Guyana News

The Haags Bosch Landfill Facility will be opened from 8 am to 6 pm as of Monday, while measures have been put in place to improve the garbage situation in Georgetown.

The IDB is offering awards of up to US$200,000 to persons, enterprises and organisations in the Caribbean to submit proposals that promote sustainable energy to its 2012 IDEAS Energy Innovation Contest.

Several students put on exceptional performances that wowed the audience when the Calypso and Dramatic Poetry final of the Children’s Mashramani Competition was held yesterday at the National Cultural Centre.

Kenrick Fitzpatrick Moore, former Stabroek News chief photographer, will be laid to rest today.

Ten months after the massive High Street, Kingston fire that left nine families homeless, many of the victims are still living at the site as they await word from the Ministry of Housing on houselots where they can start rebuilding.

The Ministry of Health said a significant number of professional and assistant nurses who graduated recently will be heading back to the hinterland areas to serve within the next month.

The Legal Aid Centre at Linden has taken steps to evaluate its impact in the mining community over the years, and according to a random survey there is strong overall satisfaction with the services of the centre.

Digicel promises a mega concert tonight at the Providence Stadium featuring American R&B recording artiste Keri Hilson, Reggae Band Morgan Heritage, Jamaican singer I-Octane and local artistes x2.

(Trinidad Express) The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) has thrown its support behind former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd after he resigned from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) earlier this week over his involvement with the interim management committee (IMC) in Guyana.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Chris Gayle was sidelined in the middle of another ferocious innings, when he aggravated a groin injury in the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 today.

Workers of the Blairmont Sugar Estate who have taken strike action to protest newly implemented rules including a cut in their wages are determined not to return to work until their issues are addressed.

(BBC) Former Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds has announced his retirement from professional cricket.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Officials from the left-leaning ALBA bloc of Latin American countries threw down the gauntlet to the United States yesterday by insisting Cuba participate in April’s Sixth Summit of the Americas in Colombia and asking the host country to invite the communist island.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Oscar-winning documentary maker Kevin Macdonald has made what critics are calling the definitive biography of reggae legend Bob Marley, aided by the singer’s family and record label who have given the project their blessing.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Kumar Plummer, 53 years of Line Path, Skeldon, whose body was found yesterday at Arimu Backdam, Cuyuni.

CARACAS/BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – A Barbados-based holding company led by executives of Venezuelan food and beermaker Empresas Polar has filed an international arbitration claim against President Hugo Chavez’s government over its nationalization of a fertilizer project, documents show.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Yuvraj Singh’s malignant lung tumour is almost out of his system following his first cycle of chemotherapy, the Indian cricketer said today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former West Indies opener Chris Gayle says he does not intend to apologise to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for comments he made in a radio interview last May regarding the team and the state of West Indies cricket.

(de Ware Tijd) SIPALIWINI – “Disi na wan gaang yepi (This is a big help)”, says Johan Djanie, captain of Dritabiki in reaction to the announcement by Minister Falisie Pinas of Transport, Communication and Tourism (TCT) that the state is subsidizing 40% of the fares of flights to the hinterland.

Fans who want to bid Whitney Houston farewell will be able to watch her private funeral on the Internet, according to the Associated Press.