Guyana News

The President’s College Old Students Association (PCOSA) is kick-starting a fundraising campaign tomorrow to rehabilitate sections of the institution which are in a bad condition with an initial focus on the Home Economics Department.

A 29-year-old prisoner accused of murdering another inmate was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

GPL said yesterday that it has been faced with a dramatic increase in  power demand  on the West Coast  and it will  have to implement statutory load shedding  during the peak period since it is experiencing a network capacity problem  which is affecting consumers from Versailles to Lookout.

Guyana will soon have a better picture of the care provided to new-born babies and pregnant mothers through a countrywide survey set to be conducted next month, with the goal of reducing maternal and child deaths.

The police have sent the file on the allegations made against Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) President, Colwyn King to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – European Union leaders fell out  yesterday over how to split the bill for helping poor  countries tackle global warming in a deal to be agreed in  December in Copenhagen.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. House  of Representatives unveiled a sweeping healthcare overhaul yesterday that would transform the insurance market, create a  government-run insurance plan and levy new taxes on the rich.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Ousted Honduran President  Manuel Zelaya and de facto rulers in power since a June coup  returned to the negotiating table yesterday under U.S. 

KABUL – Afghanistan laid out plans for the Nov. 7 run-off  presidential vote yesterday in an announcement criticised as  insufficient to prevent fraud, a day after a Taliban attack on  U.N.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters Life!) – New Zealand scientists  are developing an ice cream that is so good for you, it could  come with a doctor’s prescription.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Noddy, the beloved toy character  created by Enid Blyton 60 years ago, returns to the book stores  today in “Noddy and the Farmyard Muddle”, written by the  late author’s granddaughter Sophie Smallwood.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Honduras de facto government has started proceedings at the UN court in The Hague to stop Brazil giving refuge to ousted President Manuel Zelaya in its embassy in Tegucigalpa.

The British government yesterday defended its decision to withdraw assistance for a joint £4.9M security sector project, saying the latest proposal by the Government of Guyana (GoG) moves away from comprehensive reforms originally requested.

Jagdeo signals massive mangrove planting project The ability of the Georgetown Municipality to address the problem of flooding in the city was yesterday significantly boosted when the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) commissioned and handed over two recently rehabilitated pumps at the Liliendaal Pump Station.

Guyana has once again produced the most outstanding candidate overall at the CSEC examinations and for the fourth consecutive time that student is from Queen’s College (QC).

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), yesterday afternoon commissioned its new bottling plant at the company’s Diamond, East Bank Demerara location, as the company aims to expand its capacity to meet the specifications and the growing demand it has created for its products.

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.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday remanded to prison a 24-year-old man, while she granted his brother bail when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court over the Albouystown feud that left one man dead and his cousin injured.

The Inter-American Development Bank yesterday approved a US$24.8m ($5.7b) credit line to improve roads here, thereby cutting transportation costs and travel time while increasing safety and accessibility to key residential and agricultural areas.

–relatives relate life of abuse, call for justice Relatives of the Enmore mother of five who died on Saturday night following a severe beating from a male relative are crying out for justice even as police yesterday said a post-mortem report indicated that the woman died from a brain tumour.