Guyana News

– facilities deplorable, health practices not observed In her natural habitat the lioness is among the strongest and fastest of predators.

-Trotman The Alliance For Change yesterday said that it would participate in upcoming local government elections only if the legislative reforms mandated by the Local Government Task Force and agreed on by all parties and the international community are put in place.

Guyana is on the eve of back-to-back national elections; long delayed local government elections are due to be run off this year, while general elections are constitutionally due before the end of 2011.

PNCR Leader Robert Corbin has labelled recent talk about the possible introduction of overseas voting for the upcoming general elections, as a “sterile discussion.”

Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran believes the libel laws will be changed by the courts when a suitable case presents itself to offer greater freedom of the press and to reflect the reforms that have swept other countries within recent years.

An inadequate water supply has been plaguing communities in Region Eight even prior to the current El Nino phenomenon and women who say they are frustrated recently decided to take action by protesting in the streets and starting a relief fund.

– after accepting bribe Two police constables attached to the Kitty Police Station have been placed under close arrest for accepting bribes to release a man.

-Mexican Ambassador Mexican Ambassador, Fernando Sandoval says the new regional bloc formed by Latin American and Caribbean states was meant to create “our own space” to advance common interests on specific issues and that differences of opinion in the region were not likely to hamper the process.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s relationship with  the United States, a defining feature of the troubled Middle  East, was under severe strain as diplomats scrambled yesterday  to save newborn US-brokered peace talks with the Palestinians.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri  al-Maliki held a wide lead yesterday in early results from  Baghdad, the major prize in a tight election race that Iraqis  hope will bring stability after years of sectarian conflict.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s government is  preparing a package of constitutional amendments to go to  parliament within 10 days, a minister said yesterday, a move  expected to increase tension with the secularist judiciary.

LONDON (Reuters) – Two new polls today pointed  to an indecisive result in Britain’s upcoming election, with one  suggesting the ruling Labour Party would emerge as the biggest  party and the other giving the edge to opposition Conservatives.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday tested  six training and light attack jets bought from China for  defence and anti-drugs flights in a deal that dodges an embargo  banning sales of US weapons parts to oil exporter Venezuela.

By Gaulbert SutherlandSome Indigenous leaders, who recently voiced concerns about the scope of government consultations over forest preservation plans, have since been victims of intimidation tactics, the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) disclosed yesterday, while maintaining that genuine concerns of communities cannot be ignored.

-awards him damages after PI delays Murder accused Dunsford Dodson was granted $500,000 bail at the High court yesterday.

President Bharrat Jagdeo and Opposition leader Robert Corbin met on Tuesday and discussed issues relating to upcoming local government elections.

By Shabna Ullah When blind amputee Latchman Mohabir and his family were asked to leave the house where they were staying at Belvedere Squatting Area, they did not know what they were going to do next.

Representatives of the state-run and private-owned media yesterday signed on to a revised Media Code of Conduct, which will be used as a yardstick for fair, balanced an accurate reporting on issues relevant to the upcoming local government polls and the 2011 general elections.

Five persons suffered minor injuries when a car and minibus collided yesterday at the junction of Camp and Church streets.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Seelal Persaud is now seeking to have the High Court quash the March 9 decision by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to refuse to issue an arrest warrant for drug accused Barry Dataram.