Guyana News

The Ministry of Education says there is need for more public awareness concerning technical and vocational education as it is the public’s view that these fields are for persons not academically inclined but who are good with their hands.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti yesterday briefly  detained former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, back  from exile in France, and charged him with corruption, theft  and abuses of power allegedly committed during his 15-year  rule.

Finance Minister Ashni Singh on Monday disclosed that since the appointment of a liquidator, 4,567 Clico (Guyana) policyholders have uplifted cheques totalling $3.1B.

TUNIS, (Reuters) – Tunisia’s caretaker prime minister  aims to gather his national unity cabinet for a first meeting today, but he already faces revolt from opposition nominees  demanding he fire more of the ousted strongman’s allies.

A British woman who was freed after spending five weeks in jail in Guyana on suspicion of drug smuggling faces imprisonment for dealing heroin in Southend, UK.

TIKRIT, Iraq, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber wearing a  vest packed with explosives and ball bearings attacked Iraqi  police recruits yesterday in former dictator Saddam Hussein’s  hometown, killing at least 45 and wounding over 100, officials  said.

The People’s Progressive Party on Monday extended best wishes to former government minister and Member of Parliament, Reepu Daman Persaud who celebrated his 75th birthday on Sunday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – World wheat supplies are so tight  and grain demand so strong that any new hiccup in a major  producing area would fire already bullish markets and send  European prices near or beyond the all-time highs hit in 2008.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The death toll from  flash floods and mudslides in Rio de Janeiro’s picturesque  Serrana region reached 702 yesterday, a number that is likely  to rise further in one of Brazil’s worst natural disasters on  record.

Organisation of American States (OAS) Assistant Secretary-General Albert Ramdin and President Bharrat Jagdeo discussed issues related to Caricom and the fallout from the first round of elections in Haiti at a meeting on Monday.

Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, acting Secretary-General of CARICOM on Monday told the Community Council of Ministers that integrated solutions were critical as member states struggled to emerge from the depths of the global financial and economic crises.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have charged  two men with stealing and distributing email addresses for  about 120,000 users of Apple Inc’s popular iPad.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud outlined government’s vision and plans for the aquatic sector this year during a meeting with representatives of the Fishermen’s Co-ops on Monday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Sargent Shriver, who spent  four decades in public service as a member of the Kennedy  family, the first director of the Peace Corps and a key warrior  in Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty, died yesterday.

The Ministry of Home Affairs addressed challenges and drafted plans with senior officers of the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) with a view to boosting and expanding its service to interior regions, at a recent retreat.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A cheap generic drug used to stem  bleeding from heavy menstrual periods could save the lives of  tens of thousands of accident victims each year and help reduce  the number of deaths in combat, scientists said yesterday.

The Linden Town Council’s health unit is investigating a popular bakery after a resident claimed she found a piece of glass in a pine tart it produced.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Iran has banned the production of  Valentine’s Day gifts and any promotion of the day celebrating  romantic love to combat what it sees as a spread of Western  culture, Iranian media reported.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti today briefly  detained former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, back  from exile in France, and charged him with corruption, theft  and abuses of power allegedly committed during his 15-year  rule.

Two persons were this afternoon critically injured following a two-vehicle collision on the Mabura trail.