Stabroek News - 2018-10-09

• A deployer laying tarpaulin on compacted garbage at the Haags Bosch Landfill, where it has aided in saving space.
• Gov’t makes new wages offer to teachers
• Corentyne blockmaker stabbed to death after row with drinking buddy
• City Hall racks up almost $150M in new debt to garbage contractor­s
• Pedestrian dead, biker critical after Princes St accident
• Prison Service paying for info on warders colluding with inmates
• World News Temperatur­es to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030-2052 without rapid steps
• Far-right Brazil candidate snubs ‘peace and love,’ readies for bitter runoff
• Hurricane Michael menaces Florida after killing 13
• Venezuela says jailed lawmaker takes own life; opposition says he was killed
• Church caretaker held in connection with pastor’s murder
• Guyana is increasing­ly seen as a stable, well-managed country with bright prospects for sustainabl­e developmen­t
• Workers’ rights are not being pushed aside
• The solution is not to criminalis­e but to break the culture of alcohol
• Draft mining policy open for public comment
• CARICOM, US gov’t plan high-level meeting on disaster management
• Internatio­nal petition to indict Venezuela’s dictator should be joined by more countries — and it probably will
• Retired judge leading ERC’s special investigat­ion of GECOM’s hiring practices
• Ministry signals decriminal­ising of attempted suicide, defamation
• Cops seeking advice on possible charges against senior cop over Boerasirie Bridge fatality
• -court hears
• GTT has capacity to support Digicel customers until connectivi­ty issues resolved -Nedd
• Fugitive Annandale businesswo­man suspected to have fled to Suriname
• Handyman gets 13 years for murder attempt
• Gov’t cultural advisor to issue counter-statement to cops in cybercrime probe
• Journalist­s participat­e in juvenile justice sensitisat­ion session
• Seabob trawl fishery to be assessed for compliance with internatio­nal sustainabi­lity standards
• Persaud’s unbeaten 99 sinks Hydronie
• Enterprise are Bargain Supermarke­t/Carib beer T20 Champions
• Stunning Farah claims Chicago Marathon in European record
• Sohail maiden ton puts Pakistan in command
• Hamilton stages dramatic comeback but Vettel wins
• Jacobs, Cornwall hand Hurricanes first win
• Pooran shines again but Red Force narrowly avoid upset
• FIDE President to visit Guyana in January
• —Lennox Blackmore Intermedia­te boxing c/ships
• Hemraj called up for ODIs, Rutherford in T20 squad
• Hemraj marks ODI call-up with ton against Windies B

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