Guyana News

Gafsons Industries Ltd presented a new house to a single mother of five over the holiday season.

Godfrey Washington, the proprietor of GWTV Channel 2 was declared President of the recently formed Guyana Media Proprietors Associa-tion (GMPA) when elections were held on January 27th, a release from the GMPA said.

he Insurance Supervision Division of the Bank of Guyana (BoG) has refuted claims in a recent article published by the Kaieteur News (KN) which said that the Queen’s Atlantic Group (QAG) had tendered to purchase the Camp Street Building owned by Clico (Guyana).

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday commissioned Sewage Pump Station W, on Princes and High Streets, which is expected to benefit some 2,500 customers as part of provisions of  better sanitation services for residents of Georgetown.

Republic Bank presented a cheque for $2.4M to the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport, making good on its commitment last year to support the Mashramani Steelband competition.

Guyana hopes to conclude discussions with the World Bank and Norway in February to receive an initial US$30M through the forest preservation agreement with Oslo.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday remanded a man accused of beating his step-father with a glass bottle.

Keon Luther, a former immigration officer, was yesterday granted $70,000 bail for allegedly forging an immigration stamp in a passport.

Twenty-two-year-old football player O’Kenny Fraser was yesterday placed on $80,000 bail for allegedly being involved in a fight that resulted in the other man sustaining a broken jaw.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud met recently with University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor Richard Braithwaite and eight Masters of Science Degree students attached to that institution to determine ways in which it can collaborate with UG to enhance distance learning.

Three masked gunmen attacked and robbed a Chesney couple of their jewellery on Tuesday night.

Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Four Shafdar Alli yesterday said he is not aware of any investigation being carried out by the Auditor General’s Office in connection with his alleged misuse of millions of dollars and arbitrary awarding contracts to a few select contractors.

Noting the large number of fires since the start of the year, the Guyana Relief Council (GRC) has encouraged persons to be more alert and to take all necessary precautions to prevent fires.

Food For the Poor (FFP) Guyana is teaming up with the Linden Salvation Council (LSC) as it embarks on serving Linden residents, after several failed efforts in the past.

The new, high-tech Hydroclave system to sterilise infectious waste generated by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will be completed by April.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will be managing the Kitty and Industry health centres this year.

DAMASCUS, (Reuters) – The Palestinian Islamist group  Hamas accused Israel yesterday of assassinating one of its top  military commanders in a Dubai hotel, and the Dubai police chief  said he could not rule out the involvement of Mossad.

Howell Henry, the 35-year-old Alness, Corentyne labourer whose body was discovered in a yard at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice last Thursday died by ingesting a poisonous substance, results of a post-mortem examination revealed.

GuySuCo has made a new offer of 5½ days pay to the sugar workers for the payment of the Annual Production Incentive (API) for 2009.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Criticized over chaotic  food handouts in Haiti, U.N.