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A white paper on sexual offences legislation is currently being drafted and should be presented to the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security by the end of next month.

The Rotaract Club of Georgetown is celebrating world Rotaract Week with an entrepreneurial project, an international fair and a roster of other activities.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is calling on the authorities to maintain their efforts and to enforce the penalties for littering as the Cricket World Cup is imminent.

The Region Three Regional Administration Office says the head teacher’s quarters at Clemwood, Upper Demerara River will soon be reconstructed.

President’s College (PC) defeated St Stanislaus College in the first debate of the Ethnic Relations Commission Inter-Second-ary Schools Debating Com-petition.

Over one third of the nine-mile De Hoop Branch Road at Mahaica has been finished with the project set to be completed by April, the Government Information Agency (GINA) says.

The Ministry of Public Works and Communication is now better equipped to conduct soil testing with the acquisition of a modern Cone Penetrometer Testing (CPT) machine.

A mother is now in police custody after her 18-month-old baby who was reportedly left alone at home with his 14-year-old aunt fell to his death from stairs at the family’s Section ‘A’ Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara home late yesterday.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is appealing to the public to “demonstrate good sense at Easter time” and to refrain from flying kites near its power distribution networks and high voltage lines.

The Linden woman who is in urgent need of surgery as she is suffering from a rare disease, Cushing’s syndrome, is yet to raise the US$12,000 needed for the surgery in Trinidad.

Retailers of official Cricket World Cup (CWC) items are reporting moderate sales but remain confident that business will increase as tourists begin arriving for the Super Eight matches here.

Fourteen-year-old Rosetta Garnett who was hit by a speeding route 42 minibus at the weekend has undergone emergency surgery and is still in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to get involved in the enhancement of the country as that role falls within the ambit of the agency.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday launched a promotion which will see float valves being installed in 500 customers’ water tanks.

A man who reportedly attempted to rob a businessman of his day’s sales last evening was instead met with opposition and is now nursing a stab wound to his back at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A sum of roughly $12M from the Guyana Lotteries Company was deposited in the Consolidated Fund in December.

The installation of poles for the modern traffic lights at critical junctions around the city is expected to begin today, the Government Information Agency (GINA) yesterday quoted Ministry of Public Works Traffic Safety Engineer Kadri Paris as saying.

A new medical training centre is being mulled for the former New Amsterdam Hospital, which has been vacant for the last two years.

Rawle Greene recorded his fastest hand-timed sprint in Guyana in a dominant performance in the men’s 100m event at the Enmore ground on Sunday when the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) staged the combined national junior and senior championships.

Guyana’s senior opening batsman Royston Crandon was showered with prizes on Sunday after he was named Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) Cri-cketer-of-the-Year at the club’s 17th annual awards ceremony.