Guyana News

The much anticipated conference on a pact to curb global warming begins in Copenhagen, Denmark today with the government here still to release the updated Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) despite a promise that this would be done before the meeting opens.

Ownership of the Ocean View Hotel is expected to change hands again as the East Coast Demerara (ECD) business is in receivership.

At the Blairmont Court on Monday, Magistrate Nigel Hawke sent a Shieldstown, West Bank Berbice woman on her own bail when she appeared before him to answer charges of ill-treatment of a child.

CLICO (Guyana) has appealed a preliminary ruling by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang and is now seeking a stay of his decision, a move which has deferred the actual hearing in the case.

The National Commission on Disability last Friday held a workshop to sensitize labour officials on issues affecting disabled persons, while the Ministry of Labour gave the assurance that disabled persons will benefit from the same quality service offered to the general public.

Commissioner of Police Henry Greene on Friday charged a set of “middle management” junior officers to do their jobs and ensure they serve the public whom they have sworn to protect.

The large-scale Marudi mine in the Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine is now scheduled to be in operation by February next year after delays, including the need to undertake additional environmental assessments and acquiring duty-free import licences.

The campaign to remove illegal structures on state reserves will continue, Minister of Public Works and Communications, Robeson Benn says in response to remarks by a leading private sector official.

A new post office is to be built soon at Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara and with this modern facility it is  expected that services on the East Coast would meet the needs of the customers.

COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – U.N. talks billed as a  “turning point” in a bid to slow global warming open today  seeking to agree curbs on greenhouse gas emissions and raise  billions of dollars for the poor in aid and clean technology.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Jaime Bermudez Merizalde  will be paying an official visit to Guyana today and tomorrow.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Friday ordered that a man pay a fine of $30,000 after he admitted to attempting to obtain a second passport by telling an immigration officer he had never applied for one before.

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, (Reuters) – Thousands of  people dressed in white demanded soldiers leave Mexico’s most  violent city yesterday, accusing troops of provoking a surge in  drug-war killings and running protection rackets.

LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales  was heading for a landslide re-election yesterday as voters  backed his left-wing reforms asserting greater state control  over the economy and increasing social spending on the poor.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton last Friday ordered that a 25-year-old mason be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly using a gun to rob another man of a quantity of cash and a cell phone.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday urged Senate Democrats to work out their differences on  healthcare reform and pass what will be the most significant  social legislation in decades.

Extension of the East Bank of Demerara Highway between Providence and Grove will soon move ahead as the Ministry of Public Works and Commu-nications has invited consultancy firms to submit proposals.

MOGADISHU, (Reuters) – Somalia’s government fired the  head of its police force and its military chief yesterday two  days after a suicide bomber killed three ministers and several  others in the capital of the lawless Horn of Africa nation.

Pensioners will soon have to bear the cost for medication before seeking reimbursement from the National Insurance Scheme.

– also to address ‘house cleaning’ Berbice’s new Commander, Stephen Merai, is “up and running” with a new strategy to bring crime under control but says he needs to do some “cleaning out” of the force.