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The protest against the steep increase in traffic fines escalated yesterday at Tain, Corentyne after cane harvesters came out in full force and blocked the road from around 5:30 am leading police to use tear gas to clear the area and four persons were arrested.

The driver of the car which was involved in an accident at Kara Kara has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and is set to appear at a Linden court tomorrow.

Customs Enforcement on Monday night found 15 boxes of firecrackers in a car in Berbice and the items were seized while the vehicle was detained and the driver placed on bail.

Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana Dr Prem Misir says that the Academic Board is holding students to ransom over the annual convocation and he said the council is prepared to meet with the board to thrash out thorny issues.

Even as Guyana says it plans to continue the waiver on the 15% Common External Tariff (CET) for extra-regional cement, government is still to apply through the Caricom Secretariat, to the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), to gain approval for the extension.

A target of less than 15,000 cases of malaria in Guyana was set by the Ministry of Health for 2007 and the results indicate that this target will be achieved, GINA stated.

On Monday, last at the Theatre Guild Playhouse in Kingston Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports, Frank Anthony presented a cheque to David de Caires, Chairman of the Trustees of the Theatre Guild as a contribution to the revival of the Theatre Guild.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadians are already lining up to take advantage of the recent offer to purchase land in Guyana.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has said that the Joint Services operation in Buxton on the East Coast is bearing fruit in relation to a sense of safety that law-abiding citizens of the community are feeling, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

Six persons walked away with US dollars during the ‘Say Quix’ live draw hosted recently.

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green says Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s victory at the polls is a vindication of his “astute leadership and good governance,” a congratulatory letter said.

The Region Three Information Department said 20 women recently completed a skills training programme at the Blankenburg Women’s Group.

Three men accused of raping three teenagers were remanded to prison when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Attorney-at-law James Bond appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday on three traffic-related charges and was granted self-bail by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

Marcel La Cruz, the woman who grabbed a newborn baby from a 13-year-old mother nearly a year ago, was sentenced to one year imprisonment in the High Court yesterday for the kidnapping.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton remanded to prison a 27-year-old miner accused of unlawfully having a gun and ammunition at Etering-bang, when the man appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court yesterday.

A 22-year-old man who allegedly had a gun and bullets at Eteringbang was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A man who allegedly had over two kilogrammes of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Hire car and minibus drivers yesterday blocked the main thoroughfare at Tain, Corentyne to show disapproval over the hike in ticket fines and a number of schoolchildren were left stranded on the road because of a spontaneous increase in fares.

Police said yesterday that a post-mortem examination conducted on 9-year-old Sade Stoby, who was found in a clump of bushes early Sunday morning, revealed that she died from asphyxiation due to submersion, compounded by blunt trauma to head.