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More than two weeks after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) advised the police to lay charges against the officer who allegedly caused the death of Denilson Rose at Linden, he is expected to be slapped with five charges.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday applauded the decision by the APNU+AFC Government to postpone passage of the Anti-Terrorism Bill in one Parliamentary sitting but also raised concerns over how the administration sees the process of consultation.

The Ministry of Public Health has been made aware of a possible case of H1N1 at a local hospital and testing is to be done to ascertain if this is so.

The Government of Guyana has spent in excess of $133M on the forensic audits they commissioned into state entities after they assumed office in May of this year.

The Ministry of Public Security yesterday issued a press release from its Computer Incident Response Team on a malicious software attack that has surged in recent weeks and one government agency here has been affected The Guyana National Computer Incident Response Team (GNCIRT) said it wished to alert the general public of the sudden surge in ransomware attacks being experienced worldwide.

Former chief probation officer Cecil Murray yesterday bemoaned the state of the public service, saying he is deeply saddened by what it has degenerated to today.

Treatment for the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) is available at 22 sites in the country and concerted efforts over the years has seen a decline in the number of cases.

President David Granger yesterday thanked the members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) for their service to the nation on behalf of all Guyanese.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has defended the repossession of core houses over the breaching of the principles under which they were assigned to low income earners.

With the extended December 15 deadline gone, there is no official word on the status of the final report for the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI).

Results of the post-mortem examination conducted on Farm, East Bank Essequibo resident, Dennis Martin, 36, proved that he died as a result of a brain haemorrhage and fractured skull.

Two men, aged 65 and 67, were yesterday charged with severely wounding a footwear vendor, Stanley Parook, 42, at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo around 10:30 am on Wednesday, December 16.

With the vision of helping people to maintain healthy eyes, Optique Vision Care opened a new location in the Giftland Mall, Turkeyen on Wednesday evening.

On December 17, 1970, Guyana and what was known then as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, established diplomatic relations making it the first such for a Commonwealth Caribbean country.

Fifty-two recruits of the Guyana Police Force yesterday completed their training at the Felix Austin Police College and Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud rewarded the force training officers and the commandants of the three police colleges and their staff with $150,000.

Minister of Tourism Cathy Hughes says that the National Tourism Policy will be finalised by the close of January 2016.

A Baramita resident, who was accused of having a shotgun without being a holder of a firearm licence and using threatening language, made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday to answer the charges.

A 40-year-old man was yesterday placed on bail when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer to a charge of obtaining money under the pretence that he could provide a house lot.

A five-member team of medical specialists from the Health and Family Planning Commission, Jiangsu Province in China, is currently on a week-long visit.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council yesterday unanimously approved a resolution endorsing an international road map for a Syria peace process, a rare show of unity among major powers on a conflict that has claimed more than a quarter million lives.