Guyana News

Sterling Products Limited (SPL) has acquired the ISO (International Organisation of Standard) 9001:2008 certification for its wide range of edible fats products.

A new Well Station, expected to deliver upgraded water services, was installed yesterday at Amelia’s Ward, Linden.

Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh and German Ambassador Ernest Martens yesterday signed an additional $1.36B agreement for financial cooperation on tropical forest protection.

Those offering health services outside traditional medical practice will soon have to operate under new rules, following the passage of a new law on Thursday.

The Parliamentary Committee of Privileges on Wednesday told PNCR-1G MP Deborah Backer, who the government wants to be held in contempt over statements she made about ranks of the joint services during a debate, informed that it would contact her following a statement to the committee by her attorney.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS) Dr Roger Luncheon said Cabinet has planned a number of activities targeting industrial and manufacturing entities in observance of World Occupational Safety and Health Day.

President Bharrat Jagdeo met Head of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and Science Advisor Dr Ulric (Neville) Trotz on Thursday to discuss specific projects that can benefit Guyana as it adapts to the phenomenon.

Claudio Akeen, the young man stabbed during an attack by a miner Wednesday night, is in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and police are still looking for his attacker.

Government is committed to finance additional interventions to cushion the effects of the El Nino dry weather phenomenon and an additional $300M has been allocated to fund such interventions recently.

Justin Bailey, called ‘Jassy,’ who was convicted of manslaughter last month, was sentenced to 13 years at the Berbice Assizes on Thursday.

Lloyd Roberts was granted $20,000 bail when he appeared Thursday before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson charged with unlawfully assaulting a policeman.

-man charged with assaulting mother Magistrate Ann McLennan sentenced two women who pleaded guilty to assaulting each other to two months community service each or the alternative of two weeks jail.

The policeman, who was fined on Tuesday for drunken driving, was also fined $35,000 for dangerous driving after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

BONN, Germany (Reuters) – The United States and  China clashed yesterday about how to revive climate talks in  2010, complicating the first UN session since the acrimonious  Copenhagen summit fell short of agreeing a treaty.

Justice Winston Patterson granted bail in the sum of $150,000 to a 19-year-old who is charged with being in possession of a .38 revolver with matching rounds.

A Preliminary Inquiry into the death of psychiatric patient Ramnauth Persaud commenced before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  taunting the United States for trying to halt Iran’s nuclear  programme, showcased an improved centrifuge yesterday which  officials said would enrich uranium faster than existing models.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister  Benjamin Netanyahu has withdrawn from a nuclear security summit  in Washington next week, fearing Muslim delegates will demand  Israel give up its assumed atomic arsenal.

Richard Barrow appeared in the New Amsterdam Court on a charge of robbery with violence, which he denied before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo.

Magistrate Ann McLennan fined a construction worker $50,000 after he pleaded guilty to the charge of being an unlicensed driver, when he appeared in the Christianburg Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge.