Guyana News

A Czech national who failed to present himself to an immigration officer after entering Guyana was yesterday ordered deported after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The University of Guyana (UG) and the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) on Friday signed an MoU for technical cooperation at the Turkeyen Campus.

The Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCCI) and other commerce groups in East Berbice say they expect the area to attract more investors, with the installation of street lights along sections of the Corentyne Highway.

CARICOM recently welcomed Ambassador Joaquín de Arístegui as the new Plenipotentiary Representative of  Spain to CARICOM at an accreditation ceremony during which he said the regional body needed to be more active in multilateral organisations.

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad said a week-long programme of activities has been set for this year’s Bartica Easter Regatta, when he officially launched the programme on Wednesday.

ABIDJAN, (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s internationally  recognised president Alassane Ouattara called for peace after  his rival was arrested with the help of French forces, but he  faces a huge task reuniting a country shattered by civil war.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – An African Union plan to halt  Libya’s civil war collapsed, and rebels said the increasingly  bloody siege of the city of Misrata by Muammar Gaddafi’s troops  made talk of a ceasefire meaningless.

Police are seeking a city resident for questioning in relation to Trafficking in Narco-tics and Unlawful Possession of a firearm

PHOENIX, (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court  yesterday kept on hold Arizona’s controversial state law  requiring police to check the immigration status of anyone they  have detained and suspect may be in the country illegally.

The National Trust of Guyana has prepared a programme to celebrate International Day for Monuments and Sites which will be observed on Monday.

MINSK, (Reuters) – A blast tore through a crowded  metro station in the Belarus capital Minsk in evening rush hour  yesterday, killing 11 people in what President Alexander  Lukashenko said was an attempt to destabilise the country.

Fifteen students from the North Ruimveldt Multilateral School recently visited the East La Penitence Health centre to acquaint themselves with the many aspects of health care offered at the centre.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A new World Bank report,  challenging a view long embraced by global institutions, says  high economic growth alone cannot reduce the poverty and  unemployment that breed conflict and violence.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Donors’ decision to suspend  $180 million of aid to the Global Fund to fight AIDS,  Tuberculosis and Malaria could hit efforts to combat the  diseases, the fund’s chief said yesterday.

The Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) convened a Caribbean Regional Climate Change  Conference in Belize  from March 28 to 29, drawing wide representation from the region.

The Ministry of Tourism plans to facilitate another Pakaraimas Mountain Safari based on the enthusiasm of adventurers who recently returned from the ninth safari that explored several pristine areas in regions eight and nine.

New York (Reuters) – Put away the machines and bring  back the humans.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Engineers were fighting a fire  at Japan’s crippled nuclear plant today as another major  aftershock rocked eastern Japan, swaying buildings in central  Tokyo and closing Narita airport runways.

Laurel Thomas is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to trafficking in narcotics and unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.

ABIDJAN,  (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo  was arrested today after French armoured vehicles closed in  on the compound where the self-proclaimed president had been  holed up in a bunker.