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Former Guyana Defence Force soldier Mark Fraser was found guilty of manslaughter in the High Court yesterday over the killing of another soldier at an East Coast camp five years ago.

A Bagotstown man was shot dead and then robbed of cash shortly after eight o’clock last night by at least two bandits, while he was delivering cooking gas at Stevedore Housing Scheme in south Georgetown.

A chef who allegedly chopped another in his head with a hatchet during a confrontation in City Mall on Regent Street was on Wednesday charged with attempted murder.

Seventeen Latin American and Caribbean countries have pledged to improve basic water and sanitation services by placing these issues high on their political agendas.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon announced yesterday that consistent electricity supply would return in a day or two.

A gun-toting bandit yesterday snatched a bag containing the day’s sales from a Kissoon Furniture Store employee, as he was about to do a safety deposit at a city bank.

The defence and prosecution in the case involving a man accused of stuffing over 13 kilos of cocaine in corilla for shipping made closing arguments at the Providence Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, but the matter was later adjourned to allow the defence counsel to make further submissions.

A 35-year-old father of six of Friendship, Corentyne had to be rushed to the New Amsterdam on Tuesday afternoon after four persons in the area beat him about his head and body pieces of wood and a steel rod in apparent revenge over a previous matter involving the police.

For a second year HIV testing will be done countrywide today and efforts have been scaled up to reach the target of 2,500 persons before sites close at 5 pm.

A new four-year Collective Labour Agreement (CLA)was signed Wednesday by the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) and the Management of Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc at Watooka House in Linden.

A group of senior tourism students from the University of Guyana (UG) recently handed over a number of items to Youth Challenge Guyana’s (YCG) Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) programme.

The Food for the Poor (FFTP) organization recently presented 50 combination chairs and other items to the Lachmansingh Primary School at Bush Lot, West Berbice, as part of its drive to assist in the education sector.

The delay in taking prisoners to the Blairmont Court on time on Wednesday has led to the preliminary inquiry of murder, trafficking in narcotics and other cases being postponed.

The Guyana HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project on Wednesday launched the new HIV/AIDS subprojects civil society programme, inking 20 pacts for subprojects to be implemented countrywide.

Regional banks risk losing customer base if they do not adopt innovative services, like mobile phone banking and investment advice, in the changing customer demographic bankers heard at the CAIB Conference on Wednesday.

The continuation of the trial into the 2004 US$2M insurance scam was on Wednesday adjourned after two lawyers announced that they have applied to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to represent the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, on which the scam was allegedly committed.

A simulated aircraft crash emergency exercise was conducted at the Timehri airport on Wednesday to ensure that its operations and capabilities remain in accordance with the standards and requirements of an international aviation establishment.

One of the judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has been explaining to law students of the Nova South Eastern University in Florida, Caribbean lawyers and members of the St Vincent Association of South Florida, the structure of the CCJ and its role in the region.

Gavin Waaldijk, the 23-year-old Guyanese from Linden held in the US in August, allegedly with 35 kilos of cocaine, is considering a plea bargain, according to documents seen by this newspaper.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on Wednesday met Mahaicony and Mahaica farmers to inform them about the drainage works planned to mitigate flooding during the imminent rainy season.