Guyana News

The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) yesterday wrote to new Labour Minister Dr Nanda Gopaul requesting that he intervene in several outstanding grievances the union has with the BCGI, Olden-dorff Carriers Inc.

Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy last week witnessed more than 5,000 tonness of rice being loaded for shipment to Venezuela at the John Fernandes Wharf.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) said that fundamental human rights in Guyana must be respected through urgent constitutional change geared towards guaranteeing inclusion rather than exclusion.

Extension works to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) will not require an environmental impact assessment (EIA), according to the Environ-mental Protection Agency (EPA).

Police Commissioner Henry Greene yesterday refused to divulge why the recently acquired water cannon was not used in last week’s clash between the police and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) protestors.

Businessman Ranjisinghi Ramroop and four companies that he is a director of have sued Guyana Publications Limited, publishers of Stabroek News and the Sunday Stabroek and Anthony Vieira.

Six persons accused of the July 12 $7 million Bel Air Gardens robbery yesterday made another court appearance before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court, while the charges against a seventh accused, Shawn Hinds, were withdrawn.

Shaka Chase and Keon Niles who are charged with the attempted murder of Dexter Johnson were yesterday placed on $300,000 bail each after they reappeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell.

The verification process of the Statements of Poll (SoP) of last month’s general elections being undertaken by the APNU is to be made public later this week.

A 21-year-old man is now dead following an accident in which the bus he was travelling in collided with a parked tractor-trailer while overtaking another vehicle.

Bishop Juan Edghill has officially resigned from the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC).

A report on the investigations being undertaken into July’s crash-landing of a  Caribbean Airlines  Boeing 737 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri may be completed  in another three months.

Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy and a team comprising D&I technical officers and a group of West Bank farmers visited the backdam at Canal Number One to investigate claims that drainage structures built to regulate the flow of water were actually impeding it.

Another man appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with the armed robbery of Laing Avenue, Georgetown, housewife Fayeanna Lewis.

A 34-year-old bus driver who allegedly dealt a man several slaps to his face while he was robbing him of a BlackBerry cellular phone was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce is said to currently be functioning as it should even with the absence of a minister since its budget ends at the conclusion of this year.

The Mayor and City Council has announced that the municipal markets will be opened late to facilitate shopping for the festive season.

In a story titled ‘Fracas over election protest lands two in court’ published in last Wednesday’s edition, it was inadvertently stated that Dawn Moore and Tie Sheng Ye had been bonded to keep the peace when in fact the court had only handed down the sentence to Tie Sheng Ye.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada will pull out of the  Kyoto protocol on climate change, Environment Minister Peter  Kent said today, dealing a symbolic blow to the troubled  global treaty.

Businessman Ranjisinghi Ramroop and four companies that he is a director of have sued Guyana Publications Limited, publishers of Stabroek News and the Sunday Stabroek and Anthony Vieira.