Guyana News

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo’s pathetic public protestations against the recent US narcotics report on Guyana may have won a few nods of approval and a scattering of sympathizers, but at the end of the day, he is the President of a country that is a major transshipment point for illicit drugs, with its spin off effects on money laundering and gun running.

Dear Editor, Recent events in three of our schools, confirm how rapidly Guyana continues its free fall into an amoral morass.

Dear Editor, I noticed Mr Vishok Persaud’s purported response captioned “I signed a letter of intent with BMW since December 2005 to establish Prestige Motors” (07.03.11) to the letter captioned “The company that got the contract to import the BMWs is part owned by Mr Reepu Daman Persaud’s son” (07.03.09).

Dear Editor, The government in its haste to spruce up the city and its environs in preparation for CWC has embarked on a number of civil works whose execution are unlikely to achieve their desired purpose, inevitably resulting in a waste of scarce taxpayers dollars.

Several labourers yesterday removed the brand name Lux from over 1,200 gross of soap bars which had been imported from China and falsely bore the trademark belonging to British company Unilever PLC.

Customs Patrol Officer Keon Pryce has denied being involved in the irregular release and escorting of a truckload of seized polar beer and suspects being held at the Leonora Police Station and he gave a statement yesterday to the police.

Attorney-General Doodnauth Singh says businessman Peter Morgan, who was arrested in Trinidad last Friday, would likely be one of the 14 Guyanese the US Govern-ment had indicated it wanted to extradite two years ago to face drug trafficking charges.

The United States (US) Embassy says Guyana Publications Inc Managing Director Doreen de Caires is the Guyana honoree for the Secretary of State’s Award for International Women of Courage.

A white paper on sexual offences legislation is currently being drafted and should be presented to the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security by the end of next month.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) says the pressure parts of its boilers are undergoing their first pressure test at the state-of-the-art Skeldon facility.

On any given weekday after 2 pm schoolchildren congregate at the National Library on Church and Main streets and queue to enter in order to carry out their research.

Two of the three utility companies have reported a marked decline in the amount of vandalism they have suffered over the last couple months in the face of a more proactive approach by government in dealing with the problem.

With support from the PNCR-IG and GAP/ROAR the National Assembly yesterday passed the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control (Amendment) Bill, amending the 2000 legislation, to provide for the control of pesticides and toxic chemicals for export among other things.

Guyana contributed the sum of US$50,000 to the opening ceremony of Cricket World Cup 2007 and was represented even though the country did not send any artistes to the event.

The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) says the welfare of vendors is much more important in the long run than the economic boost the country may enjoy by the influx of tourists who will come to Guyana for Cricket World Cup.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Clement Rohee yesterday presented in the National Assembly, three bills to facilitate security assistance to Guyana during Cricket World Cup 2007.

Suriname President Dr Runaaldo R Venetiaan has charged youth commissioners to be consistent in their advocacy on the ideals of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) a press release from the Caricom Secretariat said.

Brazil and the United States last Friday signed a Memo-randum of Understanding (MOU) expressing their intention to cooperate on the development and deployment of biofuels, and they are to begin such work in Central America and the Caribbean to plug local production and consumption of the product.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday launched a promotion which will see float valves being installed in 500 customers’ water tanks.

A man who reportedly attempted to rob a businessman of his day’s sales last evening was instead met with opposition and is now nursing a stab wound to his back at the Georgetown Public Hospital.