Guyana News

NEW YORK, (Reuters Life!) – Most women would marry  for love over money — unless the man is unemployed, according  to a new survey.

In the wake of the declaration by the West Indies Cricket Board that it won’t be dealing with the players association President Dinanath Ramnarine unless he changes his behaviour, the West Indies Players Association has issued a statement in support of him.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations urged all  governments today to refrain from sending back Haitians to  their country, which is still reeling from an earthquake 18  months ago.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The World Bank today  launched a new agricultural hedging tool that will provide an  initial $4 billion to help farmers in poorer countries deal  with food price volatility.

(Trinidad Express) Members of the business community are condemning plans by the trade union movement to shut down the country and are urging them to settle their issues through dialogue.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute (TTTI) said yesterday it was regrettable that FIFA has apparently closed the investigation into bribery allegations against Jack Warner, without formally clearing his name.

(Jamaica Observer) Twenty-eight years after he led two rebel tours of Apartheid-ruled South Africa in contravention of an international ban on sporting activity with that country, former West Indies cricketer Lawrence Rowe apologised yesterday in time for the naming of a pavilion in his honour at Sabina Park in Kingston.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Suriname has taken steps to protect the restrictions on the imports of secondhand cars that are in force because of Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the region and Europe.

The driver, who fatally struck schoolgirl Jaswattie Ramnauth, 9, on Monday, turned himself over to police this morning.

Crime prevention advisor to the United Nations, Canadian Peter Faulhaber was shot on Sunday afternoon after he scuffled with bandits who robbed him while he was walking on the East Coast Demerara seawall.

Leyland Nichols and George Burrowes who were charged following the marijuana bust at the John Fernandes Wharf were yesterday remanded to prison after making their court appearance before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Relatives of Kevin Poulis this morning found his remains just below the surface of the creek he had gone to on Sunday.

Ten community logging associations will this year benefit from training under an initial US$50,000 grant from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Sixteen-year-old Foster Hunt Piqué is living proof that being physically challenged does not mean being handicapped and he was honoured yesterday at the launch of this year’s Rehabilitation Week in Linden.

Two armed robbers yesterday grabbed $600,000 from the Linden Utility Services Co-op Society Limited (LUSCSL), after intercepting the security escort during a routine bank transfer.

Guyana appears closer to securing key financial support for the construction of the Amaila Hydropower plant from the Inter-America Development Bank (IDB), which has proposed support of up to US$200 million.

Co-Chair of the Guyana Human Rights Association Mike McCormack says the judiciary could be the avenue through which international human rights laws are interpreted and enforced, and he praised the recent ruling of Justice Roxane George in the case of the tortured teen.

The logs in a container where 122 kgs of cocaine were found last March in Jamaica were in-transit, Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) head James Singh has said.

Over the past six years, Food For The Poor (FFTP) has built six housing schemes, providing homes for over 4,000 people and as it marks its 20th anniversary with the distribution of over $1 billion in food under its belt, its focus is on the expansion of service to the needy.

SASOD supported a statement drafted at the 41st Organisation of American States (OAS) General Assembly urging Caricom leaders to guarantee the human rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) persons and address homophobia in the region.