Guyana News

A number of top 2009 academic and vocational students were awarded yesterday for their outstanding performances when the Ministry of Education held its annual National Award Ceremony for Outstanding Performance.

TCL’s contempt of court matter… Attorney General Charles Ramson yesterday stressed that there has never been a disregard for the law within government, responding to TCL’s application to the CCJ charging Guyana with  contempt of court for failing to implement the CET on cement from non-CARICOM sources as ordered by the court.

By Mark McGowan The actions of the group calling itself the “Guyanese Coalition For Jagdeo Third Term” (GCFJTT) have been lambasted by the opposition parties, who have labelled the campaign as pointless.

An eight-year-old student of the Mahaicony Primary School was last evening in a critical but stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was struck down by a canter truck on the Mahaicony Public Road yesterday.

A 15-year-old Haslington North, East Coast Demerara teen is  recovering from a stab wound he sustained  late Tuesday  afternoon following an argument with another teen.

Some 17 persons have now been infected with the HINI influenza here and Guyana may soon draw down on some of the flu vaccines developed by a United Kingdom-based company through the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), according to Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy.

The Canadian High Commis-sion says Caricom nationals can now earn Canadian credentials through the Canada-Caricom Virtual University Scholarship Programme (CCVUSP).

Tracy Andrews returned to her Hill Street, Albouystown home on Tuesday night, to what is every mother’s nightmare, and found her husband screaming and clutching their two-month-old daughter who later died after having difficulty breathing.

Trade unionist Lincoln Lewis was yesterday placed on self-bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s court on a charge of failing to pay wages as an employer.

Large numbers of persons from the city and neighbouring Suriname turned out for the premier regatta at heritage village Orealla, a press release from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said.

ROME, (Reuters) – Italy’s top court ruled yesterday  that a law granting Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi immunity  from prosecution violates the constitution, in a verdict that  will reopen trials against him and may undermine his government.  

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Three scientists who produced  atom-by-atom maps of the mysterious, life-giving ribosome won  the Nobel chemistry prize yesterday for a breakthrough that  has allowed researchers to develop powerful new antibiotics.  

BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Senior G77 members walked out of  a meeting during climate talks in the Thai capital saying they  would not discuss a future without the Kyoto Protocol climate  pact, delegates said yesterday.  

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s former police  chief warned a drug smuggler that British police were on his  tail and asked him to buy shoes as a gift for the president, a  court was told yesterday.  

BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Poor nations demanding a slice  of rich countries’ GDP to fight climate change is a waste of  time, and the fairest method would be a global fund to which  all major emitting nations would contribute, Mexico said yesterday.  

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Undersea earthquakes caused panic  in the South Pacific yesterday, sending islanders fleeing to  higher ground on fears of a second devastating tsunami in as  many weeks, but the wave proved to be tiny and harmless.  

The Men Empowerment Network (MEN) is hosting a seminar on anger management and non-violent communication for men tomorrow at the Pegasus Hotel. 

A World Bank team is here to engage stakeholders and determine whether Guyana is sufficiently ready to initiate an active phase of preparation that would enable it to receive financial incentives from the international community to reduce deforestation.

-Ramotar says may just be mischief A group calling itself the Guyanese Coalition For Jagdeo Third Term (GCFJTT) has been campaigning for a third term for President Bharrat Jagdeo by distributing flyers and buttons amid growing public concerns that a move may be afoot to amend the constitution to remove term limits.

A Guyanese man who claims he fled to Canada a decade ago to escape assaults on his family by persons affiliated with the PNC has been refused a judicial review of an order for his removal that was made a year ago.