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La Ventura Secondary school held on to beat St John’s Community High school by 16 runs in an exciting encounter at the Versailles ground, West Demerara, yesterday.

East Bank romped to a comfortable 58-run victory over East Coast in the Diamond Fire and General Insurance inter-association limited overs cricket competition at the Lusignan Community Centre ground yesterday.

A fire at the Guyana National Industrial Company (GNIC) complex yesterday resulted in five buildings being scorched and two abandoned buildings sustaining substantial damage.

A CLICO employee and a woman were yesterday granted $150,000 bail each at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan for allegedly being involved in a $6.5 million fraud at the insurance company.

The mother of the man who perished in the Mabura road accident on Sunday said she only learnt of her son’s death at about 1 pm yesterday and she immediately begged God to help her deal with the tragedy.

Citizens Bank and other creditors have agreed to accept US$5 million, and three-year government debentures to the total value of 90% of the bauxite bonds they now hold, following negotiations with government.

Managing Director of Republic Bank (Guyana) Michael Archibald yesterday defended the bank’s decision to interrogate six employees in connection with the disappearance of $8 million from its Kitty ATM.

A man was arrested yesterday when he went to the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) to uplift a parcel from Jamaica which contained 822 grammes of cocaine in several bottles of cocoa butter lotion.

Women in West Berbice would now be able to make better use of their spare time and be more self-sufficient through the work of an empowerment group that was formed five months ago.

Students and teachers of Lachmansingh Primary School at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice on Thursday had a “ball” as they tramped behind a music system through the village to celebrate Mashramani.

The Canadian-owned company IAMGOLD announced last week that the proven gold reserves in the Rosebel mine in Suriname has increased by 19% from 3.2 million ounces to 3.8 million ounces, according to the Suriname daily de ware Tijd.

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is hosting a training workshop aimed at building the capacity of officials who prepare reports on the application of international labour standards.

UNESCO Secretary-General Dawn Braithwaite said it was time that raising funds for something as important as education and training for persons with disabilities stop depending on the hosting of special events.

The Guyana Islamic Relief Organisa-tion (GIRO) recently handed over another container of medical supplies worth in excess of $300M to public institutions, particularly the Georgetown Public Hospital, the organization said in a press release.

A national budget for children is expected to be established this year as part of a work plan for 2007 as outlined by a government and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) project.

BK International has told the police that the Dominican Republic firm, to which a consignment of bunker fuel was headed when the vessel turned back two weeks ago, owes it some US$402,000 and as a result the company ordered the captain and crew to return to Guyana with the fuel.

Police yesterday were seeking three other persons in connection with the TT $5.3 million cocaine seizure last week in Trinidad.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has re-launched the Dayclean Newspaper, in a bid to stimulate “a real public dialogue” on national issues.

The four persons, including two teenagers, accused of killing a 30-year-old fisherman on Mashramani Day appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a joint murder charge and were remanded to prison.

Two brothers have been charged with evading customs duties in connection with a quantity of frozen chicken, believed to have been smuggled into the country and which has been seized by Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).