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Relatives of the missing Annandale fishermen said they are awaiting word from the Home Affairs Ministry on the exhumation of what could be the remains of their loved ones.

Retailers and wholesalers found selling improperly labelled food items especially wheaten flour and powered milk or repackaging them under unsanitary conditions, will be prosecuted and their products seized.

Vendors in the lane where a fire, believed to be of electrical origin destroyed four stalls and damaged two others, were yesterday back at work, but were tightlipped on their losses insisting that it made no sense if they lamented such.

Guyana Defence Force Brigadier (ret) David A Granger believes that narcotics and fuel smuggling are corrupting Guyana on a large scale and he is calling on the security forces to spend time suppressing these rather than pursuing street criminals who are mere products of the more lucrative illegal trades.

Lightning killed a 14-year-old boy yesterday at the Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara (WCD) seaside.

The recent murder of nine-year-old Sade Stoby has highlighted the need for DNA testing in the investigation of sexual and other crimes.

Speeding claimed yet another life on one of the country’s roadways, this time that of a 40-year-old man of Nurney Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

Guyana joined with countries around the world in remembering the men and women who served in the two World Wars as Remembrance Day was observed yesterday.

Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Cecil Kennard last week Thursday handed over the report into the killing of Buxtonian Donna Herod to Director of Public Prosecu-tion and recommended that a coroner’s inquest be speedily held into the matter.

Police raided a home at Crane Squatting Area and arrested three men and a woman after two unlicensed firearms and ammunition were found.

President Bharrat Jagdeo and Leader of the Opposition Robert Corbin resumed consultations on the appointments of a Chancellor of the Judiciary and members of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in an attempt to bring to an end what is being termed a pending legal crisis in the judiciary.

A relationship that soured several months ago turned ugly yesterday when a Charlestown man doused his former reputed wife with acid.

Chief Justice Carl Singh says the non-support of Opposition Leader Robert Corbin for his nomination as chancellor has weakened his position and he considers accusations made by the PNCR leader of him being pro-government as unjust and factually incorrect.

Last Thursday Republic Bank (Guyana)Limited donated $2 million towards the restoration of the Theatre Guild Playhouse in Kingston.

The Guyana and Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is finding it difficult to come up with evidence to prove that the 4000 carats of diamonds worth over $131.665, 793 that were seized from a Belgian firm three weeks ago were smuggled into the country, a source at the agency has said but the Commissioner (ag), Williams Woolford is insisting there is evidence and they will prosecute.

An unofficial sick-out in two key departments at the Guyana Chronicle resulted in publication being delayed on Friday but management said the newspaper experienced technical problems.

Thieves on Friday night broke into the St Simon’s Anglican Church located at De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara and made off with a number of items but not before they desecrated the place of worship, leaving nasty surprises for the caretakers yesterday.

New German Ambassador Ernst Martens presented his credentials to President Bharrat Jagdeo recently.

St Stanislaus College is celebrating one hundred years at its current Brickdam location this week and the Board of Governors of the school has planned a series of events to commemorate the anniversary.

More than two months after the deadline, the Ministry of Finance is still to send the half yearly report on the performance of the National Budget to the National Assembly as mandated by the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act of 2003.