two speed boats collided not far from the riverain community of Bartica resulting in the death of a city businessman.

An East Coast man appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with committing several armed robberies on fishermen in the Corentyne River.

Justice Jainarayan Singh Jr yesterday granted bail in the sum of $100,000 each to Barry Datram and Michael Baharally, the two men held after a drug-linked kidnapping of a woman and her daughter last Saturday, but up to press time, they were still in custody at the Brickdam Police Station.

A 22-year-old Old England, Upper Demerara man died yesterday during a shoot-out with police, who were following up on investigations into a series of carjackings.