Guyana News

CONAKRY (Reuters) – Voters in Guinea go to the polls today in their first chance to freely elect their leadership since the coup-prone West African state won independence from France in 1958.

The National Vocational Training Centre (NVTC) known as the Open Doors Centre for persons with disabilities held its annual open day activity last Thursday when items made by the students were put on sale.

TORONTO/HUNTSVILLE, Ontario (Reuters) – World leaders neared agreement yesterday to halve their budget deficits within three years but, fearing spending cuts would jeopardize a fragile recovery, they planned to allow each country to set its own pace.

The construction of the Mahaica fire station to the tune of $13 million is among over 50 multi-million-dollar contracts awarded under the Ministry of Home Affairs’ 2010 current and capital projects for the police force, prison and fire services.

TORONTO (Reuters) – Black-clad anarchists protesting the G20 summit in Toronto smashed storefronts and wrecked a police car yesterday, while riot police donned gas masks in anticipation of an escalation of violence.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s maverick environment minister is resisting pressure from some cabinet colleagues to clear forests for mining and roads in a tussle that underlines the country’s struggle for sustainable growth.

The African  Caribbean and Pacific  (ACP) member states have been expressing concerns about unresolved issues, including Most Favoured Nations (MFNs), rules of origin, market access,  export taxes and the need to ascertain the net fiscal impact on their economies before tariff reduction agreements.

The Guyana Cultural Association (GCA) has issued a call for nominations for its 2010 Awards which will be held on September 1 in New York as a precursor to the events to mark the annual Folk Festival Labour Day weekend.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – US intelligence officials and top academics last week debated the risk China could wield its massive US debt holdings as a weapon aimed at influencing US foreign policy, according to a person who attended the meeting.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s efforts to win final approval of a historic financial regulatory reform bill looked more complicated yesterday after a Republican senator threatened to oppose it.

Ramon Gaskin has approached the Full Court seeking orders to have the Synergy contract quashed a few days after acting Chief Justice Ian Chang denied the application.

Opposition leader Robert Corbin yesterday said he is not interested in contesting the 2011 general elections as the presidential candidate for an opposition alliance or for the PNCR.

Verging on three weeks after the police shooting to death of schoolboy Kelvin Fraser highlighted security concerns at the Patentia Secondary School, a guard is still to be provided.

The results of a recent audit undertaken by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) could see a new carrier flying in, to serve the Toronto route.

-pornography, prostitution rampantSexual abuse by teachers, parents and guardians and other adults has been identified as the major cause of growing incidents of inappropriate behaviour by school-age children and Linden leaders are fighting to address it as well as a range of social ills plaguing the community.

Caribbean territories are examining sustainable management of the region’s dolphins and flying fish, which are both under threat due to over-fishing.

Concerned over a recent spate of abuses allegedly committed by members of the Guyana Police Force, the Executive of the Police Association has been visiting stations across the country to sensitise ranks about their conduct and responsibilities.

-loss of confidence cited Members of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) at their last meeting expressed the view that the board’s treasurer should stand down as it appeared that he had lost the confidence of members in handling its financial affairs.

Two Brazilian miners were shot on Thursday morning after telling a man that they had no job to give him.

A major part of the two-day fifth Annual Pan Caribbean Business Coalition (PCBC) Forum on HIV/AIDS was centred on what assistance insurance companies in the region could be given to better assist persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and in the end it was concluded that more data is needed to better assist the companies.