Guyana News

British High Commissioner to Guyana Simon Bond yesterday said that states have an obligation to ensure that laws guarantee the same rights to everyone regardless of sexuality, while urging movement by the government on promised consultations on anti-discrimination protections.

CGX Energy Inc yesterday announced the appointment of Kerry Sully as the company’s Executive Chairman, and Steve Hermeston as new President and CEO with effect from June 13.

A Miami-based firm is eyeing the establishment of a cement block factory in Linden following the recent Linden Expo held during Linden Town Week 2011 celebrations, according to the Linden Chamber of Industry, Commerce and Development.

The trial of Anand Narine, who is accused of circulating nude photos of his former wife, Babita Sarjou, began on Friday with the testimony of the first witness.

More than 100 acres of land at Five Miles, Bartica, is to be developed for 600 house lots Minister of Housing Irfaan Ali and a team of officials inspected the site on Monday, and according to the Government Information Agency (GINA) a team of surveyors were expected to be on location yesterday to complete the block survey.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Dominique  Strauss-Kahn faced growing pressure on Tuesday to quit as head  of the IMF after his arrest on attempted rape charges, as some  French politicians expressed outrage over his treatment by U.S. 

A mason arraigned on three narcotics charges, including allegedly selling cocaine to a constable, was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – The United States has stepped  up direct talks with the Afghan Taliban for a political  settlement of the 10-year-old war, the Washington Post reported  yesterday, a move that analysts said earlier was easier  following the death of Osama bin Laden.

The Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) Organization recently paid tribute to a number of career mothers, including naming a long-serving member of its medical team Mother-of-the-Year.

Republic Bank’s Linden Branch presented three Lindeners with winnings totalling $200,000 during its Town Week 2011 promotion.

A Bartica man accused of having a quantity of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth honoured Irish  people killed fighting for independence from Britain yesterday  in a powerful gesture of reconciliation few people would have  believed possible even in recent times.

A turtle conservation field station, which is expected to complement the ongoing conservation efforts of the Guyana Marine Turtle Conservation Society (GMTCS), was commissioned at Almond Beach, Region One on Saturday The field station is outfitted with internet service and a solar power supply and it boasts a library where training will be provided in conservation strategies and ICT, the Government Information Agency (GINA) has reported.

AMMAN, (Reuters) – The West warned of more pressure  on Syria if a crackdown against pro-democracy protests  continues, hours after tanks stormed a city in the south, cradle  of an uprising against Baathist rule.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The huge and centuries-old House  of Lords will be cut in size and replaced by a wholly or mainly  elected second chamber under plans announced by Deputy Prime  Minister Nick Clegg yesterday.

Compton Green was on Monday charged with shooting at two farmers who tried to take his goats to the pound, after they found the animals in their watermelon patch.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Communist-run Cuba has given all  small businesses the authority to hire labor and will loosen  other regulations governing private enterprise, the government  said in a statement on Monday.

Seventy-five South Sophia residents benefited from a number of medical services when the Rotary Club of Demerara, in partnership with the Mercy Wings Vocational and Day Care Centre and the Health Ministry hosted an outreach exercise on Sunday.

A Ministry of Home Affairs programme to lower the crime rate in ten targeted communities saw 87 students, out of a starting batch of 93, graduating in 11 different categories of vocational training.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters Life!) – To fans, he was movie  star tough guy the Terminator.