Guyana News

– fires firm, demands answers The ruins of the two burnt Ministry of Health buildings are still being assessed by investigators in the wake of Friday’s fire, but preliminary confirmation of security breaches have resulted in the ministry immediately switching security firms and demanding a full explanation for what occurred.

A mother’s worst nightmare became a reality yesterday afternoon, after her reputed husband acted on a repeated threat to take the lives of his two younger children and then commit suicide.

The unsung heroes of the Ministry of Health’s fire which devastated the main building and an annex at Brickdam were the drivers, who are usually behind the scenes, and a few residents of Hadfield Street who together pulled 50 vehicles to safety as the inferno raged.

– as ID cards production delayed A delay in the start of national identification (ID) card production has put plans to run off belated local government elections this year in doubt.

– to be operational by August 1, though staffing still a problem By Cathy Richards Several sections of the new $1.8 billion Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) were officially handed over to its management on Thursday last and the administration remains confident that it will be fully operational by August 1.

Minister of Local Government Kellawan Lall is now in receipt of the report on the inquiry into the Mayor and City Council, according to Commissioner of the Inquiry Keith Burrowes.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former CBS News anchor Walter  Cronkite, whose authoritative delivery of news events from the  John F.

– Guyana remains on high alert Guyana remains on high alert for new swine flu cases, according to Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy, who revealed that the illness appears to be accompanied by conjunctivitis.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica/ TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) –  Honduras’ ousted President Manuel Zelaya agreed yesterday to  a power-sharing government as a way out of his country’s  political crisis, but his enemies rejected any deal that puts  him back in the presidency.

Chairman of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Linden Town Council Orin Gordon says he stands ready to take strong action against PPP Councillor Eon Hall for alleged destructive practices.

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Investigators were sifting  through two bomb-damaged luxury Indonesian hotels yesterday,  for clues to those behind suicide attacks that shattered four  years of stability in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian hardliners hit back at  former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani yesterday for  criticising the conduct of last month’s election and its  aftermath, highlighting deepening establishment divisions.

A Linden man is nursing two gunshot wounds to the leg at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) following an altercation with his brother.

President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday met a team including representatives from ACDA and the Bagotville Cultural Circle to finalise support for their respective celebrations for Emancipation Day.

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael  Correa denied yesterday that he ever received funds from  Colombian rebel group FARC, and said a video claiming he did  was “a set up.”

The partially decomposed body of a man was found in a trench between Enmore and Foulis, East Coast Demerara yesterday morning.

URUMQI, China (Reuters) – Chinese police shot dead  12 Uighur rioters in Xinjiang this month, regional governor Nuer  Baikeli said yesterday, in a rare government admission of  deaths inflicted by security forces.

A huge fire sparked by channa bombs completely destroyed the Ministry of Health’s main building at Brickdam and an annex early yesterday morning, devouring decades-old records, vehicles and a string of key divisions in a major blow to the health sector.

President Bharrat Jagdeo condemned yesterday’s early morning fire that led to the destruction of the Head Office of the Health Ministry and announced a $25M reward for information leading to the arrest of the arsonist/s Speaking at a press conference at the Office of the President, Jagdeo disclosed that from information he had received from the Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene and Fire Chief Lawrence David the fire appeared to be a deliberate act, since “they had found a number of incendiary devices in the compound”. 

Part of a rotten ceiling of one of the chambers of the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court fell yesterday on Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Persid Edmond along with bat droppings, causing her to suffer sneezing and eye irritation.