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The US government is continuing to oppose a bail application for Roger Khan, saying the drug-indicted Guyanese businessman remains a flight risk.

The mini-bus operators plying the Georgetown to Mahdia route have stopped operating their vehicles to protest the hike in the bridge-crossing fee due to the newly implemented Value Added Tax (VAT).

Trinidad Cement Ltd of Trinidad and Tobago is the first company on the official listing of the Guyana Association of Securities Companies and Intermediaries Inc (GASCI), Guyana’s Stock Exchange.

The controversial parking lot outside the Celina Atlantic resort, Kitty has received further attention from the Guyana Police force’s traffic department following a recent embarrassing lapse and now the entire area has been yellow-lined and a more prominent no-parking sign has been painted on.

Town Clerk Beulah Williams on Wednesday met with senior officers to discuss issues affecting the administration’s performance and some of its plans to ensure that public health standards are maintained during the Cricket World Cup (CWC).

The 20 BMW vehicles being purchased by government for use during the upcoming Rio Summit and during the Cricket World Cup super eight matches are expected here by next month end.

An 18-year-old cane harvester was denied his pre-trial liberty when he appeared at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of rape before Magistrate Geeta Chandan.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan yesterday remanded to prison a Linden businessman who pleaded not guilty to three charges of unlawful possession when he appeared before him at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan yesterday denied bail to a Brazilian man who police allegedly found with a gun and ammunition in his possession.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan yesterday placed a postmaster and a postal clerk attached to the Mahaicony Post Office on $200,000 bail each for allegedly stealing just over $1.5 million on two different occasions.

A supermarket, a hardware store and a restaurant are to be charged by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for contravening the Value Added Tax (VAT) law.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan remanded to prison a man accused of murdering another when he appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A man who allegedly murdered a Friendship man on Christmas Eve night was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The year began tragically for a Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo family after a man with a history of mental illness yesterday chopped his wife within an inch of her life before committing suicide by hanging himself as their four children looked on.

The Mayor and City Council has brought some of its old debt over to this year and some of its workers are still to receive part of what was to have been a one-off year-end payment, while some have not yet received any money.

The Ministry of Public Works has embarked on a project to shape the shoulders of roads it repaved last year in order to mitigate flooding in Georgetown and its environs but some residents are unhappy with the way it is being done.

Two persons were injured on Friday night when they plummeted about six feet from a rollercoaster ride at an amusement fair set up at the Esplanade Park in New Amsterdam, Berbice.

Bandits did a professional job in the $12M heist at R.

The relatives of an elderly man are seeking the help of the public in locating him, after he left his Victoria home early on Old Year’s morning and never returned.

Traffic lights for a US$2.1M ($420M) project have been shipped. Approximately 50 traffic lights should be installed by mid-March, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported yesterday.