Guyana News

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo  Mathews has been ruled out of Saturday’s World Cup final against  India after injuring his right thigh muscle in the semi-final  against New Zealand.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi  was looking forward to resting his aching limbs after returning  home from the World Cup to a heroes’ welcome today.

Norway will deposit another US$40 million into the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) immediately as research shows that Guyana’s deforestation rate is lower than previously thought, Norway’s Minister of the Environment and International Development, Erik Solheim announced last evening.

Vernon Paddy, the 47-year-old Guyanese man who had pleaded guilty to a vicious attack on his wife with a 14-inch hammer in May of last year, was sentenced to eight years in prison by Justice Indra Hariprashad-Charles in a British Virgin Island (BVI) court.

– praised for quick action Six heavily armed gunmen yesterday stormed Guyana Stockfeeds office at Farm, East Bank Demerara escaping with over $10 million following a five-minute rampage, but quick police work saw the arrests of eight men and a woman, suspected to have played a part in the robbery.

PNCR Leader Robert Corbin says that his taking a “backseat” in his party’s election campaign is not an option, since it is committed to seeing the end of the PPP/C administration.

Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Com-mission (GGMC) William Woolford has retired effective yesterday and Manager of the entity’s Environmental Division Karen Livan is now the acting commissioner.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has come out in support of domestic abuse victim, Vanessa Francis saying that police prosecutors and magistrates are neglecting the provisions in the Domestic Violence Act.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has named Local Government Minister, Kellawan Lall as this country’s new Ambassador to Brazil and he has selected PPP/C MP Norman Whittaker to head Lall’s ministry.

Pensioners George and Elfreida Benjamin depend on the public healthcare system for all their medical needs, but the man is now devastated because his wife is hospitalised after using expired medication.

Following recent articles questioning the propriety of Huawei’s US$50,000 “thank you gift” to the government, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday accused this newspaper of displaying “reckless hostility” to the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday said that the cocaine found in a container of logs shipped from here “displayed weakness across the board that need to be attended to.”

Entities implementing projects funded through the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) will be required to return the money “promptly” if it is determined that it is being used in a manner that is inconsistent with the grant agreement.

Government has encountered some difficulties with transmission for the Educational Channel in the border regions, but Phase One has been rolled out and all systems are in place for the television service to be officially launched today.

The North Georgetown Primary School yesterday officially opened a computer laboratory, reading and research centre and a tuck shop as part of school’s improvement plan.

For its last financial year, which ended on 31st December, 2010, the Guyana Bank of Trade and Industry (GBTI) achieved an after-tax profit of $1.2 billion, exceeding earnings for the previous year by $213 million or (22%).

Cabinet has approved a contract for the rehabilitation of the medical block at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.

Sections of the Linden/Mahdia trail have been in a slushy state for several days, prompting calls for an urgent upgrade of the road.

Linden businesses have been encouraged to take a proactive stand in the fight against crime or risk losses, including lives.

President Bharrat Jagdeo told the Matthews Ridge community that a bus will be provided to take children to school.