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Figures for the last six months (April to September) show that rainfall in Georgetown was 33% above average but Mabaruma in the north west saw 68.5% less rain than normal though this normal figure is based on data from 1951 to 1980.

With house lot allocation over 70,000 since 1992, the Ministry of Housing is urging allottees to start building on their lots or to visit the ministry to address issues that may be challenging their efforts.

Three men remain in police custody following the chopping and beating of a Better Hope, East Coast Demerara man, who doctors have since said will likely not survive.

Director General of Iwokrama Dr David Singh says that the new World Bank initiative to help countries protect forests is relevant to Guyana since it will support not only avoided deforestation, but also avoided degradation.

TravelSpan said a selected group of flight attendant trainees are being trained in Trinidad and in Miami with Ryan International Airlines.

Guyana and Barbados are expected to arrange a number of exchanges as they strive to strengthen development in areas such as agriculture, tourism and other areas of mutual interest.

Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys on Friday remanded to prison a man accused of fatally stabbing another over a borrowed knife.

As Guyanese mules continue to be held abroad and a family was recently granted asylum in Canada because of threats from a drug lord, the government’s much-vaunted drug master plan which promised witness protection and other innovations has barely inched out of the starting blocks.

Thirteen-year-old Stephen Phillips still has a rough road ahead of him in his quest to learn to walk again but he is not letting this prevent him from getting back into the classroom.

The West Ruimveldt area between Sunflower and Cactus streets remained without electricity yesterday for a third day running, and nearly 500 households are affected, including legitimate customers.

Figures provided by the police traffic department show that road fatalities are up by a whopping 44% this year compared to last year.

Almost five months after the alleged drug deal conversation between Senior Police Superintendent Steve Merai and a city businessman surfaced the police remain tightlipped about the investigation.

The Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is still to receive a response from the Guyana government on its reasons for the withdrawal of state advertising from the Stabroek News more than four months after first making a written request.

Almost one week after a blue and white Piper Seneca aircraft disappeared from an airstrip in Anna Regina investigators say they are still working on all possible leads to locate it.

The Ministry of Agriculture is collaborating with Region Seven farmers to promote sustainable farming as it continues to work with and in hinterland communities to reduce obstacles to agricultural development.

A Better Hope man who was chopped several times and then hit with pool balls and a brick on Wednesday at a rum shop in Montrose, East Coast Demerara is clinging to life at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce is yet to announce what steps will be taken regarding the waiver on the Common External Tariff (CET) for extra-regional cement imports, which comes to an end this month.

Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard Petty Officer and final year Electrical Engineering student Jason Benjamin was yesterday elected President of the University of Guyana Students Society (UGSS).

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says it has no legal responsibility to participate in the appointment of scrutineers by the opposition Parliamentary political parties.

Members of the Government Pensioners’ Association of Guyana (GPAG) last week voiced concerns about issues affecting them at a programme held to mark their 58th anniversary celebration.