Guyana News

Director of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Dr Nanda Gopaul says the corporation sacked its Materials Manager Aasrodeen Shaw specifically because he failed to procure electrodes on time, which resulted in a halt in the operations of a section of the estate.

-traffic issues raised Residents of Diamond, East Bank Demerara on Saturday raised numerous concerns about private cars operating hire service, but failed to address the increase of petty crimes in the area during a police  “Face the Community” meeting.

The long delayed shipment of H1N1 vaccines is expected in the country this week and according to the Ministry of Health, testing has been at a standstill because the number of cases for referrals has been few.

-said to be nearly 100 years old An old wooden building on Camp Street and North Road was condemned by the City Council last month to be torn down and all that remains now is an old-style bakery oven and chimney that is said to be nearly 100 years old.

Six persons have been arrested following the discovery of more than 4 kilos cocaine in sealed tins at Good Hope Essequibo.

– Mayor There has been an increase in the quantum and nature of garbage being disposed of and this poses a “tremendous challenge” to the municipality of Georgetown which currently disposes of 250 tonnes of garbage, Mayor Hamilton Green said.

The Ministry of Education in an effort to strengthen discipline among students in schools has launched a National Mentoring Programme  which will start at the Lodge  Community High  and  will be extended to nine other Georgetown schools and  subsequently to schools outside the city.

Government last week commissioned a $14.3 million drying floor at Walton Hall to boost rice production in Region Two and plans are in train to establish two rice mills, one in the same region and the other on the Corentyne.

A 22-year old miner of Sarah Johanna, East Bank Demerara is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being stabbed five times during a fight.

-ministry to launch micro-credit programme Single parents in a government training programme on Friday received grants and the  Ministry of Human Services says it will soon launch its micro-credit programme which will offer loans at low interest rates to persons in this category who desire to start a small business.

The Evergreen/Paradise Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) recently received two pumps for communal irrigation and drainage of farm lands, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

President Bharrat Jagdeo recently met with Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) officials Coretta McDonald and Councillor Lesmeine Collins to discuss some of the conditions of the 2006 wage package agreement between the GTU and the Ministry of Education.

-court hears Jude Pompey, also known as Nicholas Pompey, was on Friday remanded to prison on the allegation that he was found with a quantity of cannabis stashed in a microwave at his home.

Three men, accused of armed robbery, now face an indictable charge after an amendment to the previous charge was made.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela announced yesterday  24-hour power cutoffs for dozens of companies that have failed  to reduce usage in the first punitive measures of a nationwide  drive to save energy amid an electricity crisis.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British government ministers  said yesterday they were “appalled” by the behaviour of former  colleagues after media claims they had offered to try to  influence policy in return for cash.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The Labour government will  unveil a 2 billion pound ($3 billion) “green” investment bank in  Wednesday’s budget to help Britain’s transformation to a low  carbon economy, a government source said on Sunday.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – U.S. researchers have  developed tiny nanoparticle robots that can travel through a  patient’s blood and into tumors where they deliver a therapy  that turns off an important cancer gene.

Several investigation techniques that were critical to unearthing evidence in the 2006 slaying of minister Satyadeow Sawh were not followed by police, leaving behind more questions than answers, a security expert said.

A routine trip to the market yesterday ended in tragedy for a housewife when the vehicle she was in lost control and crashed into a culvert at the Diamond Housing Scheme.