Guyana News

Director of Norway’s Inter-national Climate and Forest Initiative, Ambassador Hans Brattskar said the forest partnership with Guyana will improve over time and is moving into “unknown territory.”

Eight-year-old Leslyn Baptiste, the Agricola Primary School student, who was struck down on Thursday last in the vicinity of her home, is said to be making progress health wise.

Imran Ally, called ‘Fat Man,’ was yesterday sentenced to two years imprisonment for the assault of his brother-in-law.

The retender for the supply of computers for the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme has been delayed as the specifications undergo some “fine tuning”.

Police on Sunday night found an unlicensed gun and matching rounds during the search of a car at Agricola Public Road.

The Childcare and Develop-ment Services Bill 2009 was passed by the National Assembly last Friday after it was discussed in a Special Select Committee for just under a year.

Terry James who along with Louis Alberto Garcia, Clint Collier, Deonarine Singh and Randolph Singh had been jointly charged with the Cuyuni cocaine bust at Batavia was readmitted to hospital on Sunday.

A Brazilian accused of forging an extension of stay stamp and a passport was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $400,000 after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

A stallholder arraigned on two counts of armed robbery against the same virtual complainant in two separate incidents was remanded to prison yesterday after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The management of the Berbice Bridge Company has given the assurance that every effort is being made to maintain its operations in a safe and efficient manner, following the problem with the control system while opening and closing the bridge recently.

GAWU General Secretary Seepaul Narine has been elected president of the Caribbean Region of the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers Associations (IUF) at a meeting held last week in Barbados.

The Joint United Nations Pro-gramme on HIV/AIDS says world leaders have set a number of bold new targets regarding the virus, such as increasing AIDS-related spending and eliminating HIV infections among children by 2015.

Almost a year after fire levelled the Mahdia arcade, stallholders say rebuilding is lagging behind the planned completion date.

The official commissioning of the Shell-branded Regent Street Service Station yesterday brings the company closer to fully operating its local retail network which comprises 13 sites, 10 of which are owned by the company and operated by retailers while the other 3 are owned and operated by dealers.

The relative who identified Mohamed Fazal Shaw on Saturday said that there were what appeared to be marks of violence about his body.

Following extensive flooding health workers sprayed Region 9 villages in order to control insects and pests, especially mosquitoes which can transmit malaria.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) and telecommunications company Digicel are onboard for the National Library’s annual reading competition which aims to promote reading as a pastime.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – At least 44 people were killed  when a passenger plane broke up and caught fire on coming into  land in heavy fog in north-western Russia, an Emergency Ministry  spokeswoman said yesterday.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – West Indies dominated the  opening day of the first test against India today,  dismissing the tourists for just 246 then wiping 34 off the  deficit for the loss of just one wicket.

The two men charged with the marijuana bust at the John Fernandes Wharf were yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.