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PNCR Leader Robert Corbin has agreed to meet President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday to resume consultations on the appointment of the Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body of a man at the Westbury foreshore on the Essequibo Coast.

Eleven days after an invasion into the Cuyuni River area by the Venezuelan military, that country is still to respond to Guyana’s concerns.

Based on a recent condition survey conducted by the Linden Mining Enterprise Limited Secretariat, a restriction of 28.8 tonnes gross vehicle weight is being imposed immediately for crossing of the Demerara River on the bridge from Linden to Wismar in Region Ten.

The investigation into the blowing up of four toilets at the JC Chandisingh Secondary School was completed and after intense interrogation at the Rose Hall Police Outpost during last week, ten students have been transferred to lower level schools.

The Organisation of American States (OAS) is funding an assessment of the training needs of port security officers at wharves in Guyana to ensure they are compliant with the regulations outlined in the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code.

A baby boy said to be several months old and who appeared to be malnourished was yesterday afternoon abandoned by his mother in the Emergency Room area of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The revenue licence must be displayed in a conspicuous position on motor vehicles on the road at all times, and the certificate of fitness must also be displayed on all vehicles, except private cars and motorcycles.

Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony yesterday handed out $500,000 cheques to two of the winners in the Carifesta X logo, theme and song competition.

A post mortem preformed on the body of Chandrawattie Lalla has shown that the woman died from haemorrhage of the brain due to blunt trauma to the head.

Over 1,000 cases of speeding have been made out for the first month of the Police Traffic Department’s zero tolerance campaign, dubbed Operation Safeway.

Bartica residents have been without power since yesterday afternoon following heavy rains, which flooded the Guyana Power and Light power station at First Avenue.

Relatives of a West Coast Demerara pensioner who was killed in a vehicular accident more than six weeks ago said they have been denied justice, given that no one has been charged.

Zermat Internacional, which opened its doors in Guyana just a few months ago, has announced that it will donate $4 million to charity and has invited stakeholders to an open day at its Middle Street, North Cummingsburg, location tomorrow.

Months after a trafficking in narcotics charge was dismissed against him, a 16-year-old boy is back in court for a similar offence.

The incident involving a government minister who allegedly assaulted a man at an East Coast drinking spot and later fired his gun outside on the road has been settled out of court and the minister has apologized through an intermediary, according to Joseph Doodnauth, the teenager at the centre of the case.

Six thousand machine-readable passports have been issued by the Immigration Department of the Guyana Police Force since they were introduced in August.

The body of a 32-year-old fisherman was yesterday morning discovered lying on the Wales, West Bank Demerara Public Road and it is suspected that he was the victim of a hit-and-run accident.

A six-year-old girl was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Saturday evening suffering from burns to the lower part of her body which she sustained from a pot of boiling water.

The half-yearly review on the performance of this year’s $100 billion National Budget will be presented to the National Assembly this Thursday, Secretary to the Cabinet Dr Roger Luncheon said on Friday.