Guyana News

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Protesters in the hometown of  Bangladesh pace bowler Mashrafe Mortaza enforced a half-day  general strike today following the former captain’s  omission from the country’s final 15-man World Cup squad.

TUNIS, (Reuters) – Ministers in Tunisia’s interim  government have resigned from the ruling party, responding to  street protesters’ demands for an end to its influence after the  overthrow of President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said government has no desire to control and or dominate the 2011 agenda  for the people of African descent and as he officially launched a year-long programme in observance he called on opposition parties and aggrieved African-Guyanese groups to engage on issues of concern.

A US-based Guyanese man  last evening died in a Corentyne home after he was shot in the stomach by a bandit who had snatched his chain.

The Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) on Monday briefed the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on preparations for this year’s general elections, saying that it was satisfied with the pace at which the work was proceeding.

Alberttown businessman John Singh yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry charged with rape.

A jury, consisting of seven men and five women, has been empanelled for the trial of Ramnarine Mohabir and his son Suresh Mohabir.

The fish cleaner who allegedly stabbed his colleague, Marlon Greene, to death earlier this week turned himself in to police yesterday morning.

Country Director of the US Peace Corps Guyana Brannon Brewer said on Tuesday that the physical well-being and safety of the volunteers are priorities in Guyana and internationally.

After two days of peaceful protests, vendors from the La Penitence Market were given an audience by President Bharrat Jagdeo  who they say assured them that he would see they are properly placed before their stalls were demolished.

Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally has charged his team to remain focused on delivering internationally acceptable general elections this year and not be distracted by recent media reports involving him, according to a release from the Commission.

Sameer Ishak and Chatter Pooran, the two RKs security guards who earlier this month saved the Enterprise Primary School from a fire, were yesterday awarded for their actions.

The Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, UWI, Trinidad, is returning  here this year with  the Executive MBA and the extended portfolio of the International MBA and the Master of Human Resource Management for the Guyana  market.

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI), Yuri Chandisingh is leaving the entity and has submitted his resignation, according to sources in the water utility.

A truck transporting 21 drums of fuel turned turtle after a collision in Bartica, shortly after midday yesterday.

A farmer accused of wounding another man was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Central Islamic Organization of Guyana and the Guyana Islamic Trust in separate statements have both endorsed the government’s decision to recognize Palestine as an independent state in the Middle East.

A man yesterday confessed to snatching a woman’s gold chain when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama urged  Chinese President Hu Jintao to let the value of China’s yuan  currency rise and delivered a strong message on U.S.

Two women were yesterday placed on bail for wounding and assaulting each other.