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Police raided a home at Crane Squatting Area and arrested three men and a woman after two unlicensed firearms and ammunition were found.

President Bharrat Jagdeo and Leader of the Opposition Robert Corbin resumed consultations on the appointments of a Chancellor of the Judiciary and members of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in an attempt to bring to an end what is being termed a pending legal crisis in the judiciary.

A relationship that soured several months ago turned ugly yesterday when a Charlestown man doused his former reputed wife with acid.

Chief Justice Carl Singh says the non-support of Opposition Leader Robert Corbin for his nomination as chancellor has weakened his position and he considers accusations made by the PNCR leader of him being pro-government as unjust and factually incorrect.

Last Thursday Republic Bank (Guyana)Limited donated $2 million towards the restoration of the Theatre Guild Playhouse in Kingston.

The Guyana and Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is finding it difficult to come up with evidence to prove that the 4000 carats of diamonds worth over $131.665, 793 that were seized from a Belgian firm three weeks ago were smuggled into the country, a source at the agency has said but the Commissioner (ag), Williams Woolford is insisting there is evidence and they will prosecute.

An unofficial sick-out in two key departments at the Guyana Chronicle resulted in publication being delayed on Friday but management said the newspaper experienced technical problems.

Thieves on Friday night broke into the St Simon’s Anglican Church located at De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara and made off with a number of items but not before they desecrated the place of worship, leaving nasty surprises for the caretakers yesterday.

New German Ambassador Ernst Martens presented his credentials to President Bharrat Jagdeo recently.

St Stanislaus College is celebrating one hundred years at its current Brickdam location this week and the Board of Governors of the school has planned a series of events to commemorate the anniversary.

More than two months after the deadline, the Ministry of Finance is still to send the half yearly report on the performance of the National Budget to the National Assembly as mandated by the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act of 2003.

An overseas-based Guyanese woman, who fractured her pelvis and leg last December after she jumped through a window in a bid to escape bandits, is slowly moving on with her life.

Acting Commissioner of Police Henry Greene says two persons have been charged with forgery of documents as investigations into the disappearance of a small aircraft from the Anna Regina runway more than three weeks ago continue.

The three decomposed bodies found in Berbice were positively identified yesterday by relatives as those of fishermen missing from Annandale North since last month.

Scores of stallholders and vendors of the Stabroek Market Bazaar were yesterday morning barred from entering the area following a fire there on Thursday night which destroyed four stalls and damaged two others and the Guyana Fire Service is working on the theory that the fire may have been caused by illegal electrical connections.

A management board to look after the affairs of the Guyana National Stadium at Providence is expected to be announced in another two weeks and income-generating activities at the stadium, which officially opened one year ago, have picked up over the past two months netting some $2.4 million.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is making the necessary regulatory preparations for CGX Energy Inc, Repsol YPF and Exxon to carry out their exploratory work in the maritime area awarded to Guyana by the Arbitral Tribunal set up under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in September.

Diwali for one Cummings Lodge family will not be like previous years after the head of their household lost his life following a motorcycle accident in the wee hours of yesterday morning.

Five months after a city businessman released a tape recording where Senior Superintendent of Police Steve Merai was heard demanding money from him over a drug deal, acting Police Commissioner Henry Greene on Thursday announced that an investigation by the force had been conducted and that the file had been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Chambers for advice.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has signalled that the police will be moving to clamp down on those guilty of driving heavily tinted vehicles.