A policeman on Tuesday night pulled out his gun and fired several shots at Molenpad after a woman who owns the house where he wanted to pee had told him refrain from such behaviour. The police rushed to the scene after having received a call about shots being fired. The policeman had exited a tour bus before going to the gate of a private residence to pee. When the woman who lived in that particular house spotted him and told him not to pee there, he became angry and fired three shots into the air. The police confiscated the suspect’s gun and took him to the police station for questioning. The policeman who was not under the influence of alcohol left the police station after he had been questioned about the incident.…[+]

Attorney-at-law Irvin Kanhai expects Joel Martinus alias Bordo to be extradited to France. Bordo who is currently behind bars in a Brazilian jailhouse is wanted in Suriname and France. The attorney does not know the status of the case in France, but he believes that Brazilian officials will extradite   Bordo to France, because France has already requested the extradition. He also expects the case against Bordo in Suriname to move forward. Bordo, Clifton J, Ramesh P, Prashant P and Albert G are suspected of drug trafficking and participating in a crime organisation. Bordo is also a suspect in the disappearance of a man who operated an excavator namely Ramrag Ramnauth. Investigators found out that Bordo and Clifton J gave the order for drugs to be smuggled into the country and for a drug plane that broke down to be buried. An anonymous witness provided information regarding the disappearance of Ramnauth. Prashant P and Ramesh P, the two suspects who were the first to be arrested, confessed that they and Ramnauth were involved in the burial of the drug plane. Ramnauth had hired both brothers to assist him when he buried the plane. Both brothers witnessed Ramnauth talking to Bordo. It is believed that he was blackmailing Bordo…[+]

In its effort to push for the decentralisation and modernisation of its services, the Ministry of Labour, launched its first public mobile application on the Google Play and App stores.

The Ministry of Labour of Guyana disclosed that the app name is Labour Advice. This app is said to allow for the computerised management of complaints and inquiries being submitted to the ministry’s labour department. Notably, Chief Labour Officer Dhaneshwar Deonarine, noted that the app serves as both a quick and easy mechanism to access the ministry’s advisory services and lodge disputes and complaints. He further reinforced that the app would not replace the ministry’s current walk-in services, but instead bolsters the ministry’s capacity to ensure that Guyanese across the length and breadth of the country can access these services.

“This app is designed to give workers and employers a convenient, efficient, and user-friendly tool to stay informed about their rights and seek assistance when necessary,” the Chief Labour Officer said.

The launch of the “Labour Advice” mobile application ties into the ministry’s efforts to digitise and thereby improve its services through a shift towards more localised and innovative approaches. This includes the Ministry’s National Job Bank, which was launched through the Ministry’s Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (CRMA) in March of 2022. Both of these services were created in collaboration with the National Data Management Authority (NDMA).

Meanwhile, Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton, who delivered feature remarks, highlighted that it is especially important to view the launch against the backdrop of the development that has been taking place in the labour sector since the re-establishment of the Labour Ministry in 2020.  He underscored, “We are moving from a place where from 2015 to 2020, this country had no Labour Ministry, and that is important to note.”

The Minister added: “Through there establishment of Labour Ministry, and the expansions thereof, to today 29th May, we are launching a user-friendly application to allow for workers to engage the Ministry of Labour.” He further pointed out that when the Ministry was re-established, it deliberately set out to ensure that offices were established in every region—except for Region Eight—for the convenience of workers countrywide. Notably, this approach was to ensure that persons have direct access to officers of the Ministry of Labour.

“That was the first phase of this activity. We are now moving into the phase of technology and ready access to the Labour Ministry,” Minister Hamilton said. He also emphasized that the work of the Ministry is clear in several areas.
(Kaieteur News)…[+]

BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping has made important instructions on the development of rural roads that “are well built, managed, maintained and operated” in recent days. In the instructions, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed that the Ministry of Transport and other central and local authorities have implemented the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee in recent years, worked with perseverance to overcome difficulties, and made marked achievements in the development of rural roads that “are well built, managed, maintained and operated.” As a result, farmers’ sense of gain, happiness, and security has been boosted, and rural roads have turned out to be their path to wealth, happiness, and rural revitalization, as well as the path that brings them closer to the Party and government.

Xi stressed that efforts should be continued with perseverance on the new journey in the new era. Policies, laws and regulations should be further refined, governance capacity improved, a new round of actions taken to upgrade rural roads, and the high-quality development of rural roads that “are well built, managed, maintained and operated” further advanced. This will help build a beautiful and harmonious countryside that is desirable to live and work in, and provide solid support to bring common prosperity to rural residents, advance rural revitalization across the board, speed up modernization of agriculture and rural areas, and promote Chinese modernization.

This year’s meeting on promoting high-quality development of rural roads that “are well built, managed, maintained and operated” was held in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province on May 29. He Lifeng, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice premier, conveyed Xi’s important instructions and delivered a speech at the meeting. He noted that Xi’s important instructions charted the course of and provided fundamental guidance for the high-quality development of rural roads that “are well built, managed, maintained and operated” on the new journey in the new era. He also called for efforts to faithfully study and implement the guiding principles of Xi’s important instructions, have a stronger sense of responsibility and urgency, and prioritize efforts to deliver on short- and medium-term major tasks. It is also imperative to improve the quality of road networks, strengthen the management and maintenance of the roads, boost the level of their operation, and ensure road safety. It is imperative to uphold and consolidate the Party’s overall leadership, take comprehensively deepening reform as a driving force, make scientific planning in light of local conditions, and make sustained and long-term efforts, so as to continuously improve the capacity to do a good job for the development of rural roads that “are well built, managed, maintained and operated.”

Those who delivered speeches at the meeting include leading officials from the Ministry of Transport, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Zhejiang Province, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Fujian Province, Guizhou Province, Hunan Province, and Gansu Province.  (Xinhua)…[+]