Guyana News

Dear Editor, Criticisms have and are being levelled at the proposed Health Facilities Licensing Bill and in a democratic society such as ours, this is all to the good, because we are sure that the more discussion that takes place, the more the proposed provisions of the bill will be ventilated and understood and that constructive criticisms will be taken on board to make it better and more acceptable to all.

Dear Editor, As far as I know, based on the letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Office of the President, Mr.

The Forbes Burnham Foundation is hosting an anniversary lecture today at 5 pm at City Hall in honour of the 84th birth anniversary of former president L.F.S.

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday announced the launch of a Ministerial Advisory Group on Diversification made up of 17 public and private sector officials who have been appointed to provide creative input with regard to Guyana’s agricultural diversification drive.

c The Consulate General of Guyana in Toronto and several community organisations have launched a Hospital Bed programme through which they plan to ship beds and other items to Guyana to benefit the health sector.

Alliance for Change (AFC) Member of Parliament Raphael Trotman has taken aim at President Bharrat Jagdeo’s refusal to assent to a number of bills already passed in the National Assembly, describing it as the most preposterous legal situation to have faced the country.

A stormy marriage ended in disaster last evening when a man punched a hole in a cooking gas bottle and set himself alight at Sixth Street, Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown.

A Bartica gold miner was on Sunday morning brutally chopped to death after a row over a woman turned violent in the Papa Road, Arimu Backdam, Cuyuni River.

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTF) will commence its season with a Phagwah horse-race meeting on March 5 at the Bush Lot Farm ground, Corentyne, Berbice from 1:30pm.

A gas station owner and a bandit traded shots in Linden on Sunday during a robbery attempt on the Republic Avenue service station.

Pirates unleashed terror last week in the Waini and Pomeroon rivers, beating and robbing two groups of fishermen of a quantity of gasoline, groceries and engine lead, and also hijacking one boat.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has given vendors in front of the Stabroek Market and surrounding area notice to move, but vendors say the council has misled them and now they have up to tomorrow to decide what their next move would be.

On Wednesday evening the 2007 Budget Debate continued with the government and opposition battling over health and local government strategy and Minister in the Ministry of Health Dr Bheri Ramsarran said that the country is on top of malaria.

The Guyanese American Cultural Associa-tion of Central Florida said acclaimed Guyana-born actress CCH Pounder will be the guest speaker at its annual Republic Anniversary Ball.

Queen’s College old boy Charles Ramson, son of the eponymous former attorney general, has just passed his undergraduate exams with flying colours.

A third report is urging the reform of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to ensure its independence and boost its credibility.

A small fire broke out in the generator room of DIDCO at Friendship, East Bank Demerara but quick work by employees saved the company from any real damage.

Marlon ‘Malo’ Webster took the 2007 Carib Soca Monarch title in a landslide on Sunday night, with an energetic, creative and intense presentation that captured the imagination of the judges and the hearts and souls of the crowd.

Four heavily armed bandits yesterday afternoon robbed a Mahaicony businessman and his brother-in-law of a large amount of cash and jewellery, following which a police team pursued the criminals into the backdam.

Relatives of six Republic Bank employees, allegedly implicated in an $8 million ABM theft converged at the bank’s Water Street location yesterday in an effort to get answers about their detainment.