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The National Assembly last evening approved a motion to allow the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional Reform to decide how parliament could amend the constitution to increase the number of members on the Police Service Commission (PSC) from five to eight.

The Editor of the Evening News, Anthony Downes, died suddenly yesterday morning of a suspected heart attack.

Due to a shortage of fuel at the Guyoil Company at Heathburn, East Bank Berbice since last Wednesday a number of agricultural operations on the Corentyne have been affected.

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad on Monday launched an overland tour to Kaieteur National Park in support of domestic tourism here.

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green said Deepavali provides an opportunity for the public to reflect on its words and deeds and to consider ways to connect goodness and light to the environment.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) is urging the public to use the occasion of Diwali to strengthen family ties and social relationships.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha says devotees should use the occasion of Deepavali to worship Lakshmi Devi in all her dimensions to strengthen spiritual power which will help them to triumph against all obstacles.

The New Building Society (NBS) has approached the courts asking it to deem a requisition document submitted to its chairman by a group of concerned members requesting another Special General Meeting, as one which does not constitute a proper requisition according to the society’s laws.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says it joins the Hindu community in the Diwali celebrations of good over evil and light over darkness.

The Guyana Public Service Union extends felicitations to devotees and all citizens this Diwali and recognises that persons have displayed courage in the face of hardships this year.

President Bharrat Jagdeo said he hopes that citizens will use the occasion of Deepavali to enlighten their lives and devote their energies to developing the country.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) says the public should use the Deepavali celebrations to highlight peace and understanding.

In order to increase debit card usage in Guyana, Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited, the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited and Demerara Bank Limited have collaborated with the Bank of Guyana to launch the ‘Swipe and Win’ promotion.

The security of citizens has been placed high on the agenda of the Guyana Police Force as it officially launched its 2007 Christmas policing plan which will cover from November 16 to January 16, 2008.

The Guyana Public Service Union says that a 24% hike in wages is its starting point for discussions with the government this year.

Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday remanded to prison a Campbellville resident accused of stabbing a mini-bus conductor to death on Sunday.

Twenty-eight-year-old Gopinauth Perreira of East La Penitence was yesterday released on $250,000 bail by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys after being charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

Magistrate Krishndat Persaud denied a businessman his pre-trial freedom when he appeared before him yesterday at the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court charged with possession of firecrackers.

A 46-year-old Rupununi man was yesterday slapped with an incest charge and remanded to prison for allegedly sleeping with his 15-year-old daughter and causing her to bear his child, who is now 4 months old.

A 58-year-old woman who allegedly fed her husband small doses of poison until he died was yesterday charged with murder and remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.