Police in division ‘D’, West Demerara are investigating the circumstances which resulted in Rovin Maniram age 29 years sustaining a gunshot injury to his groin today Monday October 18, 2010.
Maniram of Novelle Flanders, West Bank Demerara lives in a yard where there are two houses and occupies the ground floor of the back house.
He was about to open his door when he allegedly saw a man who shot him and escaped.
Heavy rains have caused flooding and landslides in and around the capital city. But the Office of Disaster Preparedness (ODPM) says the situation is under control. The fire service is assisting with rescue missions from flooded areas while the Public Transport Service Commission (PTSC) is providing shuttle services around Port of Spain. The Meteorological Office says that no rain is expected later today until tomorrow morning.
The Police are stretched thin as they grapple with the alarming rate of armed robberies in the country. Before one attack can be fully investigated another robbery occurs putting the Police under severe pressure. The lack of professional expertise, adequate forensic capabilities and manpower in the force, puts it in dire straits. The latest violent robberies have exposed the inability of the Police to make arrests. Friday’s attack on a businessman, where the gunmen abandoned the getaway car and vanished is a typical example.
Guyana continues to encounter malaria as a major public health problem. While significant progress have been made in the last five (5) years in the prevention and control of malaria in Guyana, there are significant problems in sustaining reduced level of malaria incidences in Guyana in the last 12 months.
The use of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) as the insecticide used for indoor residual spray (IRS) in the 1950s, led to the elimination of malaria from Guyana’s coast.
The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) as the major grouping of trade unions representing Guyana’s organized workers today says it feels compelled to offer comment and advice on matters of social significance which impact negatively or otherwise on any section of the nations working-class. The organisation stated that every community must now be made vividly aware of the agencies and officials responsible for investigating real or alleged child abuse.
Education Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meet in Georgetown, Guyana, from Monday 18 October to tackle, in three days, a formidable agenda which spans a range of issues in the education sector – from early childhood to a harmonised regional tertiary education system.
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