Guyana News

President Bharrat Jagdeo announced on Sunday that the contract for the approach road to the Berbice Bridge was expected to be signed yesterday and that the bridge is closer to becoming a reality.

Armed bandits on Sunday night robbed Banks DIH’s Camp Site Fast Food and Restaurant of an undisclosed amount of money, the police have reported.

As the world recognised International Women’s Day lasr week, a UN agency called on all in society to join the fight in ending violence against women as it is not a responsibility of the state alone.

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is taking the leading in integrating magistrates in the OECS states into the administrative and judicial structures of the Supreme Court.

There would be three permanent medical centres and four temporary ones staffed with some 50 accredited health workers at the Providence Stadium during the World Cup Cricket (CWC) to deal with any medical emergency.

The depositors of Globe Trust Invest-ment Company Limited (GTICL), at the end of the mandatory one-month objections period have not rejected in writing to the reorganisation plan for the company.

The Humanity First Information Technology Centre (HFITC) recently opened its doors in Berbice with the promise to offer free tuition to underprivileged children.

The Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday re-launched the National Climate Change Committee with an expanded mandate and strengthened management team to deal with Guyana’s preparedness and adaptation to climate change.

The National Zoological Park will benefit from government’s assistance to enhance and upgrade the facilities following a visit by President Bharrat Jagdeo, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

he Guyana Women Artists Association (GWAA) is hosting an exhibition in honour of International Women’s Day.

A documentary about the introduction of the new EU sugar regime and its effect on one micro community–Belle Vue on West Bank Demerara–has aired over the last two weekends on British Television.

The Smithsonian Institution, which is celebrating 20 years of working in Guyana, last week reviewed the work and many publications of research done here and in other parts of the Guiana Shield.

Twenty-year-old Ryan Bynoe, a Youth Challenge Guyana volunteer, is in need of surgery to remove a tumour from his stomach and needs to raise the sum of US$14,000 ($2.8 million) to help to offset the expenses for the surgery in Trinidad and Tobago.

The constructed fantasy ‘Rainforest Village’ along with four nights of a 90-minute ‘Roots and Rhythms’ show would be among the highlights of a Guyana Gift and Craft Show organised to showcase the Guyanese way of life during Cricket World Cup.

Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir is overseeing the setting up of an advisory commission on the reasons for the recent strike actions by workers at the Enmore and La Bonne Intention (LBI) sugar estates on February 12 and 13 and the one subsequent to February 28.

Habitat for Humanity Chairman Alex Graham recently called on businesses to make building material more affordable for low-income earners.

What is your favourite place to eat out? We asked the man and the woman in the street this question and this is what they had to say:Sulunge Straughn, UG student: ‘One of my favourite places to eat out is Upscale Restaurant their food tastes great, the service is good and the place is clean.

A man charged with wounding another man following an argument during a drinking spree was on Thursday placed on $100,000 bail.

A 30-year-old man accused of raping a 16-year-old girl was on Thursday placed on $100,000 bail when he appeared at the Springlands Court before Magistrate Krishendat Persaud.

One of a series of fortnightly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora.