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A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier who allegedly hit another rank who was playing music over the head with a piece of iron was yesterday remanded to prison on a murder charge by Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Hitting back at Barama’s announcement that workers would have to be laid off as a result of heavy fines by the forestry commission, the government yesterday said it would not be blackmailed and it added that interim arrangements can be made to ensure the company’s plywood factory is supplied with raw material.

Queen’s College student, Wainella Isaacs who gained fourteen subjects at this year’s sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams has been named the most outstanding student overall and she will receive her award during the Annual Meeting of Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) slated for December 6 in St Lucia.

Guyanese management consultant Dr Aubrey Armstrong says trade unions have to be creative in the fight to sustain themselves and he slammed the government over the withdrawal of the subvention of the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) noting that CLC had given many a second chance when the formal system failed them.

Government has allocated $40M for the construction of a two-storey block at the Camp Street Prison to mitigate overcrowding.

The Critchlow Labour College (CLC) might be forced to close its doors since the Government has once again withdrawn its monthly subvention without any reason, GTUC President Andrew Garnett warned last evening.

A former supervisor of Boodhoo’s General Store at Parika who was previously charged with stealing over half a million dollars from her employer denied 52 additional charges amounting to over $3.5M when she appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington has underscored the need to strengthen the relationship between the CARICOM Secretariat and the various community institutions while addressing yesterday’s first ever assembly of regional institutions in the 34-year life of the Caribbean Community.

St Stanislaus College teacher Angelique Mohamed succumbed to the injuries she suffered during an accident on Sunday night.

Attorney-at-law Savitri Sonia Parag was recently admitted to the local Bar after Senior Counsel Rex McKay presented her petition to the high court.

The growing incidence of teenage pregnancy in hinterland communities and the settling of rape cases by compensation were among the issues raised when Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Priya Manickchand, met with toshaos on Wednesday.

One week has passed since 22-year-old Buxtonian Ishmael Archer disappeared, allegedly snatched from his village by four heavily armed men who forced him into a car, but relatives strongly believe that he is alive based on information relayed to them from an unknown caller.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on Saturday commissioned an all-weather road at Airy Hall, Essequibo Coast.

A man who admitted trying to throw over 500 grammes of ganja into the prison compound was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

A City Constabulary Lance Corporal who allegedly sold a motorcycle which he confiscated from a man who had stolen it from a Ministry of Home Affairs employee was yesterday placed on $80,000 bail by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

A woman and a 15-year-old girl who were allegedly apprehended after uttering two forged US visas to a police constable at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri were yesterday placed on $340,000 bail by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

In the backdrop of an alarming rise in road fatalities and a public outcry for action, Acting Commissioner of Police Henry Greene yesterday unveiled several new plans including a ticketing system from November 1 with fines between $5,000 to 7,000 and the naming of those whose licences have been suspended The 177 deaths on the roadways for this year represent a 52% increase in road fatalities.

Nine gunmen operating from a canter truck yesterday afternoon ambushed and robbed cambio dealer Roy Sarjoo of close to $4.3M before beating him during a 15-minute spree on the busy Third Avenue and Church Road, Subryanville as children from nearby Mae’s School left for home.

Barama Company Limited yesterday dubbed the $96.4M in fines imposed by the forestry commission as “severe, unclear and

Veteran Guyanese/Caribbean journalist Rickey Singh in an open letter with a “specific appeal” to President Bharrat Jagdeo is urging him to urgently review the decision that led to the mass withdrawal of public sector advertisements from the Stabroek News and for a fair redistribution of the ads.