Guyana News

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon says Cabinet has given the green light for eight contracts in various sectors including two big ones for drugs and medical supplies.

An Enmore family was robbed of cash, jewellery and two cell phones when a masked gunman invaded their home at about 8 pm on Thursday.

Fourteen lab technicians from two regional hospitals and the National Reference Laboratory recently benefited from a five-day training course on microbiology reference.

The Covent Garden Secondary School cricket team, which is making preparations for its participation in this year’s Sir Garfield Sobers Invitational cricket tournament in Barbados, yesterday received a cheque valued $50,000, courtesy of Scotiabank.

…after years of inactivity After years of being defunct, the Guyana Agricultural Producers Association (GAPA) was yesterday officially relaunched and was hailed as an integral step towards the diversifying of the country’s agriculture sector.

LONDON, (Reuters) – An MP from Britain’s ruling  Labour party has said there was an “unforgivable error” in his  claim for thousands of pounds in expenses for a mortgage he had  already repaid and he would refund the cash, a paper reported today (last night local time).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is hosting a series of workshops for rural communities aimed at enhancing stakeholder awareness on trade issues and building capacity in exploiting related business opportunities.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama  yesterday revived the system of military trials for foreign  terrorism suspects at Guantanamo, angering supporters who said  he had broken a promise to end the controversial tribunals set  up by the Bush administration.

The Parent-Teacher’s Association of the Covent Garden Secondary School is calling on the authorities to address the issue of overcrowding which it says has been a reality at the school over the last few years.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Pope Benedict forcefully   denounced the Holocaust yesterday, telling Israelis that the  brutal extermination of Jews by the “godless” Nazi regime would  never be forgotten or denied.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a  member of Iraq’s Shi’ite Arab majority, has called for a  reduction in power-sharing pacts that have given minority Sunnis  and Kurds a greater political voice since 2003.

-court hears how wife  found woman under bed A woman and her son of Rosignol, West Berbice who were charged with assault were placed on $30,000 bail each when they appeared at the Weldaad Court on Thursday before Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop.

Regent Street trading establishment Beepats will be making life easier for its employees as the company recognizes the importance of their personal and domestic needs.

TAIPEI/GENEVA, (Reuters) – Taiwan is set to take part  in next week’s World Health Organisation annual congress for the  first time in 38 years, in what is regarded as a rare diplomatic  opportunity for the self-ruled island.

Coming up with a template to address the social issues that contribute to chronic gang violence and twice-yearly meetings for the region’s drug enforcement heads to share intelligence, were two of the decisions taken as police commissioners ended their meeting here yesterday.

Retired judge Prem Persaud has criticized the decision by a magistrate in a recent case for reprimanding and discharging an unlicensed driver for Breach of Insurance and said that the decision reflects insensitivity to the particular offence and lack of knowledge of what the penalty should be.

The Joint Services yesterday confiscated over 50 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa (marijuana) following a raid at Loo Lands on the Demerara River during a reconnaissance mission code named ‘Operation Consolidation’.

-says plea bargaining mustn’t be used as political tool Calling the dropping of charges against Fidelity Investments shocking, the PNCR yesterday said it is clear that smuggling of polar beer took place.

A forklift operator died tragically shortly after 4 pm yesterday when he jumped off a Hyster forklift which was on the back of a lumber truck at Fair’s Rust, Mackenzie, Linden, as  it was slipping but it landed on him.

A thirty-two-year-old man who broke into another man’s home and stole a DVD player among several other items was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.