Guyana News

By Miranda La Rose Though in principle the Guyana government has accepted the need for a better governance mechanism within Caricom, it has certain reservations based on what it perceives to be the technocratic nature of the proposed Caricom Commission, Minis-ter of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, Dr Henry Jeffrey says.

The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) has congratulated the government and BOSAI on the deal for the bauxite company at Linden as the continuation of operations is important to the country.

Police in Berbice are set to lay charges today against Dorset Mc Cammon, the man who allegedly fatally shot a policeman two Saturdays ago at the Carib Soca monarch contest in New Amsterdam.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) two Saturdays ago seized a number of weighing devices from fish vendors at the Meadow Bank wharf, East Bank Demerara, during an early morning inspection.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently coordinated a tree labelling exercise for ten different types of trees along some popular city streets and is encouraging businesses to sponsor such exercises.

The steering committee of the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) said its inaugural annual general meeting (AGM) for the establishment of its television station will be held on March 7.

As the allocations in the budget were scrutinized on Friday opposition parliamentarians queried various allocations to ministries, in particular an increase in contracted staff at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.

Health workers in Region Five were overjoyed after the district was honoured by the Ministry of Health for being the “best performing region in the management of Maternal & Child Health delivery services.”

A 28-year-old man who allegedly abducted a young girl and later fondled her was on Friday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

Proprietor of the Celina Atlantic resort, Bernard Yhun, says that he is being victimized.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says it is concerned that when the high voltage power lines in Sophia burst and fell the squatters dwelling on Engineering Dam could have been injured.

Chief Justice Carl Singh on Saturday convened what he termed ‘a troubleshooting exercise’ where magistrates were given the chance to thrash out matters affecting the proper functioning of the Magistrate’s courts.

A 61-year-old man on Saturday night collapsed while singing chowtals at a religious function and was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Two bandits, one armed with a gun, robbed Randani Rampersaud as she sold in the Skeldon Market on Saturday.

It was deja vu for Courts Pacesetters Basketball Club at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Friday night after reaching its second consecutive nationwide first division basketball semi-final in the 2nd annual Next Level Entertain-ment (NLE) tournament.

In a Stabroek News editorial of Thursday, January 18, captioned ‘The president and the party,’ it was said that the conflict between Mr Burnham’s constitution and Dr Jagan’s party was “well on the way.”

Dear Editor, As Aubrey Williams’s daughter I feel compelled to respond to the editorial in the Sunday Stabroek of February 11th entitled, simply, `Defacement’.

The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club will hold the first stage of the 2007 National Championship Series next Sunday at the South Dakota Circuit.

The Guyana Amateur Swim-ming Association (GASA) yesterday launched its first ever beginners swimming instructors course at the Colgrain pool, Camp Street.

Private Craig of 241 Coy copped the best boxer title when the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Inter-Unit Novices Boxing Champion-ship climaxed on Friday night at the GDF Base Camp Ayanganna.