Guyana News

Well-known academic, politician and social activist Dr Rupert Roopnaraine  yesterday issued a stirring appeal for citizens to embrace the traditional ancestral values of “sharing, solidarity and togetherness” in the quest to produce the “constructive social change” necessary to transform the nation.

As police continue investigations into the murder of former Region Three Vice-Chairman, Ramenauth Bisram, a number of persons have been questioned and his daughter believes that the killer was someone who knew him.

-teen on wounding charge tells court “Meh Worship, de alcohol in me head had me real bad and like I din know wuh I de really doing, when people tell me that I juk dis woman, but I still telling yuh I know me en bore she even though I din really know wuh I de doing at de said time.”

– 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.