Guyana News

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Twenty Sudanese soldiers and 43 Darfur rebels were killed in fierce clashes over a Sudanese army base close to the Chadian border, the country’s army said yesterday.

In its message to mark the country’s 43rd independence anniversary the Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) said that it is necessary for every Guyanese to realise that to build a multi-ethnic country Guyana all need to work together and recognise that every group brought something to the country.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition leader, David Cameron, called for an overhaul of how the country is run in comments published today, saying parliament needed to be made both more transparent and more powerful.

The Justice For All Party (JFAP) encourages the nation to observe its 43rd Independence anniversary with hope and renewed optimism that together it can progress.

Brazilian Ambassador Arthur Meyer said his country and Guyana will soon boost their fertile relationship by the signing of an Agreement of Cooperation on Defence Method.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – An explosion yesterday damaged a coffee shop in New York, according to police who were investigating whether the blast was linked to earlier bombings at the British and Mexican consulates.

The Guyana Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is hosting its 34th Conference of the Caribbean, Americans and Atlantic Region in July.

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday he would focus on Israel’s refusal to stop the building of settlements when he holds talks with US President Barack Obama later this week.

The long-questioned and controversial Kingston hotel project which was allegedly to carry the Marriott brand appears to have been finally consigned to the dustbin as the government yesterday advertised for expressions of interest in a joint venture for the same location.

The two kidney transplant operations which were carried out at the Georgetown Public Hospital over the weekend spearheaded by a United States-based team have been successful and both patients and their donors are recovering.

Football was a dying game in Melanie, East Coast Demerara until Mark Anthony Sutton returned home and gave his life to revive it; he died while playing the game he loved so much last evening.

One woman died and 14 persons were injured yesterday afternoon when a pick-up filled with community policing group members from across Berbice ran into a parked tractor at No.

A 23-year-old carpenter was on Thursday refused bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Forest Products Development and Marketing Council of Guyana Inc (FPDMC) recently hosted a forum for stakeholders aimed at garnering broader inputs in order to advance the industry.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with the Ministry of Health recently provided training in laboratory operations and management to 20 laboratory staff from across Guyana’s administrative regions, the US Embassy in Georgetown stated in a release.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister  Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday rebuffed U.S.

The four children, who were rescued from dire circumstances at Pine Ground, Mahaicony Creek by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security in January, were recently placed in the custody of an uncle from the creek and while their father, Gupta Pooranmal, would be living with them he does not have custody of the children.

A 16-year-old Maruranau, Rupununi boy, who was discovered unconscious along a roadway on Friday, succumbed a day later.

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – The United States should  review its policy on deporting West Indian criminals back to  their home countries, Caribbean nations told U.S.

A 28-year-old Bartica carpenter is now a patient of the Male Open Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital after being struck down by a minibus in the Region 7 community on Friday morning.