Guyana News

Seven persons from the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday staged a protest in front of the Ministry of Human Services to register their concerns over what they said was the failure of the ministry to deal with the welfare of the nation’s children.

President Bharrat Jagdeo will be meeting on Monday with the employees who were recently retrenched by Barama Company Limited.

In the wake of the Charlestown chopping rampage which left two dead and two injured citizens have raised concerns about homeless persons especially those who appear to suffer from psychiatric disorders and roam the city carrying sharp implements.

The WPA says the disappearance of three young Guyanese boxers at the JFK airport in the USA “underscores the depth of the crisis affecting the lives of disadvantaged young Guyanese in the country of their birth.”

The Guyana booth at the World Expo in China continues to attract considerable interest with its display of the country’s unique heritage.

The case against Carolan Lynch over the murder of her husband Farouk Razac was called again yesterday but she was not present in court and the police said that she has not yet been located.

Amerindian Affair s Minister Pauline Sukhai and a battery of Amerindian leaders have condemned a Guyana Times article in which other Amerindian representatives had voiced concerns about the land demarcation exercise.

The first meeting of the National Task Force for the prevention of Sexual Violence was held yesterday in the boardroom of the Ministry of Labour.

Neesa Gopaul is not the first Guyanese child to have suffered and died because the much vaunted system designed to protect the weak and vulnerable failed to function properly.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Suspected drug hitmen shot  dead 15 people at a car wash in western Mexico yesterday,  the third massacre in just a few days, putting new pressure on  President Felipe Calderon to stop the growing violence.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Canadian lawmakers yesterday  defeated a bill that would have raised the bar on human rights  and environmental standards followed by Canadian mining  companies working overseas.

-lack of markets, what to plant raised again Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud and other officials met around three dozen farmers at the Golden Grove Primary School yesterday where progress on drainage and irrigation works worth $457M was reported upon.

-NCN employee wins $100,000 An employee of the National Communications Network (NCN) won $100,000 and became the first winner in the Courts Vault promotion when it was launched amidst much hype at its Main Street Branch yesterday.

Twenty-five-year-old Radrendra Balkarran of Portuguese Quarters, Port Mourant, was sentenced to a total of six and a half years in jail after he confessed to two counts of damage to property and  break and enter and larceny along with  simple larceny.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Futuristic schemes for slowing  climate change such as dimming sunlight are fraught with risks  but will get a serious hearing from the U.N.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenya’s foreign affairs minister  and another top official in his department stepped aside under  pressure yesterday to give investigators room to look into a  scandal over the purchase of embassy buildings.

The launch of the Guyana Association of Retired Persons which is aimed at having experienced professionals to guide and counsel youths will be the main highlight of the Godwin Mc Pherson Foundation’s one-year anniversary celebrations this weekend.

A fracas over passengers landed two minibus conductors in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday,  one charged with assaulting the other.

A Comment by Norman Girvan The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI, based in Waterloo, Ontario Canada) has jointly published with the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI, based on the UWI Mona Campus) a paper on the impact of the Caribbean EPA.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Despite steps to expand private  farming, Cuba is contracting food supplies for 2011 much as it  has for decades, showing the limits of reforms and dimming  prospects for big increases in output, farmers said this week.