Guyana News

In observance of World Food Day, which is being observed today under the theme ‘Food Prices: From Crisis to Stability’, the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held a National Schools Home Economics Competition at St Joseph High School on Friday.

The Toronto Star says that a Guyana-born Oshawa justice of the peace has been accused of sexual harassment by several female court staff who work with him.

Global Hand washing day is celebrated on October 15 since its inception in 2008 when the year was designated as International Year of Sanitation by the UN General Assembly.

On October 11th professor Duke Pollard was sworn in as a temporary Justice of the Belize Court of Appeal by the Governor General, Sir Colville Young, at Belize House, Belmopan, according to The Guardian of Belize.a

The sterile surroundings of the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) glowed with colour recently when staff and visitors turned up in bold African prints as part of its observances for International Year of the People of African Descent.

The Guyana Police Force says it has received a report from the PPP/C that activists and volunteers of that political party are being intimidated and harassed by bands of thugs “who seem to be aligned to other political parties.”

(Barbados Nation) A Barbados-based Caribbean company is offering to feed electricity into the national grid, almost immediately lowering household electricity bills, and saving Barbados millions of dollars in the long term.

ROME, (Reuters) – Thousands of demonstrators rallied  across the globe today to denounce bankers, businessmen  and politicians over the international economic crisis, with  violence rocking Rome as angry protesters torched cars and  smashed bank windows.

The police say they are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of Hansranie Sewdat, 45 years of No.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Cricket South Africa (CSA)  dismissed their president, Mtutuzeli Nyoka, today after a  vote of no-confidence at a board meeting.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Half-centuries by Marlon Samuels and Lendl  Simmons eased West Indies to an eight-wicket victory over  Bangladesh in the second one-day international on Saturday and  an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

A Guyanese doctor living in Jamaica was last night shot in the head outside his home at Mandeville, Manchester following an apparent attempted armed robbery.

John Blanchard, who has been charged with hacking two of his children to death, was early this morning rushed to the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), after suffering injuries while in the Camp Street Prison.

PARAMARIBO – In the coming period, Staatsolie will work more towards diversifying energy production.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The Health Ministry has issued a warning against the use of the Chinese health products ‘Bi Yan Pian’, ‘Specific Hou Ton Qing’ and ‘Pe Min Kan Wan’.

(Jamaica Gleaner) While accepting the decision, embattled Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president, Captain Horace Burrell, has described his six-month FIFA ban for an involvement in the much-publicised Caribbean Football Union (CFU) bribery scandal as “harsh”, and has declared that he is willing to walk away from his JFF post if his board asks him to.

The ruling Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) will name its prime ministerial candidate tomorrow at the party’s third major election rally, to be held at Linden.

Six-year-old Joy Blanchard, the only survivor of a grisly knife attack on her and two siblings by their father, succumbed to her wounds early this morning.

The government yesterday received a much-needed boost in its arsenal to halt illicit arms trafficking in the form of a machine used to mark firearms.

John Blanchard, the father accused of knifing to death two of his children, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with two counts of murder.