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The Berbice Bridge has begun to take shape with the installation of one section and is set for completion mid 2008 with investors already receiving interest payments on the money they put in to finance the US$40M project.

West Ruimveldt erupted in chaos yesterday afternoon as residents blocked roads and burnt tires and other debris in retaliation for what they say is the wrongful disconnection of the area’s power supply by GPL.

Guyana received US$466M ($93.2 billion) in remittances last year, according to a report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) which stated that Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) received a total of US$68 billion from relatives overseas for that year.

A senior government official is under investigation for allegedly indecently assaulting a 17-year-old girl more than two weeks ago and a file has been sent to the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice.

Minister of Tourism Manniram Prashad yesterday issued a stern warning to Constellation Tours over its failure to inform its US-bound passengers about a flight cancellation on Wednesday, hinting that it may face penalties.

The Office of the President (OP) is calling on businesses to be on the lookout for con-men posing as representatives of government ministries and soliciting money.

Guyana has made significant progress in implementing strategies and interventions aimed at achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) but much more is still to be done in order for the country to meet the 2015 deadline, the Minister of Foreign Affairs says.

(Reprinted from Wednesday’s Trinidad Express) The Commonwealth Finance Ministers now attending a meeting in Guyana will not be able to do anything directly to prevent the government of that country from perpetuating its blatant discrimination against the privately-owned Stabroek News.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) says studies on five important areas of concern in the country found no real evidence of discrimination but a perception that certain ethnic groups are discriminated against.

The Director General of the Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development (IICRCD), Dr David Singh has resigned his position as head of the organization with effect from the end of this month.

President Bharrat Jagdeo says he does not feel that the protest by Stabroek News (SN) this week over the withdrawal of state advertisements made any big impact.

The resuscitation of the Guyana Music Festival fits exactly into government’s plan to create a cultural renaissance in Guyana, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony says.

Irish mobile telephone giant, Digicel yesterday announced that customers making Digicel to Digicel calls can now talk for free after three minutes all day every day.

Police yesterday released three officials of Fenix Airways Inc, the company which leased the small aircraft from Air Services Limited which disappeared from the Anna Regina airstrip on Sunday.

The private sector on Wednesday demonstrated its support for Community Policing Groups (CPGs) when it, along with the Ministry of Home Affairs, donated a number of motorcycles and other gear to them.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on Saturday told Hamlet-Chance farmers that all outstanding Mahaicony drainage works will be competed by mid-December.

A preliminary inquiry (PI) that was scheduled to commence on Monday at the Blairmont Court over the murder of a fisherman has been put off again, prompting the lawyer for one of the four accused to ask that his client be discharged.

An acting headmistress who is accused of trafficking in persons almost one year ago at Bartica was yesterday refused bail by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

Magistrate Geeta Chandan denied a 30-year-old resident of Bush Lot Village, West Coast Berbice his pre-trial freedom when he appeared before her at the Blairmont Court on a charge of felonious wounding.

At the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court, Magistrate Geeta Chandan remanded a 20-year-old man to prison after he was charged with indecent assault and being in possession of narcotics.