Guyana News

With boys in their early teens venturing out to sea to earn a living, the Transport Ministry will be moving to address the minimum age for seafarers.

Transport Minister Robeson Benn on Saturday directed questions on possible financial redress from the contractors and supervising firm over defects in the Supenaam stelling’s docking system to Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development.

The search continues for varieties of potatoes and onions that can be grown commercially and at a competitive cost here.

The Police still have in custody a cop and the boyfriend of Leonaka Natasha Johnson whose  body was found floating in a canal at Nismes, West Bank Demerara on Saturday.

Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran said more resources will be allocated in the 2012 budget for reproductive and vaccination programmes.

The Guyana Cooperative Credit Union League (GCCUL) has pledged to up its relevance to the new PPP/C administration under President Donald Ramotar, at a ceremony it held on Thursday to recognise his long-standing service to credit unions.

The Fifth Hugh Desmond Hoyte Memorial Lecture is scheduled to be delivered by Staley Ming on March 28 in the Savannah Suite of the Pegasus Hotel at 5:00pm.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo is to take on the part-time roles of High Level Envoy for Sustainable Development in Forest Countries and Patron of Nature within the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs has provided a $4M double-cab Hilux pick-up truck to Kariako Village, Region One to assist with transporting children to school and produce to markets.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport says 78 students equipped with skills in six different fields graduated from the 22nd Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training Programme on Friday.

Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy on Friday challenged the participants of the Pest Control Operators (PCO) Basic Proficiency Course to make changes in the pest control industry, saying it has been operating in the past for far too long.

The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) provides a comprehensive framework to improve the flow of investments between the two parties.

The Regional Health Services (RHS) Unit and the Local Government Ministry agreed that closer collaboration is needed to boost the delivery of health, at the Regional Health Officers’ (RHOs) meeting held recently.

President’s College will oppose St. Joseph’s High School tonight in the first semi-final of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company sponsored “Know Your Stuff” English Literature Quiz.

We regret that there is no Diaspora Column this week

World story telling day, which is a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling will be observed tomorrow at the Umana Yana, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has said.

Next week Tuesday, interested persons can listen and learn about poetry at the Umana Yana as the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports celebrate World Poetry Day.

Former Prime Minister of Grenada, George Ignatius Brizan who was buried on Friday in his homeland has been  lauded by CARICOM for his sterling contribution to advancing the democratic principles within the region.

SAN JUAN,  (Reuters) – Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney swept to a big win in his party’s primary in Puerto Rico on Sunday, bolstering his position as front-runner in the race to determine who will face Democratic President Barack Obama in the Nov.

(Reuters) – West Indies beat Australia by five wickets today to record their first one-day international win over their old rivals since 2006 and tie their five match series at 1-1.