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Guyana and Suriname were named as the countries in South America from where mules moved drugs through a large-scale drug empire in Italy, dismantled by the Rome Flying Squad, according to AGI News online.

No lawful effort should be spared in bringing those responsible for the Lusignan massacre and the attack on the police headquarters to justice with all possible haste to send a message that these acts would not be tolerated, the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) said.

Following the massacre of 11 persons at Lusignan last Saturday the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is calling on all political parties and stakeholders to come together and objectively examine the root causes of “this terror, since it does not go away with the killing and arrest of some bandits.”

Trading on the Guyana Asso-ciation of Securities Com-panies and Intermediaries (GASCI), Guyana’s stock exchange, has been temporarily suspended as of yesterday, according to an advertisement in the press on Saturday.

The body of an 80-year-old man was on Sunday night pulled out of an Avenue of the Republic trench.

The Association of Regional Chambers of Commerce (ARCC) “condemns the mass execution” at Lusignan adding that in the light of the most recent allegations of a poor response from the Guyana Police Force government must overhaul the emergency response apparatus.

The Region Four Administration, the Commission on the Rights of the Child and the Help and Shelter yesterday strongly condemned the killings at Lusignan, especially the wanton murder of five children.

The best tribute that can be paid to the 11 victims of the massacre in Lusignan is the review and implementation of improved security arrangements, both at the community and national levels, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has said.

The Guyana Islamic Trust (GIT) joins all peace-loving citizens in condemning the senseless killing of 11 persons at Lusignan on Saturday last.

Detective Sergeant Mitchell Baron on Thursday testified that Michelle Davis’s suspicious behaviour was evidence to link her to the arms and ammunition allegedly found in the home where she resided.

A Sophia man was on Friday fined $50,000 with an alternative of 12 months imprisonment for falsely signing a document that said he never owned a passport.

A 15-year-old boy was remanded, pending a probation report, after he pleaded guilty to breaking and entering but not guilty to simple larceny.

Lusignan residents took to the streets again yesterday blocking the East Coast Demerara public road in protest at Saturday’s massacre and in a sign of the tension on the coast some Coldingen residents packed their bags and fled their homes after reports of strange men in the area.

Rajkumar Harrilall left his family in Guyana one month ago seeking ‘betterment’ in Trinidad but returned to an empty house on Saturday afternoon and the news that his wife and children had been gunned down.

One day after gunmen slew eleven residents at Lusignan, President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday held meetings in several East Coast communities but he offered no new solutions and villagers remained skeptical.

The Joint Services last night declared that they did not have in their possession Tenisha Morgan, the 18-year-old Buxtonian who went missing two Fridays ago.

Despite the manpower and time spent pursuing a trawler, suspected to be carrying illegal fuel, down the Demerara River two years ago, which resulted in 11 persons including businessman Lennox John and his wife being charged, the charges were all eventually dismissed in the magistrate’s court.

The US government in the case involving alleged narcotics trafficker, Guyanese Raffel Douglas, has admitted that an affidavit filed setting out the evidence supporting the charges against Douglas in a Trinidadian court contained several errors.

Residents of Cummings Lodge will have new roads and proper drainage by yearend and while expressing happiness they stressed that these facilities are long overdue.

From this morning the Ministry of Agriculture will be making rice available for as low as $325 per gallon, significantly cheaper than the $600 consumers have been forced to pay from the beginning of this year.