Guyana News

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “Titanic” just hit an  iceberg named “Avatar.”

The new asphalt plant at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara, is providing approximately 900 tonnes of asphalt per week and has been satisfying the many road projects around the country.

Banks DIH Ltd has recorded an overall profit of $1.838 billion for the financial year which ended on September 30, 2009 — a figure which has been significantly boosted by a write-back of $474 million due to a favourable settlement of an excise tax issue between the company and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

In what it describes as a bid to place more power in the hands of the people, the Alliance For Change (AFC) has taken a decision to enter into strategic civic partnerships to contest upcoming local government polls.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti yesterday  mourned its earthquake dead and rescuers freed another survivor  from the rubble, while victims struggled to find food and cash  amid a slow-moving aid distribution operation.  

– says new GM Caricom Insurance, the former manager of the Linden Economic Advancement Fund (LEAF) plans to continue a loan programme in Linden under a new manager, and is seeking to recover millions in outstanding loans.

There is a lack of expedition  regarding presidential assent or non-assent of bills passed by the National Assembly and though the number pending has been estimated at around six, observers believe there are more.

UNIFEM’s Caribbean Office is mourning deaths of several fearless women leaders from governmental and civil society organisations in Haiti.

The $18M bridge that is under construction at Pigeon Island, East Coast Demerara, will soon be completed.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – British actress Jean Simmons, who starred opposite Lawrence Olivier in Hamlet during a career spanning 60 years, has died in California, Los Angeles  Times reported yesterday.  

Since the start of the mandatory Claims and Objections (C&O) exercise for upcoming local government polls, almost 10,000 transactions have been recorded.

Sherwood Forest Incorporated was recently awarded a State Forest Exploratory Permit (SFEP) to carry out works in an area within Region Six and the company is currently studying the impacts its operations may have on the area.

This year, the Stabroek Market area will be enhanced by street lights and a traffic light and will also be cleared of encumbrances to heighten security, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

 – commends Guyanese support to Haitians The PNCR has launched a ‘Shoes for Haiti project’, while also commending Guyanese for the support given to the Haitian people so far.

A mentally challenged Annandale, East Coast Demerara man has been missing for two weeks and his father is appealing for public assistance to locate him.

– pink suitcase probe ongoing There have been no local arrests in connection with the 50lb cocaine bust in New York last week Tuesday, but investigations are continuing Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said.

Two months after 16-year-old Vivian Singh Balrup of Reliance, East Canje was brutally murdered at the Number 63 Beach his family, who received conflicting reports about how it occurred, is still grieving his loss as though it occurred yesterday especially since no one has been charged.

It started with a scattered crowd on the National Park tarmac some time after 7 pm and wrapped up with the numbers it needed to record it as a success in terms of attendance; the local concert for Haiti on Friday night was simply good.

JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – Mosque and government  officials have pulled more bodies from wells and sewage pits in  a village near the Nigerian city of Jos, victims of what Human  Rights Watch said appeared to have been a targeted massacre. 

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – International rescuers yesterday pulled a 24-year-old Haitian man alive from the  rubble of a collapsed hotel in the capital Port-au-Prince, 11  days after the earthquake that devastated the city.