Guyana News

(Jamaica Observer) Yet another Jamaican woman has come forward with accusations of mistreatment by the authorities at the Grantley Adams International Airport in Bridgetown, Barbados.

(Jamaica Observer) Cabinet has appointed a ministerial commission to review the recommendations made in the report of the National Commission on Ganja, which was chaired by the late Professor Barry Chevannes and submitted in 2001.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO/THE HAGUE – Parliamentarian Oesman Wangsabesari (Mega Combination (MC)/KTPI) is calling for a state investigation of the books of gold mining company Iamgold.

BENGHAZI, Libya, (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi  accepted an African Union plan to end the Libyan civil war but  rebels said today there could be no deal unless he leaves  power, and there was no sign of a let-up in the fighting.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Shane Watson struck a world  record 15 sixes in an unbeaten innings of 185 from only 96 balls  to take Australia to a crushing nine wicket victory over  Bangladesh in the second one-day international today.

Almost every new company granted a forest concession exports logs in its first three years and the deal to transfer 1.8 million acres to a start-up Indian logging company will not negatively impact Guyana’s pact with Norway, Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) head, James Singh says.

Miner Shane Jacobs was slashed about the body and stabbed to the chest by a man who reportedly accused him of “leaking information to the police”.

In Guyana, diabetes represents a serious public health problem as nearly 40,000 persons are living with it and there are perhaps another 20,000 that have not been diagnosed, the Ministry of Health said in a release Friday.

A bid by a family of four for permanent residence in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds was recently denied when a judge refused a judicial review of an earlier decision denying the request.

Some residents of Port Kaituma are concerned that a man accused of raping a young girl is now on bail and living in the same house with her and her sister.

At least two persons who are wanted by the police for questioning in relation to a multi-million dollar  fraud at the Accountant General’s Depart-ment of the Ministry of Finance are expected to turn themselves in today but their relatives yesterday express-ed puzzlement over the probe.

A 50-year-old woman was yesterday morning assaulted by a male relative after the two had an argument concerning another relative’s property.

A full roll-out of laptops under Phase One of the government’s One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative should be seen by August with eligible persons having up to July 29 to apply for an instrument.

Cabinet has given the final go ahead for the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill and the legislation is expected to be laid in the National Assembly within the next few weeks, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said on Friday.

CARICOM/PAHO Adviser Dr. Edward Greene has urged that drug abuse be treated as a human rights issue that warrants an urgent regional approach toward prevention in the face of the threat to sustainable economic and social development.

Two nursing personnel attach-ed to the Operation Renewed Hope Charitable Organiza-tion, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA, have been working with Georgetown Public Hospital’s Nursing Services’ Directorate to finalize plans for the implementation of a proposed Critical Care Nursing Programme.

President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday informed Linden residents of infrastructural and other developments in the town aimed at enhancing their livelihoods and gave assurances to vendors along the Winifred Gaskin Highway that government is prepared to assist with funding for a shopping centre when they submit a plan.

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) said it is concerned about misinformation published that may jeopardise certain businesses in the local manufacturing sector.

The sixth suspect in the $10M Guyana Stockfeeds Limited heist appeared at the Providence Magistrates’ Court on Friday on nine armed robbery charges and was remanded to prison.

Hundreds of persons benefitted from free healthcare and drugs at medical outreaches throughout the country when the Guyana Islamic Trust observed its annual Islamic Awareness Week (IAW) activities recently.