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Mining has accounted for 0.06 per cent of Guyana’s deforestation rate as of 2008; and based upon this, it is said to have increased over the past two years, according to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Guiana. This was revealed in the findings of a WWF assessment, which was done between 2000 and 2008 to determine the deforestation rates of small and medium-scale mining in Guyana. The assessment, which featured satellite images and other digitised data, also covered Suriname, French Guiana and Northern Brazil. According to regional gold mining pollution abatement…

Wayne Marshall, the brother of murdered gangster, Steve Jupiter, was on Tuesday charged with the murder of Mark ‘Lil Mark’ Caesar when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate, Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court One. Marshall was not required to plead to the indictable charge which stated that on October 1 at Broad and Adelaide Streets, he murdered Caesar of St. Stephens Street Charlestown, Georgetown. Defence counsel, Vic Puran, told the court that his client was identified as Caesar’s killer during an identification parade. He alleged that police had…

The Housing Ministry on Tuesday took its ‘One Stop Shop’ initiative to Uitvlugt Community Centre, West Coast Demerara, and more than 380 citizens were provided with the opportunity to own house lots at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo. In attendance were Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali, Permanent Secretary Emile McGarrell; Myrna Pitt, Central Housing and Planning Authority Chief Executive Officer; a team from the Housing Ministry, Region Three Chairman Julius Faerber, and representatives from the financial sector, private home developers, and representatives of hardware and furniture sectors. According to a…

Police are investigating the death of an elderly man whose body was found in a trench near an empty lot on Crown Street, between Oronoque and New Garden Streets, Queenstown, shortly after 12: 00hrs Tuesday. The man has been identified only as “David”, aged about 60, neighbours said. A resident of Lot 153 Crown Street, Davi Persaud, said “David” was discovered lying face down in a trench at the back of the bushy and flooded empty lot, located to the right of Persaud’s home. Persaud said that the man was…

A route 44 minibus toppled on to its side after it was hit by a car at the junction of Conversation Tree and the Railway Embankment. The accident occurred at around 10: 00hrs on Monday between a minibus and motorcar. Minibus conductor, Nandram Kunja, said that three persons, who were in the minibus at the time, suffered injuries and were rushed to hospital. Kunja said that apart from a swelling behind the neck, he did not receive injuries, while the driver sustained a gash on his wrist. The minibus, which…

Regional Finance Director for all Courts businesses in the Caribbean, Dennis Harris, last Thursday, during a meet with Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister, Manniram Prashad, indicated Courts’ interest in further expanding their business in Guyana. Attending the meeting also, held at Prashad’s South Road office, was Courts (Guyana) Inc Interim Country Manager, Clyde de Haas, and Courts (Guyana) Finance Director, Steve Nauth. In a release, Prashad said that government was very happy when Courts opened its doors in Guyana in 1996 and “revolutionised the whole concept of hire purchase,” creating…

Police on Monday raided the Bougainvillea, East Bank Demerara home of a LIAT reservations office agent, and when the woman turned up in a hysterical state, she was reportedly told “is not you; is the wrong house”. Police then reportedly searched a neighbour’s home and arrested him, but this newspaper was told that he was later released. The woman, Michelle Baldeo, said she was angry since the police did not present a search warrant and damaged her home during the operation. When this newspaper visited the woman’s home at Lot…

The owner of the pit bulls that viciously attacked 54- year- old Patrick Gordon, of 610 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, and caused severe injuries to his face and body, was placed on $ 40,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry when he made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court One Monday. He was charged with suffering ferocious dogs to be at large. Quacy Bharrat, 34, of 658 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown pleaded not guilty to the charge which stated that on August 23 at East Ruimveldt, being the owner of…