Guyana News

A 13-year-old boy of Brushe Dam, Buxton was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday after he was knocked down by a car on the Railway embankment near Company Path Road, Buxton yesterday morning.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) yesterday deployed one of its excavators as part of an emergency response to a breach at Strathspey, East Coast Demerara.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Thursday granted $30,000 bail to a 19-year-old security guard accused of stealing a case of beer and an electric drill from the Bowling Alley.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHBC) will be closed to vehicular traffic for repairs tomorrow from 8.30 am to 10.30 am.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is urging the public to provide it with intelligence that will aid and promote compliance with the various tax laws and curb tax evasion.

A city vendor was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital in a serious condition last night following a gruesome cutlass attack.

Twenty-six youths from Region Seven on Wednesday graduated from the state’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training programme.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela will at least double the number of tanks in its military as part of a broader effort to strengthen its defences, President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday.

Repairs to roads in Cummings Lodge and Agricola are set to begin next week and the Ministry of Public Works and the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will be providing temporary employment to jobless persons in those areas.

Two men who allegedly stole a water tank from a man’s yard  were on Wednesday remanded to prison when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

(Antigua Sun) – Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to Venezuela Joan Underwood believes that it would be a useful exercise for the principles of LIAT and the PetroCaribe initiative to discuss a possible solution to the airline’s high airfares.

Two sisters in the service of the Ursuline religious order recently celebrated their golden jubilee with a mass at the Our Lady of Fatima Church.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Namibia’s Anti-Corruption  Commission has requested an interview with the son of Chinese  leader Hu Jintao to glean information about a deal involving a  Chinese scanner company, the head of the anti-graft body said yesterday.

Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali says the Caribbean needs to consider programmes that teach water sustainability and management to its youth in order to secure its future.

NORWICH, England, (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition  Conservatives won a parliamentary seat from the ruling Labour  party yesterday, securing a big majority that would give them a  landslide if repeated at a national election due within a year.

A state-of-the-art disposal system will soon be installed at the Georgetown hospital that will sterilize infectious waste generated at this and other healthcare facilities before disposal.

ARE, Sweden, (Reuters) – European Union environment  chiefs warned against trying to impose “carbon tariffs” on  countries that do not join a global deal on tackling greenhouse  gases, but France said they could be used as a last resort.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama  backed down yesterday from a statement that police had “acted  stupidly” in arresting a black scholar in a racially charged  case that was rapidly becoming a distraction for Obama.

LAS MANOS, Nicaragua (Reuters) – Ousted President  Manuel Zelaya took a few symbolic steps inside Honduras yesterday but then backed away from a confrontation with Honduran  security forces waiting to arrest him.

By Cathy Richards Several Linden residents who participated last week at the final sub-regional consultation on the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) voiced concerns about its effect on logging and mining and whether bauxite companies would be accountable for environmental damage.