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TUC General Secretary Lincoln Lewis says the labour movement has to be more militant, vocal and aggressive on issues affecting it and he argued that there were increasing signs of an elected dictatorship, a charge that the ruling party yesterday slapped down.

For the first time in the history of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), a woman has been elected as president of the umbrella body.

Former President, Mrs. Janet Jagan, has re-stated her call for an end to the withdrawal of government advertising from Stabroek News.

Flour prices remain high even as the National Milling Com-pany of Guyana (Namilco) alleges that the Trinidad and Tobago National Flour Mill (NFM) is dumping flour on the local market and is contributing to heavy losses and scaled-down production.

The US State Department has taken steps towards a special resettlement programme for deportees from the US that will afford them job training and placement at a cost of millions of dollars.

Omai Gold Mines Limited is not yet done with gold in Guyana and hopes that in a year’s time it is ready to move forward with a new mine, having closed its 12- year operations in the Essequibo River in the latter part of 2005.

Mayor Hamilton Green has again placed the blame for the cash-strapped situation that the city is facing solely at the feet of the Central Govern-ment, stressing that the council is being prevented from broadening its revenue base.

Barbados says it is interested in Guyana’s insemination programme for Black Belly Sheep and in acquiring land here for farming under the Guyana/Barbados Joint Commission, which met recently in Georgetown.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) says it is concerned about large amounts of sludge discharged into the Irving and Church streets canals due to operations by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

A variety of Guyana’s agricultural produce will be on show at the IFE 10th Americas Food and Beverage Show which will be held in Miami from October 29-31.

The Minister of Home Affairs, in continuing his efforts to have foreign nationals residing in Guyana regularise their immigration documents, is to hold discussions with the Brazilian embassy.

At least three persons are expected to be arraigned in court later this week in connection with an aircraft which went missing some two weeks ago from an airstrip in Anna Regina on the Essequibo coast.

The National Climate Change Committee will be sending a preparatory committee to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) to present Guyana’s concerns about the issue and to encourage stronger global action and support in addressing them.

Educare Guyana has developed three distinct aspects to address child labour issues, including raising the awareness of matters surrounding child labour by informing all stakeholders of the country’s laws on the topic, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

Guyana is currently enjoying an ample supply of stone compared to a year ago, and producers have guaranteed that this will continue and assured that the industry is not exporting stone at present.

Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys yesterday fined an overseas-based Guyanese man who admitted to driving under the influence and on the wrong side of the road, $45,000 and revoked his driver’s permit.

Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys yesterday denied an application by beauty queen Carolan Lynch’s attorneys to have her matter discharged after the prosecutor failed to attend court at the required time.

Twenty-three-year-old Delroy Forde of Laing Avenue was shot dead around noon yesterday after he robbed a couple at the corner of Robb Street and Orange Walk, Bourda.

In a dramatic turn of events police at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport yesterday morning intercepted two suitcases with firearms, ammunition, two fragmentation grenades, two detonators and 38 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana.

Toshaos at the conclusion of the National Toshaos Conference yesterday supported a resolution that urged the international community to create a framework to ensure that forest conservation efforts are adequately rewarded.