Guyana News

-Opposition concerned about some provisions The government last evening passed the   New Building Society (Amendment) Bill despite calls by the opposition for it to be deferred or sent to a select committee because of concerns over some of its provisions.

A detective constable is nursing a fractured skull and other injuries after he was brutally attacked by a man he had a previous dispute with on Wednesday night.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) yesterday expressed concern at vandalism of its cables that left hundreds of customers at Houston and South Ruimveldt Gardens without service.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) says that it has not defined its position on the draft report of the extended Special Land Use Committee (SLUC).

-first boy delivered in car at Annandale By Tiffny Rhodius The act of giving birth is most times described as a miracle.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday said that it was disturbed over the strategy adopted by the US State Department of threatening negative consequences for what it considered inadequate results in the elimination of trafficking in persons.

A study is underway to regularize emoluments of members of the Special Constabulary of the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

The Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Economic Services (PSCES) in its fifth periodic report to the National Assembly has recommended that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) update its laws where necessary to address current and pressing issues.

A Private Sector Commission (PSC) team lead by Chairman Ramesh Dookhoo met with their Kuwaiti counterparts on Monday to discuss possible partnerships and investment opportunities.

THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – Kosovo’s unilateral secession  from Serbia in 2008 did not violate international law, the World  Court said yesterday in a decision with implications for  separatist movements everywhere.

The Burrowes School of Art says children are benefiting from a packed programme at its art camp.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Many of the rigs and vessels  at BP Plc’s Gulf of Mexico oil leak site will prepare to move  out of the path of Tropical Storm Bonnie late yesterday, the  top federal official overseeing the spill response said.

Minister in the Ministry of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran says the ministry is hosting discussions with NGO Wings of Humanity to expand the medivac programme in order to better respond to emergencies.

Police are seeking the assistance of the public in identifying the man who was found floating in the canal between Vlissengen Road and Irving street, close to Church Street, last Thursday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate yesterday  dealt a potentially fatal blow to President Barack Obama’s push  to curb greenhouse gas emissions, postponing its bid to pass  broad legislation to combat climate change.

VANCOUVER,  (Reuters) – The political firestorm  surrounding the Canadian government’s plan to change next  year’s census grew more intense yesterday, fanned by the  abrupt resignation of the country’s chief statistician in  protest.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security says single-parent women in Essequibo, Region Two are the most recent beneficiaries of the Women of Worth (WOW) Micro-credit scheme.

Guyana and Venezuela yesterday signed five energy and trade agreements in Caracas, the French news agency Agence France Presse (AFP) reported last night.

-admits passing reports to ambassador in Venezuela Former PNCR parliamentarian Abdul Kadir, who is on trial for plotting to blow up the JFK airport, yesterday denied an accusation by the US that he spent years secretly working as a spy for Iran — passing along information about Guyana’s economy, foreign policy and military to Iranian officials.

-tied up by gunmen, home ransacked An Annandale businessman endured a harrowing ordeal yesterday morning after gunmen tied him up and ransacked his home for more than half an hour before escaping with cash, jewellery and important documents.