Guyana News

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova etched her name into Australian Open folklore last night by stunning Serena Williams 6-2 6-3 in their fourth-round match   to end the American’s aura of invincibility at Melbourne Park.

In line with their pre-election commitment to greater scrutiny of how public monies are being spent and whether value for money is being obtained, the opposition parties are going to press for the appointment of a qualified person to head up the Office of the Auditor General.

Government will be adopting a zero-tolerance policy on corruption in the mining industry.

The United Kingdom plans to put 75 million pounds sterling over a four-year period into development projects in the Caribbean, the UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague told Caribbean Foreign Ministers on Saturday.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Jennifer Webster, says her ministry, in keeping with the mandate President Donald Ramotar has given to all ministers, will be working more closely with civil society and the setting up of the family court is high on the agenda.

The Speaker of the National Assembly cannot, without any justification, wear the hats of List Representative and Speaker at the same time, former Speaker, Ralph Ramkarran has said.

A North East La Penitence man was yesterday pondering his next move after a large Ite palm tree broke and fell on his house, badly damaging his bedroom in the process.

The farmer who was shot last week at Crabwood Creek is paralyzed from the waist down – something he hopes is temporary – and the family of the alleged assailant is denying that he had anything to do with the attack.

The Hand-in-Hand insurance company has stated that information regarding its clients is strictly confidential and as such will not be disclosed unless required by law or a legal process.

Leader of the Opposition David Granger has announced a Shadow Cabinet, which he said was the core of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition and through which he plans to lead a charge against the Government via scrutiny.

The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) – the youth arm of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) – is calling out the Government on a number of burning issues, amongst them the vaccination campaign for HPV, the continued employment of the Police Commissioner and Government’s position on the recent election of the Speaker of the National Assembly.

A team led by Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn distributed 737 notebook computers in Linden on Thursday, bringing the total to almost 1000 handed out in the community under the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme.

The Ministry of Health has teamed up with the Laparkan Group of Companies to offer free cervical cancer screening this month, which is being observed as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.

Preparations are moving apace for the 13th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development that which will be used to showcase Guyana’s nature and eco-tourism potential and attract more visitors.

President of Conservation International Russ Mittermeier has paid tribute to former President Bharrat Jagdeo’s leadership in the arena of climate change and said that he hopes President Donald Ramotar will continue Guyana’s leadership role.

Residents of Kamwatta, a village of approximately 300 people, in Region One are the beneficiaries of a minibus valued $3.2M, presented to them by the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs.

President Donald Ramotar says he is “highly optimistic” that collaboration between government and the Remote Area Medical (RAM) Guyana Incorporated and its US partner mission would continue, when officials from the group paid a courtesy call on him on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) Member of Parliament for Pointe-a-Pierre Errol McLeod yesterday resigned as political leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ), paving the way for the party to unleash its electoral machinery to get into government on its own.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A record spell from Delorn Johnson undermined Barbados’ anaemic batting and set Windward Islands up for an emphatic, seven-wicket victory to finish third in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament yesterday.

United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague told Caribbean Foreign Ministers on Saturday in Grenada that London planned to invest 75-million pounds over a 4-year period into development projects in the Caribbean, according to a release today from the Caricom Secretariat.