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Police last night captured 19-year-old Linden Roberts called ‘Travis’, who had been on the run since the killing his 14-year-old lover back in March at Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara.

Armed bandits last evening shot a Campbellville teen and robbed him of a quantity of cash and jewellery during a ten-minute robbery spree on a Sheriff Street business place last night.

Magistrate Fazil Azeez on Tuesday dismissed a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking against a 37-year-old man after his counsel made successful no-case submissions.

The new target date for the beginning of the house-to-house registration exercise is January 7, 2008 and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has assured the opposition political parties that it has not rescinded its decision to produce new ID cards for all persons captured during the exercise.

More than a month after the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) seized 4,685 carats of rough diamonds worth US$644,000 ($131,665,793) from a Belgian firm, Paul Eastman, the middleman between the company and GGMC was on Tuesday charged with false declaration.

After being on the run for the past five years wanted man Roger Bunbury was yesterday captured by police ranks.

Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon in his pre-Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) message said taking a “stand” on climate change and working for “unending” democracy will headline CHOGM discussions in Uganda on Friday.

Government has appealed Justice William Ramlal’s ruling that no one person can hold the office of Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice at the same time, and that the simultaneously holding of both positions for an extended period is unconstitutional.

Venezuela’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nicolas Maduro has promised to send “information” to his Guyanese counterpart on the invasion of Guyana’s territory by the Venezuelan military last week.

Even as police are on a zero-tolerance traffic campaign in response to a recent upsurge in vehicular deaths, motorists continue to use the roadways carelessly resulting in accidents almost on a daily basis.

Each customer who buys a handset or Sim pack with credit will get a gift, Digicel said on Tuesday when it revealed details of its Christmas promotion.

The manner in which remand prisoners are being transported to courts on the West Demerara is a cause of concern for some observers, who said that it was unsafe.

The Venezuelan embassy as part of the relocation and transformation of its administrative building has opened a Commercial Section to assume the mission of articulating, coordinating and developing commercial and economic relations.

Security around Suriname prisons was tightened last week following the discovery of alleged plans for a coordinated prison break and a string of other events to create chaos and destabilise the government, according to a Caribbean Net News report.

More investments are needed to ensure the health and well-being of young people and there is a need for a new paradigm in the education system that will prepare youths to face life, Minster of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy says.

The committee set up to oversee fundraising for the rebuilding of Sacred Heart Church is now establishing the construction costs before beginning the activities.

The security division of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Tuesday received $2M worth of equipment, which will complement the existing resources and boost operations at the airport.

Members of the Upper Corentyne Environmental Committee (UCEC) are fearful that the expansion of the fishing industry, which involves building an ice factory and more fishing boats, will result in environmental degradation in the area.

The Venezuelan Embassy announced yesterday that it had facilitated “a shipment of 16,000 barrels of gasoline and diesel fuel”, which arrived in the country yesterday following an emergency request from the Government of Guyana.

The Guyana government is expecting a response, either today or tomorrow, from the Venezuelan authorities, on last week’s invasion of Guyana’s territory by the Venezuelan military and the subsequent destruction of two dredges.