Guyana News

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee on Tuesday launched the Guyana Prison Agricultural Development Board as part of continuing efforts to make the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) more self-sufficient.

The Ministry of Education has identified three areas it plans to focus on this year as it undertakes to train a number of persons in the skills that would meet needs in the tourism sector.

Parents of students attending the Paradise Primary School paused their protest yesterday after the constant rainfall.

Twelve Guyanese students have been offered medical scholarships at the Latin American School of Medicine “Salvador de Allende” in Venezuela.

WASHINGTON/AMMAN, (Reuters) – Syria was under growing  pressure yesterday to stop using military force against  anti-government protesters after the United States slapped  sanctions on President Bashar al-Assad over human rights  violations.

The Ministry of Education said it is set to surpass the 70% mark of trained teachers in the school system before the 2013 deadline set in the 2008-2013 Strategic Plan.

A 30-year-old man who accepted that he had two grams of cannabis in his possession was yesterday fined $5,000 and ordered to do six weeks of community service when he appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan police found the  murdered body of a newspaper columnist and opposition political  activist dumped on wasteland, prosecutors said yesterday.

DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth offered her  sympathy and regret yesterday to all those who had suffered  from centuries of conflict between Britain and Ireland in a  powerful and personal address to the Irish nation.

Home economists from across the country were recently encouraged to promote healthy eating through entrepreneurship.

Director of Nursing Services at the Georgetown Public Hospital Audrey Corry led a group of senior nurses in donating blood at the National Blood Transfusion Services on Monday.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Al Qaeda released a posthumous  audio recording by Osama bin Laden posted on Jihadi websites, in  which the Islamist group’s ex-leader praised revolutions  sweeping the Arab world.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s 300-year-old copyright  laws look set for a shake-up after the government welcomed  proposals to put the country on a par with international  competitors.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Before she started working at  the Sofitel hotel in New York’s bustling Times Square area, the  maid who accused IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of trying to  rape her spent her daily life within the same few city blocks.

A young man accused of robbing a young woman of her cell phone and gold ring was yesterday placed on a bond to keep the peace and the matter against him was  dismissed after the virtual complainant told the court that she did not want to offer evidence against him.

Two cousins who assaulted each other were yesterday placed on a bond to keep the peace for one year each when they appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has created history by appointing Mrs.

The police say they are investigating an incident that occurred at about 0015h.

The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) today said that a rat coming into contact with live parts in the power equipment at the Kingston Power Plant was partly responsible for early morning power disruptions in parts of Georgetown.

FIFA steps up fight against $90 bln match-fixing industry SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Soccer match-fixing yields $90  billion annually, a figure equivalent to legal betting, FIFA’s  security chief Chris Eaton said today, emphasising the  need to curb corruption in the sport.