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President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday received Letters of Credence from Barbados High Commissioner to Guyana John Williams at the Office of the President.

The Region Eight Regional Democratic Council (RDC) was given a boost recently when Minister Kellawan Lall handed over a computer system and an all-terrain vehicle to the community.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) is calling for measures to be put in place to avoid major road fatalities like the recent one that claimed ten lives in Linden.

Unoccupied house lots overgrown with bush pose a security threat and those persons who have not built on the land may have their lots repossessed.

Toshaos and senior councillors from more than 100 Amerindian communities are expected to participate at a training session during the one-week National Toshaos Conference slated to begin tomorrow.

The businessman who was attacked by two pit bulls while he was jogging near Well Road, West Ruimveldt earlier this month has been discharged from hospital but he still cannot use his hands.

Parents have not been asked to buy beds for students to attend the Port Kaituma Secondary School in Region One (Barima/Waini), Regional Executive Officer Mary Williams said in response to a claim by two PNCR-1G Members of Parliament.

Fifty-eight youths last week completed a six-month Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training Programme which will equip them with the skills to seek employment, create their own businesses and pursue further studies in their desired fields.

The Dental Council has announced the names of the dentists legally registered to practise dentistry in Guyana.

A Guyanese-owned restaurant was among four Queens, New York eateries which were fined for falling afoul of new trans fat rules.

A New Amsterdam (NA) woman walked away with $80,000 in groceries during a one-minute shopping spree on Wednesday after she was selected a winner in the Inner Circle Scotiabank Credit Card promotion.

More than 100 persons benefited from eye care services when the Ministry of Health hosted an outreach clinic at Leguan last week.

Republic Bank this week as part of its programme `The Power to make a Difference’ made substantial donations to a number of organisations.

A 24-year-old man who allegedly had carnal knowledge of a teenaged girl was yesterday remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

A man accused of raping a woman was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

The pathologist who performed the post-mortem on the body of Swiss House Cambio boss Farouk Razac on Thursday testified about his findings at the preliminary inquiry (PI).

A 35-year-old fisherman was refused bail when he appeared before Magistrate Geeta Chandan at the Blairmont Court charged with break and enter and larceny.

A man who allegedly had three firearms and ganja in his possession at Mocha, East Bank Demerara was on Wednesday remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

Guyanese Marvin Harmon was remanded into custody on Wednesday in Barbados after he was charged with the murder of his wife Roseanna Yearwood on Monday.

A minibus driver who allegedly hit down a schoolboy who was crossing Croal Street on Wednesday was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys.