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Fire last night swept through a section of the Guyana National Industrial Company (GNIC) complex on Lombard Street destroying a section of a bond housing barrels and other items.

The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) yesterday expressed grave concern over the government’s handling of torture allegations against the security forces and the alleged misconduct of Minister Kellawan Lall and said there is enough information upon which charges can be laid.

As condemnation over torture charges against the military grows, one of the two soldiers who the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) issued wanted bulletins for on Thursday turned himself in yesterday while the other rank is expected to be visited today by members of the army.

In a dramatic turn of events the Guyana Defence Force yesterday reported that two of the three weapons confiscated by the police during an operation on Wednesday in Mahaicony belonged to the army and they were issued to a PNC ministry in the 1970s.

An $86.6M mobile hydraulic pump was commissioned at Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) yesterday by Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud.

President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday allocated $14M to the social services ministry to provide for 38 children in its care and he invited proposals to erect a facility to house delinquent youth while they are being processed in court.

The University of Guyana (UG) yesterday came under intense scrutiny over its inability to match the job market needs, its administration and the quality of its graduates and in its defence one of its officials called for greater belief in the institution.

The Ministry of Health will soon launch a pilot substance abuse treatment programme at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) and plans to extend to it other public hospitals in due course.

The St Joseph Mercy Hospital says its maternity wing will be in full operation from Wednesday.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) is pursuing more local and overseas training for its ranks in an effort to boost its capacity this year.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said that three new transformers were vandalized on Monday and through “diligent intelligence” 10 others were found at a Middle Road, La Penitence scrap dealer yesterday and this resulted in several arrests.

The Diagnostic and Treatment Centre at the Suddie Hospital is expected to be operational next month, Minister within the Ministry of Health, Dr Bheri Ramsaran, said during a recent visit to the facility.

A post-mortem (PM) examination on the body of 45-year-old Cecelia Dean, who was found dead in her Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara home on Tuesday evening, proved inconclusive.

The Kids First Fund has to raise a further US$24,596 to pay off its bills with US$31,000 so far being raised in its ‘Heart 2 Heart, Save a life’ appeal.

An alarming number of congenital heart disease cases, some in the severe stages of the condition were discovered over the last few days when the Central Islamic Organisation (CIOG) and its overseas partner, Three Rivers Foundation held a cardiac clinic.

Three days have passed since Lawrence Drakes was gunned down by two men in front of Bonny’s Supermarket on Church Street and despite investigations the police have failed to arrest a suspect in the murder.

A 52-year-old housewife, who allegedly stole over $750,000 in articles from a house she was asked to take care of, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

A 42-year-old woman charged with cutting another in the face with a bottle during an altercation over the throwing of remarks was yesterday granted $75,000 bail.

A 16-year-old girl, who allegedly doused another with acid, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday and was remanded into police custody.

As the pressure mounts over a fresh wave of torture allegations against the military, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) last evening issued wanted bulletins for two of the accusers: Michael Dunn and Alvin Wilson instructing them to report to the military’s headquarters immediately.