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The government and its creditors have reached an “amicable settlement” on the bauxite bonds issue, President Bharrat Jagdeo announced on Thursday.

Head teachers believe that far too many children are pressured into extra lessons at an early age causing “burn-out” and influencing the high incidence of school dropouts; they want the Education Ministry to take policy action in this respect.

A Werk-en-Rust man appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday charged with stealing 34 pounds of chicken from the Brickdam Police Station where he is employed as a handyman.

Guyana would be obtaining half of its petroleum needs or 5,200 barrels per day (bpd) from Venezuela at a concessionary rate under the Petrocaribe agreement from May 1, 2007, Prime Minister Sam Hinds says.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Kellawan Lall said the country’s municipalities on Thursday received computers to boost their services.

Stakeholders in the North Rupununi Wetlands project on Tuesday took the first step towards identifying hindrances and coming up with programmes to preserve and sustainably manage the rich ecosystem found there.

A New Amsterdam resident who was shot around 11:40 pm on Thursday has to undergo surgery to remove a bullet lodged in his jaw.

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The body of a Herstelling resident was found lying on the public road in the village early yesterday with bruises about the upper body.

Two men appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with stealing over $1.8M from CCS on Camp Street last weekend.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said the axing of GINA ads to Stabroek News was purely a business decision made by the agency and that the government would advertise in two of the country’s dailies – the state-owned Chronicle, the privately-owned newspaper, the Kaieteur News, and some newspapers that are published once a week.

Meats, toothpaste, local clothing, eggs and soap powder are among 40 more items that are to be VAT zero-rated, President Bharrat Jagdeo disclosed yesterday.

The body of a Parika farmer was discovered in his home on Wednesday afternoon bearing marks of violence.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that Friday, February 2 is Budget Day.

A Customs officer who allegedly took $110,000 from a US-bound passenger who wanted to smuggle a number of protected birds out of Guyana, appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on two charges.

There has been a notable increase in acute diarrhoeal disease and vomiting (gastroenteritis) in several areas along the coast and especially in the Canje, Berbice area which the Ministry of Health says it is concerned about.

The main opposition party, the PNCR, yesterday accused the PPP/C government of continuing with what it called “its communist manifestations” by its “vicious attack” on Stabroek News and subsequently withdrawing advertisements from the widely circulated newspaper.

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) on Wednesday expressed concern that the administration of President Bharrat Jagdeo has in its view “joined the list of governments that manipulate placement of advertising to punish critical or independent new media.”

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is recruiting social workers countrywide in order to boost its services.

Over 760 children will benefit from a $32.9 million grant, which is aimed at assisting children who fall victim to child labour and ensuring that they receive a sound education.