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-	Guyana records 9 percent increase in crime
	GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Thursday announced that the country has recorded a 9 percent increase in the overall crime rate as of October 31 as compared to the same period in 2007. The country has recorded 135 murders as compared to the 99 last year.
-	Guyana secures global fund grant while Suriname, Haiti fail to meet submission deadline
	GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has approved 94 new grants worth US$2.75 billion for countries to access over the next two years, and Guyana is among the beneficiaries, taking some US$17 million of the aid. Haiti and Suriname did not meet the submission deadline.