Regional honours….
Guyana tops CAPE P6
– secures 4 CSEC awards Nationwide coverage from the best news team in Guyana Issue No. 2650 guyanatimesgy.com
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October 18, 2015
Mid-year report
Economy plummets by 2.5 percent Page 7
...systemic factors make recovery problematical
“Mr Ramjattan is not honourable” – 24 year old Lindener Page 3
WHAT'S INSIDE: Gun amnesty ends
186 weapons turned in; none linked to crimes P2 ...armed robberies continue to rise
ExxonMobil P9 to recommence drilling early next year
– Allegedly dismissed, embarrassed, chased by Vice President
– “I never fired him” – Ramjattan responds
Police get 136 new officers - Top Cop urges them to serve with integrity, uphold office Page 11
SARU being used as political tool to settle P12 personal vendettas Reg 10 P14 officials stumped by $12M spending
Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud, Assistant Commissioner David Ramnarine and Force’s Training Officer Paul Williams along with the special awardees and new ranks
Mahaicony Masked men man killed rob, beat Bath by alleged Businessman and drunk driver wife; shoot son Page 8
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Police nab Three in alleged drug custody following piracy cartel in Corentyne Essequibo attack Page 13
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