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Two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, early Sunday morning robbed a West Ruimveldt resident of a cellular phone and cash as he walked along Cemetery Road.

Magistrate Kim Kyte-John on Thursday ordered a mother who attempted to murder her two children and commit suicide to seek psychiatric treatment when she appeared at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court.

The National Library has purchased 16 copies of Dr Gemma Robinson’s book entitled “University of Hunger: Collected Poems and Selected Prose.

What appears to be a well-planned and executed break and enter and robbery some time Sunday night or early yesterday morning has left a businessman pondering his next move after losing an estimated $4.5 million less than one month after making an investment.

Outgoing President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Gerry Gouveia says the private sector is “furious and hurt” over the treatment meted out to it by the Guyana Revenue Authority in the wake of the chaos surrounding the implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT).

Two gun-toting bicycle bandits robbed and beat a 55-year-old female shopkeeper at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara around 10 am yesterday.

Members of the public are being urged not to pay any increase in fares when using public transportation services since there has been no increase in gasoline prices or vehicle parts as a result of the newly introduced Value Added Tax (VAT).

After a number of setbacks in the Caribbean region the Hydrometeorological Service has finally been able to start work on the radar tower for the long awaited Doppler Radar.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) through the Ministry of Agriculture has in the pipeline the purchase of two long-boom excavators at a cost of $60M for work on the main conservancy.

The Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) organisation will not be staging the Linden town week this year after a dispute with the council over the payment of a $2 million fee but the council says it is still moving ahead with plans for the April event.

A businessman is counting his losses after persons unknown stole his car worth $4.5 million and set it alight at Mocha Arcadia.

A teenaged boy who with another person allegedly robbed his employer of a quarter million dollars was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A four-member delegation from the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) is here for a seven-day visit.

Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys yesterday remanded to prison a woman and her son who allegedly had 52 grammes of cannabis for trafficking.

Four suicides and ten attempted suicides reportedly fuelled by alcoholism among other issues have rocked the hinterland community of Santa Rosa within recent weeks.

The Mayor and City Council on Friday officially announced that it has privatized garbage collection at Bourda Market, but that workers will not be made redundant.

Region Six Regional Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha says Berbicians need to participate fully in development in the new year.

A 34-year-old gold miner was last Thursday robbed of his gold chains valued over $200,000 by two motorcycle bandits, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

Lawyers for Citizen’s Bank and Willems Timber are arguing whether or not the Commercial Court is within its jurisdiction in adjudicating in the matter of the non-disbursement of a $240M loan.

If efforts are to be scaled up to meet Guyana’s national HIV/AIDS challenges more productive use of present resources is needed in addition to a greater mobilisation.