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Opposition Leader Robert Corbin says this year must mark a decisive shift towards national unity and warned the government against the notion that it alone can bring progress to what he described as “this troubled country of ours”.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has launched an investigation into reports by passengers of swaying and a dive by a Travel Span plane during a recent incoming flight.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), in its new year’s message, has slammed the 5% wage hike for the public sector and has called on the government to commit itself to “the principle and practice of respect and adherence to the process of free collective bargaining.”

A prominent citizen is calling on members of the Guyana Police Force to look into the number of firearm licences that are handed to the young children of rich businesspeople here who he described as `baby phantoms’.

President Bharrat Jagdeo last night announced that from this year’s budget $100M will be set aside annually for a sports and arts development fund.

The Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI), in which Russian bauxite giant RUSAL has majority shareholding, has completed the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for its new project at Kurubuka which could see the development of two open pit mines.

The year has come to an end, but the police are still to bring closure to a number of sensational murders including those of Talk Show host, Ronald Waddell and building contractor Gazz Sheermohamed.

Two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, on Friday night robbed Elana Bowman of Strathspey Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara while she was at home with her daughter.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) says that the reported 5% growth in the economy over the last year indicated by the government has been negated by a 10% rise in the cost of living over the same period.

Traffic Chief Roland Alleyne has acknowledged that there “may have been a breach” of the no parking sign outside of the Celina Atlantic resort on Thursday night and said action will be taken to ensure there is no recurrence.

The owner of R. Bacchus and Sons Trucking Services succumbed early yesterday morning to the injuries he received when he was hit by a speeding ‘army style’ vehicle last Thursday.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) is urging Muslims to recommit themselves to Allah and turn away from corruption in observance of Eid-ul-Adha.

A Sophia resident is in a serious condition at the Georgetown Hospital after being stabbed early yesterday morning by the reputed husband of a woman he took to his home.

CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington says the community is determined to complete the framework for the single economy by 2008.

President Bharrat Jagdeo distributed gifts to children in Sophia and those who are patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Christmas Day.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has extended greetings to the Muslim community as it celebrates the festival of Eid-ul-Adha.

The Guyana Association of Medical Laboratory Profes-sionals (GAMLP) has undertaken several initiatives in an effort to improve the medical laboratory accreditation process.

The Police Service Commis-sion through the Police Public Relations Department yesterday announced the promo-tion of 71 senior and junior officers, chief inspectors and inspectors in the Guyana Police Force.

Glarey Bowling, the woman who is bedridden after being severely burnt when her Parika Backdam home was channa bombed by a family friend, has received two wheelchairs and a quantity of foodstuff.

Guyanese should try to inculcate the lofty attributes of sacrifice, dedication, service and loyalty in their lives as they face the challenges of nation building, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) said in extending Eid-ul-Adha greetings to all Guyanese in particular to the Muslim community.