Guyana News

Trinidad-based pathologist Valery Alexandrov arrived on Saturday and headed straight to the Bagotsville cemetery and took samples from Sangeeta Persaud’s body which had been exhumed.

Some 39 nurses and 13 doctors resigned from the health sector last year and it is believed that there are over three hundred technical vacancies in the sector, according to Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy.

-was ferrying water bottle on bicycle A Bagotville,West Bank Demerara (WBD) mother is mourning the loss of her 15-year old son, who died on Saturday afternoon after falling into a trench while ferrying a water bottle on his bicycle.

-after demolition crew damages house Vanessa Gaskin, the Ruby, East Bank Essequibo mother of eight whose home was damaged by housing officials late last month, has received an offer from the Central Planning and Housing Authority (CH&PA) of a house lot, in exchange for her moving from the area.

A 37 year old man was killed on Friday after he fell off a truck on the Bissaruni Trail, Upper Berbice River and his head was crushed by one of its wheels.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China overtook large  European nations in a shift in voting power at the World Bank  yesterday that was designed to give emerging economies greater  influence in the global development institution.

The National Parks Commis-sion (NPC) has denied poor health and safety practices at the Georgetown Zoo, following recent concerns raised by a zookeeper.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo  Chavez yesterday ordered troops to crack down on wildcat miners  who use mercury, chain-saws and high-pressure hoses to strip  gold from beneath the South American nation’s jungles.

– EPA to probe Residents of Le Destin, East Bank Essequibo have started suffering health problems after a farmer started burning paddy shells for his cash crops and they are calling on the authorities to take immediate action.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo  Chavez yesterday ordered a 40 per cent pay rise for the armed  forces, an increase that may help consolidate his support with  troops by countering inflation ahead of legislative elections.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cubans voted yesterday in  municipal elections touted as proof of democracy on the  communist-led island, but at the same time the dissident  “Ladies in White” were manhandled by government supporters as  they tried to march for the freedom of political prisoners.

Fifty-five women from the organisation ‘Women with Power’ graduated with skills acquired in four areas including floral arrangement and cake decoration at the Venezuelan Cultural Centre on Friday.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s next prime minister  Viktor Orban said  yesterday voters had carried out a  “revolution” by giving his party two thirds of the seats in  parliament to rebuild Hungary after a near financial collapse.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Scientists have discovered  a fast-moving deep ocean current with the volume of 40 Amazon  Rivers near Antarctica that will help researchers monitor the  impacts of climate change on the world’s oceans.

LONDON (Reuters) – Alan Sillitoe, one of the  ‘Angry Young Men’ of British fiction whose gritty realism  vividly portrayed working-class life after World War Two, died  yesterday aged 82.

The life of a 36-year-old woman was violently snuffed out yesterday when her husband of seven years repeatedly stabbed her with a Rambo knife, bringing an end to their turbulent relationship.

-first progress report The first Annual Progress Report on REDD+ enablers under the Guyana-Norway forest protection agreement was recently released and the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment has since invited tenders for the verification of these enabling activities.

Political activist Desmond Trotman has sued the government over its failure to pay monies obtained from the Guyana Lottery Company into the Consolidated Fund saying the current practice including disbursements without parliamentary approval is illegal.

Police were grilling employees attached to Lambert’s Trading yesterday following a botched robbery at the Charlotte Street business place.

The airport passes of three senior employees of Roraima Airways were recently withdrawn following a damning report by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack arising out of the pink suitcase bust in January at the JFK International Airport.