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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.

KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban fighters clashed with Afghan government forces near Kunduz airport yesterday, a day after the militants seized control of the northern city in arguably the biggest victory of their 14-year insurgency.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia’s military buildup in Syria appears to have forced US President Barack Obama to two unpalatable conclusions: He cannot ignore Moscow, and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may survive for some time.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama shook hands with Cuban President Raul Castro at the United Nations yesterday in a rare one-on-one meeting between the former Cold War foes as they work toward improving relations after decades of animosity.

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

OSLO (Reuters) – Six African nations have agreed with donors on a plan to protect the tropical forests of the Congo basin, the second biggest in the world after the Amazon’s, to help ease poverty and combat climate change.

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.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Greenpeace called on Brazilian authorities yesterday to reject an environmental assessment for a hydroelectric dam on the Tapajos River in the Amazon because it was a “marketing tool” that disregarded the indigenous people living along its banks.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Japan’s prime minister said yesterday that his country would provide some $1.6 billion to assist Syrians and Iraqis displaced by conflict and for building peace across the Middle East and Africa.