Guyana News

Demerara Paradise Inc., a Nursing Home and Medical Services Facility opens its doors tomorrow on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of International Day of Older Persons (IDOP), a release from the home said today.

During today, the police say that acting on information received, they arrested a man at Mowasi Backdam, Mahdia, who was wanted for questioning during investigations into two separate murders at Konawaruk and Mowasi Backdam.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Head coach Phil Simmons has apologised to his fellow selectors and to the West Indies Cricket Board for his outburst last Friday, calling his actions “a schoolboy error in a moment of madness.”

A 36-year-old man died at the Georgetown Public Hospital last night after he was shot three times.

President David Granger yesterday focused his United Nations General Assembly address on the controversy over Vene-zuela’s spurious claim to Essequibo, charging that Caracas was trying to deny Guyana its birthright and calling on the UN to fulfil its pledge of collective security for small states.

Shalini Jewlall, 31, who was struck down along with her seven-year-old daughter while crossing Main Street, New Amsterdam on Sunday, has succumbed to her injuries.

A four-year-old boy who was rescued over a year ago by the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) from a situation of neglect, is finally beginning to trust people again, Director Ann Greene said, while relating that the issue of child protection is an ongoing one and every day a different story is told.

Following discussions with the Indian government, Guyana is moving to find consultants to prepare the way for the development of the West Demerara, Suddie and Bartica hospitals, which would be financed with a line of credit originally intended for the controversial speciality hospital project.

The Transports and Certificates of Title for properties in Region Six are among the valuables that were stolen in a break-in at the Regional Housing Office over the weekend and Regional Executive Officer Dr Veerasammy Ramayya has voiced concern over the “ineffective” security provided to government offices in the region.

Two police constables attached to the Sparendaam Police Station found themselves before a city court yesterday accused of accepting a $30,000 bribe to ignore a minor traffic offence.

Both the central government and city administration have begun works intended to create open air parks in the city.

A group headed by former APNU Member of Parlia-ment Desmond Trotman has moved to the High Court seeking, among other things, to have the sales of plots on two parcels of land known as Pradoville 1 and Pradoville 2 declared null and void as the sales were done surreptitiously at undervalued prices to former government ministers, officials and cronies of the PPP/C.

Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Annette Ferguson has held a meeting with the aggrieved Berbice minibus operators who claimed the operation of the water taxi service is putting them out of work and is currently drafting a proposal to reach an amicable resolution.

Promotion and appointments in the public service, including to the post of Per-manent Secretary (PS), should be based on merit, the Public Service Commission of Inquiry (CoI) was told yesterday.

A significant number of bids were made for the Supply of Power Transformers for Port Kaituma and Mahdia to the Hinterland Electrification Unit, Ministry of Public Infrastructure.

Clifton Gibson, one of the suspects in the murder of Rubis accountant Jason Cort, was yesterday cleared of a charge that he escaped from police custody after the prosecution failed to prove its case against him.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has said that his party needs clarity on government’s national unity invitation as there are two conflicting proposals.

The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure has launched an investigation into the operations at the Supenaam Stelling.

The People’s Progres-sive Party (PPP) is awaiting a report to the nation by President David Granger before commenting on the outcome of his meeting with Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro on Sunday in New York.

Coca Cola is bringing its iconic ‘Share a coke’ campaign to Guyana.