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The EPA says it will be enforcing littering penalties against defaulters through the Monitoring and Enforcement Unit it has established to execute its anti-littering programme.

Even with the power from the Skeldon Sugar Modernization Project (SSMP), Berbicians are still experiencing short blackouts as the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) does not have to capacity to accommodate the full supply.

In one of the most brazen attacks in recent history, gunmen last night blasted three policemen manning the western gate at the Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, hitting two in their legs and leaving the force scrambling to protect its base.

Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on Wednesday sentenced a 37-year-old East Ruimveldt resident to three years imprisonment after he admitted breaking into a recording studio nearly two years ago and stealing over $1M in cameras and other articles.

Two men were on Wednesday remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle after they were accused of breaking and entering Guyana Stores Limited and carting off nearly $2M in electronic items and sneakers.

A 40-year-old man was yesterday placed on bail when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of indecent assault.

An Albouystown man, who beat and stabbed an elderly shopkeeper while attempting to rob him and then tried to blame it on being drunk, was yesterday jailed for five years.

Customs officers yesterday unearthed $14M in counterfeit Guyana currency hidden among some items in a barrel which had been sitting at the John Fernandes Wharf for almost two years now.

Following a series of stories in this newspaper about the high rice price, the government yesterday announced that two outlets will be opened on Monday to sell the staple below the current price which has stung consumers.

Five pirates attacked the crews of 10 fishing boats on Tuesday off the Corentyne coast and robbed them of engines, fish and fish glue worth “millions of dollars” in the latest strike against the besieged industry.

In the aftermath of an explosive gun battle between gunmen in Buxton and soldiers on Wednesday night, Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Commodore Gary Best yesterday declared that the fight is not yet over with the criminals in that East Coast community.

The Region Three Administration on Friday commissioned a solar system at the Caria Caria Health Centre, Essequibo River.

A North West District man was early yesterday morning fatally stabbed during a fight with another man, police say.

The police are still to locate businessman, Barry Datram, whom the US wants extradited to face drug-related charges but his attorney, Vic Puran said yesterday that his client had not breached the court’s order mandating him to report to police.

Guyanese pilot and long serving Guyana Airways Corporation stalwart Guy Spence passed away in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday after a period of illness.

The PNCR is calling on the government to establish an “impartial and independent” commission to examine and investigate the allegations of torture against the Joint Services.

Namilco will be protesting today against the “dumping of flour” by a Trinidad company, to coincide with the COTED Ministerial Conference.

The students of Winfer Gardens Primary will now benefit from a school library which was officially opened by Minister in the Ministry of Education, Dr Desrey Fox on Wednesday.

The University of Warwick is bestowing an Honorary Doctorate on Yesu Persaud in recognition of his “most significant contribution to the development of business in Guyana.”

An upset US-based Guyanese has lambasted Travel Span after his flight to Guyana from New York was delayed for nearly 24 hours with no explanation or compensation from the airline.