Guyana News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The search for survivors  of Haiti’s killer earthquake started to wind down as  international rescue teams begin pulling back and aid, though  more plentiful today, was still not enough for the masses  left homeless and injured.

The unidentified body of a man of mixed race was discovered lying face down in a yard at Golden Grove, West Coast Berbice around 1:30 am yesterday.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a 44-year-old bus driver be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court accused of being involved in the accident at the Linden bus park that caused the death of an octogenarian.

Haiti Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive says his country is grateful for the quick response of CARICOM in the wake of the devastating earthquake of Tuesday, January 12.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday officially welcomed Guyana’s Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo at the presidential palace in Tehran, the country’s capital, and they held discussions on several world issues as well as relations between the two countries, the Iranian News Agency (IRNA) reported, according to a GINA release.

-Cuban doctor to be assigned There has not been a deterioration of service at the Aishalton District Hospital, Minister in the Ministry of Health, Dr Bheri Ramsaran says while acknowledging the need to improve capacity, not only there but at other locations also.

Before his throat was slashed, Llewelyn Fitzgerald Cam-pbell was hit at the back of his head with a blunt object, a post-mortem examination yesterday revealed and a source said that the last time he was seen alive he had been planning to visit friends at the seawall.

East Coast businessman Clement Toney who operated a hatchery several years ago is currently challenging Scotia Bank in the High Court for selling his business after he defaulted on a mortgage.

Urel Cummings attacked two police ranks with a kitchen knife on Tuesday and was shot as a result, the police force says.

The Guyana government announced yesterday that it is prepared to meet the travel costs of all Guyanese nationals in Haiti who are desirous of returning to Guyana in the wake of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit that country  last Tuesday with  disastrous consequences.

-Persaud Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud says the sugar industry is bouncing back from a difficult period and will diversify this year to the production of packaged sugar on a wide scale to boost revenue.

A self-described women’s collective is urging mothers and other women to participate in activities it has planned to assist mothers in Haiti.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A new earthquake shook  the devastated Haitian capital Port-au-Prince early yesterday, rattling already wrecked buildings and triggering  panic among survivors of last week’s devastating quake.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) says that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government is being “inept and opportunistic” in requesting that the World Bank remove forestry activist, Dr Janette Bulkan from a Technical Advisory Panel.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Earthquake-ravaged Haiti  turned down an offer of troops from the neighboring Dominican  Republic, forcing the United Nations to look elsewhere for  additional peacekeepers, U.N.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A benefit for Haiti that will  feature dozens of stars and a collaboration by U2 singer Bono  and rapper Jay-Z will be the most widely distributed telethon  to reach viewers across the globe, MTV said yesterday.

Five men and two women who were recently arrested  by police at Linden after they reportedly were  illegally removing a quantity of materials from a building at Dalawalla, Wismar, Linden appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Democratic congressional  leaders promised yesterday to push ahead with healthcare  reform despite a stinging setback in a Senate election, but  failed to agree quickly on a new approach.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud is urging all men to participate in the week of activities to mark National Men’s Week.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A new earthquake shook  the devastated Haitian capital this morning, creating  panic among survivors of last week’s devastating quake camped  out in the streets but apparently causing no new destruction.