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A Guyanese woman who suffered a nightmarish accident on her way to her naturalisation ceremony, which left her in a coma for three days, finally became a US citizen last Wednesday, thanks to a judge who makes hospital calls, a New York Daily Post report said yesterday.

A 49-year-old father of four was yesterday refused bail by Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of forgery.

A 32-year-old man, who allegedly stole money and jewellery from his girlfriend and squandered it with another woman, was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of simple larceny.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday remanded a 22-year-old minibus conductor to prison after he appeared before her in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with two gunpoint robberies.

A drunk, who stole food items worth $8,000 from a friend’s home, was yesterday fined $20,000 with the alternative of 12 months in prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday placed two men on $50,000 bail each for allegedly stealing a woman’s cell phone.

A shoot-out last night between patrolling ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and gunmen in the East Coast village of Buxton left one soldier dead and two persons wounded.

Police say they have upped security arrangements following threats from a man purporting to be the country’s number 1 fugitive, Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins over the disappearance of a pregnant teenager of Buxton, East Coast Demerara.

The Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for businessman, Barry Datram, who the US wants extradited to face drug-related charges after he allegedly failed to report to the Commissioner of Police as ordered by the High Court upon his release on bail.

Embattled former Head of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) Joseph O’Lall is insisting that he didn’t mislead the Prime Minister in relation to fuel acquisitions for the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) which went awry when Guyoil asked to be freed of GPL’s cargo to satisfy its PetroCaribe obligations.

The Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) reiterated yesterday that it has no legal responsibility to get involved in the apportioning of payments for scrutineers among the opposition parliamentary political parties, and said it has acted at all times within its mandate in the matter.

Dubbing themselves the stepchildren of the industry, NAACIE members in Berbice went on strike on Monday at four estates after talks with GuySuCo over an incentive payment broke down.

After almost four years of planning and consultations, Caricom Secretary-General Edwin Carrington on Friday opened the Caricom Competi-tion Commission (CCC) in Suriname.

Two weeks after a man said to be mentally ill and holding a toy gun walked into the Chief Magistrate’s Court while it was in session and instructed everyone to freeze, new security measures have been put in place.

The government has sounded a warning to marriage officers about committing malpractices such as the issuance of licences to females under the age of 16.

Lima Sands students are set to benefit from two $9M schools recently built in Region Two.

The government has pledged to assist in drainage and irrigation (D&I) works in the Lower Pomeroon to help farmers there deal with flooding.

The City Council says it has appointed a Change Team to propose a model that would boost its capacity to fulfil its mandate as restructuring is a major priority on its 2008 agenda.

A 35-year-old woman accused of stealing $39,000 in items from her sister with whom she shared a house, was refused bail yesterday when she appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of simple larceny.

A 16-year-old schoolboy appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on a charge of simple larceny at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Monday and was placed on $20,000 bail.