Guyana News

Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh said internal audits are important in any corporate entity as they make them more efficient and competitive, in his address to participants at a seminar hosted by the Institute of Internal Auditors-Guyana Chapter.

The Bureau of CARICOM Ministerial Council for Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE) has decided that a comprehensive audit should be carried out on the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS).

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian security forces arrested two veteran opposition figures and a group of female protesters, adding to thousands of political prisoners in the country, rights groups said yesterday.

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso opposition parties yesterday demanded long-serving President Blaise Compaore step down, blaming him for provoking a wave of violence in the West African nation.

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni vowed on Saturday to ‘defeat’ a wave of deadly protests triggered by rising food and fuel prices.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope John Paul II moves a step closer to sainthood today when his successor beatifies him before an expected crowd of several hundred thousand people.

OMAHA, Neb (Reuters) – Warren Buffett said he was wrong not to press David Sokol about purchases of Lubrizol Corp stock while his former top lieutenant was pitching the chemicals company as a possible takeover target for Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi  survived a NATO air strike on a Tripoli house that killed his  youngest son and three grandchildren, a government spokesman  said today.

Bridgetown, Barbados – The WICB Selection Committee has announced one change to the West Indies 13 man squad for the 4th Digicel One Day International against Pakistan.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has more than 100 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector and has local experts in the industry, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said in her bid to get Brazil to partner with this country in the energy sector.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prince William and his new wife  flew out of Buckingham Palace today after tying the knot  in a dazzling display blending centuries-old royal tradition  with the private moments of any young couple.

Widening the trade union base to include various groups of currently unorganised workers could be the key to bridging the racial and political divide pervasive in the local labour movement, social activist Andaiye believes.

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Dr. Steve Surujbally said yesterday that preparations are moving “inexorably towards elections” and thousands are set to register when the Claims and Objections period begins in another week.

Miners earlier this week again damaged the pipeline taking water to Mahdia, leaving the Region Eight community struggling with a limited supply.

Good Hope businessman Ramdat Balkarran was shot to the abdomen by one of two men who attacked him and his family early yesterday morning.

Rural Constables from the Montrose Community Police Group (CPG) nabbed two robbers, hours after they attacked employees at the LAHAGO Supercentre and made off with an undisclosed sum of money.

PPP/C presidential candidate Donald Ramotar’s proclaimed satisfaction with the constitutional arrangements for the country’s political system is worrying, according to AFC leader Raphael Trotman, who believes that such a position shows disregard for those who currently feel excluded.

Rehabilitation and maintenance works are expected to begin within the next few days on several streets within the city, following the signing of $418M worth of contracts yesterday at the Public Works Ministry.

The Kitty Market today is a shoddy reflection of what it was in its heyday and many of its vendors only continue to operate there because they have few other options to make a living.

Alcohol fuelled a fatal row last Sunday, when a Moruca man was shot by his drinking buddy and then dumped into the river.