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The police are investigating the circumstances under which a man was found with a gunshot wound in the chest last night at Agricola, East Bank Demerara.

Jamaica is to continue to import rice from Guyana and officials from the island nation have no intention of importing extra regional rice at the expense of CARICOM and Guyana supplies.

The capacity of the University of Guyana (UG) health sciences faculty has received a boost through sustained provision of assistance under the Canadian International Development Agency’s funded Public Health Strengthening in Guyana Project (PHSG).

The People’s Progressive Party in extending Eid Mubarak greetings observed that the month of fasting served as a reminder that “millions of our brothers and sisters are still suffering in the world.”

President of the Central Isla-mic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) Fazeel Ferouz said in an Eid-Ul-Fitr message that the holy month of Ramadan was a training ground to reawaken everyone physically, morally and spiritually.

Government intends to improve farming areas including the front lands of Black Bush Polder (BBP) and to redevelop agricultural activities by constructing a $250M drying floor, in the area.

The Guyana Islamic Forum in extending Eid Mubarak greetings observed that those who kept the fast were “given the chance to ride on the path of saintliness” and the period of fasting and the abstention from normally acceptable human behaviour could only help in developing godly characteristics in man.

The Inter-religious Organisa-tion of Guyana says that the month of Ramadan is a period of tremendous sacrifices to enhance the spirituality of the individual which in reality is for the betterment of all mankind.

The great faith of Islam has contributed much to Guyana’s religious diversity and is an integral part of our cultural landscape, the Alliance For Change (AFC) says.

A man who was placed on bail last Friday for allegedly shooting at another man was on Tuesday remanded for allegedly robbing a woman on the same day he is accused of committing the first offence.

A man who was sentenced ex parte three years ago to three years in prison for trafficking in narcotics and who allegedly had a gun and attempted to rob a couple last month was on Wednesday remanded to prison.

A man who allegedly pelted a stone at a Capitol News cameraman resulting in injuries to his forehead, over a news story which carried his photograph, was yesterday placed on $70,000 bail by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

The aftermath of the worst road accident for the year has left residents of Linden in a state of grief as relatives of the dead and injured struggle to come to grips with the reality of the horrible mishap.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has promised to assist 38 Laing Avenue residents who suffered heavy losses in Wednesday night’s devastating blaze to get back on their feet.

Guyana will host 294 delegates from 44 countries at the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting (CFMM) from Monday to Wednesday, with the special theme of climate change expected to dominate the three-day confab.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce is mulling whether or not the government should continue to waive the Common Exter-nal Tariff (CET) on extra-regional cement while TCL Guyana Inc (TGI) is strongly supporting its reinstatement but importers are calling for the waiver to continue.

Less than 24 hours after a fire ravaged a building with 12 apartments on Laing Avenue, residents were further unnerved when another home went up in flames yesterday afternoon.

Months of squabbling with the Region Three council and the government over where they should be selling led Parika roadside vendors to the city to picket Freedom House, the HQ of the PPP.

Police early yesterday morning arrested five men and a woman after they were found with an unlicensed M16 rifle, which was believed to have been used in a robbery on the Essequibo Coast, cash and other items.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and the PNCR yesterday expressed condolences to the relatives and friends of the ten persons who lost their lives in the horrific Amelia’s Ward, Linden accident on Wednesday evening and also to those who were injured.