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President Bharrat Jagdeo encouraged youths at the launching of Tourism Awareness Month yesterday to set a target of contacting one million persons through social networking sites like hi5 and Facebook and spread positive news about Guyana.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security says 2008 old age pension books are available for a number of areas.

The man discovered dead on the Georgetown seawall on Wednesday afternoon has been identified as 55-year-old Mohamed Haroon Alli of North Grove, East Bank Demerara.

A Jamaican man who allegedly had over seven kilos of cocaine in his possession while he was an outgoing passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

Kevin Anthony, who was accused of killing another man at the Main Big Lime celebrations two years ago, was freed in the High Court yesterday after a jury found him not guilty of murder.

The handwriting of a junior supervisor attached to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri allegedly linked him to the 38 kilos of ganja, grenades and firearms bust at the airport.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) says Fazeel Ferouz was unanimously returned as president when the Central Executive Council (CEC) recently held elections.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday averted a garbage disaster in the city when he agreed to allocate $184M to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to pay striking workers and garbage contractors who had withdrawn their services.

A 32-year-old man went berserk yesterday and severed the head of another man around 12:15 pm at Seafield Village, West Coast Berbice after firing several other chops wildly.

The joint parliamentary opposition parties believe that the production of new national identification cards was part of the agreement they signed in June and are in agreement with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) that new ones must be produced during the upcoming house-to-house registration exercise.

One day after killing two gunmen and capturing another wanted for a number of murders, members of the security forces yesterday returned to the East Coast communities of Buxton and Friendship, arresting at least two other men while conducting searches.

Justice of Appeal Claudette Singh resigned from her judicial post at the Court of Appeal and as a High Court judge effective from yesterday after months of speculation surrounding her departure.

Police have been contacted by a man in Tobago who feels that the two bound and decomposed bodies which were found on Thursday and Saturday in Corentyne, Berbice, are those of his brothers who went missing since last July following a trip to Grenada to purchase a boat.

Tension between the University of Guyana’s Academic Board and the Council over recent occurrences at the campus resulted in the annual graduation exercise being postponed indefinitely yesterday.

Producer Ron Robinson picketed the National Cultural Centre on Tuesday over the decision to reschedule Link Show 25, which he said still hangs in limbo.

The lumber industry could be totally shut down come January 1 when new regulations are implemented since many wood operators are simply not ready for the major changes.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) says it has submitted a paper on eradicating sexual violence to the human services ministry and it is pleased to be included in the consultations on this critical issue.

Barama Company Limited recently donated foodstuff and clothing for the four infants affected in the Laing Avenue fire to the Guyana Relief Council.

On the eve of the first anniversary of Digicel’s entry into the Guyana cellular service market, Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s local operations, Mark Linehan has disclosed that more than US$60M has been spent so far in the establishment of its cellular network across the country.

Children enrolled at the Ruimveldt Children’s Aid Centre can now look forward to meals thanks to a donation from Sol Guyana.