Guyana News

A 28-year-old man was killed early yesterday by a man, with whom he had a long-standing grievance and who fled after the incident at Wanakai, North West District.

The Mackenzie/Wismar bridge at Linden was closed  yesterday afternoon for more than two hours when a freight carrier transporting  a 17 ft wide x 44 ft long, 15 ft high electrical control panel got stuck at the mid-section of the bridge.

A file on an investigation into the case of Keith Mitchell, who was fatally shot by police at Anira Street on May 7, has been forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecu-tions (DPP).

For years residents have been traversing a deplorable branch road at Mahaica and as it continues to deteriorate they are calling for it to be fixed urgently fearing that soon they would have nowhere to drive.

Alphonso: Costs will go up so much it will not be economical A requirement that miners carry out exploration before they would be allowed to mine is causing concern within the industry with some restating that at least 80% of miners would be “forced” out and also raising questions about timing in relation to the low carbon strategy.

-says Ramkarran was Mrs Jagan’s first choice to replace her PPP stalwart Moses Nagamootoo has reiterated that he was publicly  identified by the late President Cheddi Jagan as his possible successor and he also disclosed that current Speaker Ralph Ramkarran had been the late President, Mrs Janet Jagan’s first choice to succeed her.

The Amerindian Affairs and Education ministries hosted a two-day workshop with teachers in Kamarang, Region Seven to teach them to plan sexual and reproductive health lessons for the Upper Mazaruni villages.

In another three months tests for the H1N1 (swine flu) virus will be done at the National Public Health Institute laboratory through a collaborative effort with the Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO).

-unit probe supported some World Bank findings In the interest of making Guyana a recognized investment destination, the implementation unit of the National Competitiveness  Strategy is tackling the core issues which hamper local businesses.

The National Milling  Com-pany has launched  whole wheat  flour,  multigrain flour and toasted wheat germ as  part of their ‘Maid Marian Range’  in  a  ‘health line’ of  three new products.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport last week joined the United Nations (UN) in celebrating International Youth Day and plans to host a training session teaching youth how to use edutainment to tackle social ills.

Residents of Sand Hills, Berbice River have voiced concerns that the Region Ten administration is discriminating against them and their children by denying them access to health care and education.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Presi-dent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  said yesterday he would propose at least three female ministers  in his new cabinet following Iran’s disputed election, an unprecedented move in the conservative Islamic state.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The government-run health  insurance option favoured by President Barack Obama is not  essential to a healthcare overhaul as long as the final measure  boosts competition, a top U.S.

RAFAH, Gaza Strip, (Reuters) – On Peace Street, it’s  hard to tell where the scars of one war end and another’s begin.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico has fired 700  customs officers at airports and land crossings in a crackdown  on corruption that lets tonnes of drugs and weapons flow across  its borders, a spokesman for the customs service said yesterday.

SEOUL – North Korea, whose relations with South Korea have  turned increasingly bitter, said yesterday it had agreed to  reopen its border with its neighbour and allow tourism and  family reunions to resume.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama is  “lost in the Andromeda” galaxy on Latin American policy, his  chief critic in the region, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, said  yesterday, while demanding the closure of U.S.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Claudette churned  toward the Florida coast well clear of the U.S.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Indian Bolly-wood star Shah Rukh  Khan said he felt angry and humiliated after he was detained and  questioned at a U.S.