Guyana News

An edited excerpt from a presentation given by Sr Mary Noel Menezes, RSM, at the press conference held by St Joseph Mercy Hospital on Thursday.

PPP/C executive Ralph Ramkarran has called for the government to actively seek out cases of domestic abuse.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – President Mahmoud  Abbas yesterday swung behind a campaign to stop Palestinians  buying goods produced by Israeli settlements in the West Bank,  urging all Palestinians to shun the products.

Commissions of inquiry which have been set up in this country in the past have all been independent according to Presidential Advisor on Governance, Gail Teixeira, and she also declared there would be no probe into the infamous phantom squad if no information or evidence is provided.

By Cathy Richards The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is to commence  emergency works in several areas across Linden following intense rainfall that caused flooding and erosion.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it is in the process of computerising the Motor Vehicle Driver’s Licence System in order to produce computer-generated licences.

One laptop computer is to be provided to every family in Guyana and the government is working out the modalities and costing for this initiative, according to Education Minister Shaik Baksh.

Caribbean Muslims’ veneration of their faith among diverse cultures is reason for hope in the Islamic community, especially since the 9/11 attacks and a world-renowned Muslim scholar sees benefit in the transfer of that hope to the United States.

– Corbin shocked Peter Ramsaroop’s lawyer yesterday expressed shock that written statements in a hidden cameras probe were released by the police to media but Police Commissioner Henry Greene says this was done to “satisfy the public”.

Presidential Advisor on Governance, Gail Teixeira said yesterday that her statements before the United Nations Human Rights Council in relation to the 15-year-old boy who was tortured were made within the context of the motion filed on his behalf in court.

Commuters using the Berbice River Bridge (BRB) say their lives are being disrupted due to the prolonged closure to vehicular traffic which is being done to facilitate maintenance of the retractor span.

Professor David Dabydeen is to be named Guyana’s Ambassador to China and according to reports government could make the announcement next week or earlier.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on Wednesday commissioned a $14m drying floor at Burma, the sixth of 12 to be built to boost the rice sector.

The man who was found floating in the Demerara River on Wednesday has been identified as Terrence King, 50, of Third Street, Alexander Village, police said yesterday.

General elections will take place next week in both Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname and the incumbent governments have invited CARICOM to monitor the polling.

The 22-year-old student of the New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) who slammed into a cow with his motorcycle last Sunday succumbed to his injuries around 6 am yesterday.

-Agri Ministry At the end of the current rainy season the Ministry of Agriculture expects to have spent just over $305 million to respond to issues arising from inclement weather.

The reinstitution of the joint charge of attempting to obstruct the course of justice against Chandra Narine Sharma and two of his employees did not materialise yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court since the prosecution has not received advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on how to proceed.

A woman who said that the actions of the police caused her to behave disorderly was fined $10,000 by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday.

A man was yesterday granted $1.5M bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to answer charges relating to forging a transport and selling the said plot of land to another.