Guyana News

The Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department recently hosted a workshop aimed at boosting knowledge and techniques in food inspection for regulatory and enforcement activities for food inspectors.

Published author and accountant Lal Balkaran last Wednesday presented several books on auditing to Auditor General (ag) Deodat Sharma after a workshop on internal and external auditing.

-as rainy season nears Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on Monday inspected garbage collection and other enhancement works being undertaken by Community Drainage and Irrigation (D&I) workers along the East Coast, in anticipation of the May-June rains.

Berbice Commander Steve Merai told police recruits attending a skills-boosting workshop at the University of Guyana’s (UG) Tain Campus that learning and knowledge must never be seen as problematic but as opportunities for advancement.

A man was remanded yesterday for allegedly threatening his niece. A plea of not guilty was entered for William Nurse by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when he was read the charge at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Three days into the school term, students attending the Develdt Primary School, in the Berbice River, were yet to begin classes because of the lack of teachers.

Stephon Campbell, also known as ‘Burnham,’ was remanded to prison yesterday on a charge of unlawful wounding.

A man was yesterday remanded by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson for unlawfully assaulting his ex-girlfriend.

The Auditor General has recommended that the Ministry of Finance take appropriate measures to transfer the operations of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) to the direct managerial control of the Customs and Trade Administration of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday accepted the credentials of Kuwait’s first ambassador to Guyana at a brief ceremony, as the two countries follow-up on commitments to strengthen bi-lateral relations.

The employees of the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) will now have representation from the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) after the parties inked a recognition agreement on Tuesday to allow the union to become the bargaining agent for the company’s 40-member staff.

BEIJING (Reuters) – The death toll from a powerful  earthquake in southwest China has risen to 589, Xinhua news  agency reported today, with hundreds of homes and some  schools toppled in the remote mountainous Tibetan Plateau.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States voiced  concern yesterday that Syria may have supplied Lebanese  Hezbollah guerrillas with Scud missiles that can hit deep  inside Israel, potentially altering the military balance  between the long-time foes.

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Environmental groups launched  a complaint against Canada under the North American Free Trade  Agreement on Wednesday, saying the country has failed to  enforce anti-pollution rules governing its vast oil sands.

A miner of Charity, Essequibo Coast met his demise on Tuesday, following an accident at a mining site in the Cuyuni backdam.

-health ministry probe launched The grandmother of Sangeeta Persaud, the 14-year-old who died after an ‘exorcism’ last month, is maintaining that the girl was prodded, squeezed and palmed during the ceremony, while Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy has said an investigation of the case is underway.

-robbery suspected A taxi driver was shot three times yesterday during a bizarre mid-afternoon attack along Princess Street, Lodge.

Parika vendors are still refusing to return to what they have dubbed “the ghost town hall of stalls” and are playing a game of hide-and-seek with the Neigh-bourhood Democratic Council (NDC) in their struggle to make a living.

-Auditor General finds Over a thirteen year period, the government has spent over $3 billion of the proceeds acquired from the Guyana Lotteries Company without parliamentary consent, since money was never deposited into the Consolidated Fund as legally required.

The Ministry of Health is moving to address homophobia in the public health sector by focusing on training and the promotion of a manual designed to eliminate existing barriers to care offered to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered (GLBT) communities.