Guyana News

Dr David Hinds has released a new book, titled “Ethno-Politics and Power Sharing in Guyana: History and Discourse.”

The Iwokrama Inter-national Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development and the National Archives are hosting an Archive/Records Management Training Workshop aimed at building capacity in archiving records.

ABIDJAN, (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo  was negotiating the terms of his departure yesterday following  a fierce assault by forces loyal to his rival and backed by U.N. 

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Manniram Prashad recently pledged his ministry’s continued support to the Guyana Arts and Craft Producers Association and gave assurances of its readiness to engage new members in order to better develop the arts and crafts industry.

BENGHAZI, Libya, (Reu-ters) – The head of Libya’s  rebel army has condemned NATO for its slow chain of command in  ordering air strikes to protect civilians, saying the alliance  was “letting the people of Misrata die every day”.

Guyanese, Laurence Clarke, has been promoted to the position of Director in the World Bank.

KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – Two people were killed in an  attack on a car near Port Sudan yesterday, which police  suggested was a missile fired from the sea, while state media  and a regional government official blamed a foreign aircraft.

Thirty-four youths from the Agricola/ McDoom area graduated recently after acquiring various skills through the Community Action Component (CAC) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) funded Citizens’ Security Programme.

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh told a meeting of finance ministers of the Americas recently that the peculiar development circumstances faced by the small states of the Caribbean needed to be taken into account by bilateral hemispheric partners and multilateral financial institutions in their engagement with the region.

In Saturday’s edition of this newspaper, it was reported that Susan Mangal was admitted to bail in the sum of $85,000 after allegedly stealing $4,000

BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Poorer nations upped the ante  on rich countries at U.N.

The police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 2155h last night on businesswoman Rajpattie Ramnarace, 58 years of Nigg Settlement, Corentyne, Berbice, during which

The police are investigating an accident that occurred at about 1030h yesterday which resulted in the death of Rabindranauth Goorsammy, 56 years of ‘B’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown.

The Office of Prime Minister Sam Hinds today announced that the trading of ferrous metal scrap has been suspended until further notice.

ABIDJAN, (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo  has surrendered and asked for United Nations protection, an  internal U.N.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Departing India coach Gary  Kirsten hailed World Cup winning-captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as  the best leader in contemporary cricket as he bid an emotional  goodbye today following a successful three years in charge.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – The Vatican urged the  faithful today not to let reports of huge crowds or  unscrupulous hoteliers deter them from coming to Rome for the  beatification of the late Pope John Paul on May 1.

(Barbados Nation) Three police officers were being questioned last night in connection with the alleged rape of a Jamaican woman in February.

The death of a Guyanese teacher in New York before his green card was approved has left his family in an immigration nightmare.

PPP General Secretary Donald Ramotar yesterday said that he was humbled by his unanimous selection as the party’s presidential candidate and said he will stand by the party’s record of achievement.