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A logger, the lone survivor of a trio who allegedly staged an armed robbery at King Solomon’s Royale Cambio last Saturday, was yesterday remanded to prison.

The Ministry of Education has approved the suspension of classes at President’s College (PC) for two days following a protest by students yesterday over the unavailability of potable water as a result of a defective water pump.

CARIFORUM is working towards meeting the December 31, 2007 deadline for a new trade deal with Europe but there are still many obstacles to be ironed out at a meeting concluding in Jamaica today and sugar and rice will be key topics.

The Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GT&T) company is advising its customers that the 50% reduction on outbound international rates at weekends has ended.

Stabroek News Assistant Editor, Cheryl Springer, is one of twelve newspaper editors from around the world selected for fellowships by the International Center For Journalists (ICFJ).

New Caribbean Airlines Chief Executive Officer Philip Saunders says his focus at the helm is to consistently deliver excellent service from A-Z and declared that Guyana is important in their strategy.

Education Minister Shaik Baksh on Monday said that investigations into complaints by parents that they were told to take furniture for their children, at the Richard Ishmael Secondary School, are still ongoing.

The GuyExpo planning committee on Monday demolished a booth at the Sophia Exhibition site belonging to horticulturalist Boyo Ramsaroop and has since said that that action was taken because he had built it without permission.

Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira yesterday flatly refused to answer questions on who had put up controversial billboards on the maritime tribunal award.

A man in his late 60s collapsed on a pavement on Regent Street in the vicinity of Kuyum’s Jewellery World on Wednesday and was later pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The two suspects who were detained by police in relation to the deadly attack on an MMC vehicle at the Sheribana Bridge on Monday last have been released from police custody.

A Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) volunteer last week presented the National Commission on Disability (NCD) with a five-year strategic plan which focuses on advocacy and social inclusion and coordinating and capacity building.

The agriculture ministry’s Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board on Wednesday launched a user friendly guide for farmers and persons who utilize pesticides.

Fire last evening damaged a two-storey South Ruimveldt home after the generator reportedly overheated, leaving four persons homeless.

An assessment of efforts to develop the livestock sector with imported breeding stock is currently being done through the Ministry of Agriculture and the British High Commission to determine the possibility of bringing in Texel sheep.

Security will be heightened at the Georgetown Fisheries Wharf in response to increased reports of robberies in the area.

Teachers would not be released to take part in the national house-to-house registration exercise but they may be involved after school hours, acting Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Gail Teixeira says.

The Cheddi Jagan Research Centre says it has awarded a Berbice teen a scholarship tenable at the University of Guyana.

Students in Kurupung, Cuyuni/Mazaruni district, Region Seven, will soon benefit from government’s school feeding programme which has been successfully piloted in several hinterland regions, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.The

A 22-year-old man of Agricola who allegedly sodomised a ten-year-old girl was yesterday remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.