Guyana News

A 39-year-old food vendor was allegedly murdered on Sunday last after he reportedly refused to pay the sum of money requested by a man he allegedly had a sexual relationship with and who has now been charged with murder.

The Guyana Press Associa-tion (GPA) has issued a call for management and staff of all media houses to join Stabroek News in its peaceful picket between 8:30 and 9:30 am outside the Common-wealth Finance Ministers meeting tomorrow at the Guyana International Con-ference Centre, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara.

Manmohan Singh became the first man to have heart bypass surgery in Guyana when the Caribbean Heart Institute’s (CHI) medical team successfully completed the operation yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Confirm him or let him go is the clarion call by some opposition Members of Parliament and leading private sector officials as government continues to prevaricate over the appointment of Henry Greene to the substantive post of Commissioner of Police.

A Laing Avenue man died after his motorcycle collided with a car at the corners of D’Urban and Lime streets early yesterday morning.

Ex-New York Police Com-missioner Bernard Kerik will likely face new federal charges, some linked to a meeting at Walker’s, a bar in Tribeca in lower Manhattan, New York, allegedly attended by Kerik and city officials, the New York Daily News reported on Friday.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has joined a petition against the Forest Bill 2007 since it is doubtful that the legislation is adequate for the protection and management of forest resources and for proper due diligence on forest sector investors before a decision is made.

Tragedy struck twice for a New Market Street family yesterday when the hearse carrying the remains of their dead relative was involved in a smash-up on Main Street and the woman’s body was flung out of the coffin and onto the road.

The Agriculture Ministry in its drive to diversify Guyana’s agricultural base is advocating crop insurance while exploring avenues for increased production of non-traditional crops.

Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh yesterday issued a clarion call for clear statements on climate change and stressed the need for pension fund reform as he declared open a gathering of finance officials from eastern and southern Africa.

A survey of spectators who visited Guyana during the six Super Eight CWC 2007 matches estimated that the average visitor spent US$191 per night; and 97.2% of spectators felt that security at the cricket stadium was adequate.

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will today visit Hague Back, Cornelia Ida and De Kinderen/Met-en-Meer-Zorg for a first-hand look at the water supply situation there.

Luggage woes continued yesterday for participants and foreign journalists here for the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting and at least two other Liat passengers.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday that both Guyana and Suriname have committed to accept as final, binding and non-appealable and to fully comply with the Award of the Arbitral Tribunal which was established under the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Law of the Sea to determine the maritime boundary between the two states.

Charges laid against businessman Shairaz Ali, owner of Two Brothers Gas station, for the possession of illegal fuel have been dismissed.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A new fund being developed by the World Bank would pay developing countries hundreds of millions of dollars for protecting and replanting tropical forests, which store huge amounts of carbon that causes climate change.

Guyana is to record its first two open-heart surgeries today at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) which had promised to pioneer the major medical intervention this year.

The New Building Society (NBS) $69M fraud case yesterday took a dramatic turn as four more persons appeared in court in the matter and charges were reinstituted against three former senior managers so that they will appear together with the quartet.

On Monday the first set of patients will be able to access the East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital which was officially opened by President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday at Diamond.

The World Bank’s Board of Directors on Thursday approved a US$3.8M ($760M) grant to support governmental efforts to reduce Guyana’s vulnerability from catastrophic flooding.