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A new Cabinet sub-committee has been set up to look at the enhancement of the Guyana Fire Service.

City Mayor Hamilton Green believes that vendors outside the Stabroek Market are victims of the absence of proper planning on the part of Central Government and the municipality, and insists that he will not be part of a ‘band-aid operation’.

A recent study has found that 69% of victims of sexual violence are 16 years old or below and that Amerindian girls between the ages of 12 and 16 years living in Region One are the most vulnerable group of females in Guyana.

The body of a 66-year-old man was discovered in his yard at Ulverston, Corentyne, Berbice on Tuesday afternoon by some children playing in the area.

The relatives of a 47-year-old cattle farmer who was struck down by a car and later died at the hospital are calling for justice to be done.

Airline operators yesterday met with Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee and representatives of the law enforcement agencies to work out strategies to stamp out drugs and arms trafficking via aircraft.

Gun-toting bandits yesterday held up a gas station at LBI, East Coast Demerara.

The Caribbean Develop-ment Bank (CDB) has earmarked US$14M for future projects in Guyana.

A quick-fire innings of 69 from Imran Latif and a five-wicket haul from Trinson Carmichael, propelled Berbice to a 69-run victory over Essequibo in the Castrol inter-county under-15, two-day cricket competition which ended yesterday at the Police Sports Complex ground.

Affiliates of the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA) last Saturday elected a new executive to serve for the new term, but the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) has not yet accorded its recognition to the newly-elected executives.

Is the Government of Guyana a courageous but luckless crusader against narco-trafficking or has it been afflicted by chronic narcosis while cunning criminals contravene the law with impunity because they invest millions of dollars in the economy?

A man who allegedly had cannabis in his home was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The mini-bus driver charged with hitting down and dumping the body of an elderly man last year appeared yesterday on another charge stemming from the same incident and was granted an additional $20,000 bail.

Two men accused of having carnal knowledge of a teenaged girl and a woman at their home were yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 29-year-old fisherman who allegedly tried to murder his cousin was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A taxi driver accused of robbing a woman at knifepoint of her gold jewellery was yesterday granted $40,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dr Luncheon scratched his head. What was going on? His 40-year experiment to create the ultimate political machine was going seriously awry.

Dear Editor, Today I have read in your newspaper of the unfortunate child who was first knocked unconscious by a speeding motor cycle then crushed by a car and ultimately decapitated by a speeding minibus.

The Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) will be staging a Bartica 2007 International Race Walk on March 18 from 6:30am to mark the beginning of their series of international race walk events this year.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony is expected to declare open the 6th Annual Linwest Games slated for the Mackenzie Sports Club ground on March 18, beginning at 10am.