– as part of its 25th anniversary observances
Accounting firm Ram and McRae is spearheading an inaugural award for the best annual report and financial statement produced by a local company, geared towards improving accounting and auditing standards in the longer term.
-seller being questioned
The fuel that was in the possession of coastguards when they were arrested at Parika on Sunday has been found to be illegal and as the investigations intensify, a North West District businessman who reportedly sold the fuel has been held, police sources said.
A 37-year-old man accused of uttering a forged passport to an immigration officer and conspiring with persons to insert a forged immigration stamp into a passport was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $300,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, (Reuters) – A car bomb ripped through a crowded market killing 90 people in Pakistan’s city of Peshawar yesterday, just hours after Washington’s top diplomat arrived pledging a fresh start in sometimes strained relations.
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – An emergency delegation of senior U.S. government officials arrived in Honduras on Wednesday for a last-ditch effort to resolve an impasse between ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the country’s de facto leaders since a June coup.
KABUL, (Reuters) – Taliban militants killed five U.N. foreign staff in an attack on an international guest-house in Kabul yesterday, deepening concerns about security for a presidential election run-off due in 10 days.
LONDON, (Reuters) – More than 5,500 children across Africa have been given an experimental new malaria vaccine and the British drugmaker behind it, GlaxoSmithKline, promised yesterday that price would be no hurdle if it works.
HARARE, (Reuters) – U.N. human rights expert Manfred Nowak was detained at Harare airport yesterday by Zimbabwean security agents, even though he said he had been invited by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
OSLO – The world can still agree a robust U.N. climate deal in Copenhagen in December and will miss a unique opportunity by delaying talks into 2010, the senior U.N.
The government yesterday confirmed a BBC report that a 4.9m pounds sterling security sector reform project with the UK had collapsed following differences between the two countries.
Even as investigations are continuing into the two recent infernos on Regent Street, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle says that more evidence is emerging that suggests that the second of these fires was deliberately set.
A 54-year-old welder died yesterday following a freak accident in which several tons of rice fell on him while he was welding at his place of employment at the John Fernandes Wharf on Water Street.
After a recent, successful feasibility expedition conducted in the Rupununi by Soil Net Limited, a Chinese company, the investors have decided to continue with their plan for large scale cassava farming.
By Ayanna Blair
A 32-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly being involved in the stabbing incident on Friday at a football game at Tucville playfield which resulted in two men being hospitalized.
Forty-year-old Gavin Towler who allegedly caused the death of his reputed wife was ordered remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
–Agri Minister
A two-day workshop on the development of a monitoring and verification system for Guyana’s forests opened yesterday with Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud cautioning that new capacity has to be built at various levels.
-ties for 1st place in health
Males and females are more `equal’ in Guyana than in many other countries with Guyana ranking 35 out of 134 countries in a World Economic Forum (WEF) gender equality report.
-Vic Puran
The lacuna which previously existed in the local extradition laws ought to have been corrected by an amendment of the treaty with the United States, according to attorney-at-law Vic Puran, who said Parliament erred in passing a bill to amend the legislation.
The group behind the image reviving efforts in the East Bank Demerara community of Agricola believes it is gaining ground and has already received positive attention from the Guyana Police Force in its efforts, Vice-President of the body Welton Clarke has said.
-no progress in probe
Watery conditions aboard the Island Princess which is moored in Grenada prevented two Guyana Defence Force officers from checking the seaworthiness of the vessel and they have since returned here, awaiting further instructions.