Guyana News

HAVANA, (Reuters) – A 31-year-old jailed dissident,  Wilmar Villar Mendoza, died yesterday in eastern Cuba from the  effects of a 56-day hunger strike and what fellow opposition  activists believe was mistreatment by the Cuban government, a  Cuban human rights activist said.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France threatened today  to pull out early from the NATO-led war in Afghanistan after  four a rogue Afghan soldier opened fire on French soldiers,  killing four and wounding about 15 others.

(Reuters) – The time has come to clean up  soccer’s governing body FIFA “from top to bottom”, three-times  world champion Pele said today.

Guyanese are promised a concert with a difference when American gospel music singer and Pastor Donnie McClurkin takes to the stage at the National Stadium tonight for an evening of prayer, inspiration and great music.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries (LVV) has not been able to determine the cause of the recent fish deaths on Coronie’s coast.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday said strengthening of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will depend on economic growth, but urged the army to ensure that it gets value for money in its spending.

After weeks of talks primarily focused on the selection of a Speaker, the two parliamentary Opposition parties are expected to soon settle on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the basis of future engagements.

The Berbice farmer who was shot along with a 16-year-old boy on Monday morning while travelling in a boat was transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday after his condition worsened.

Friends from the Diaspora and persons impacted by his work continue to pay tribute to the late Guyanese social history icon, Godfrey Chin.

A Muslim scholar attached to the Turkeyen Masjid was recently accused of sexually molesting four boys, aged 4 to 10 years old, and has since been arrested and released on station bail.

A goldsmith accused of receiving $450,000 worth of stolen gold was yesterday released on bail in the sum of $100,000 by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Miller Faizul Hack has been given a cease order for dumping and burning paddy shells in the Strathoven, Junior Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker told Strathavon residents on Wednesday.

The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) expects this year to see record tourist arrivals and wants the Minister of Finance to give due recognition to the contribution that the sector is making to the economy.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is focusing on worker turnout among its plans to ensure that it meets this year’s 265,000 tonnes production target, according to CEO Paul Bhim.

Four persons are expected to appear in court tomorrow in connection with Wednesday morning’s discovery by law enforcement officials of a quantity of cocaine and marijuana on board a Trinidad-bound fishing vessel.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment will be moving to hold consultations to develop a policy for mining on titled Amerindian lands while safeguarding the rights of villages under the Amerindian Act.

A two-time convicted felon, who was almost at the end of serving a sentence, was yesterday sentenced to a further nine months imprisonment after escaping from the Camp Street Prisons.

In a historic first, Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer, Windee Algernon, has been promoted to Colonel making her the first full-serving female member of any of the Caribbean’s armed forces to hold such a rank.

A 47-year-old homeless man  yesterday sustained injuries about his body after a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) electrical pole broke and fell on him at the corner of Camp and North Road.

Four armed, masked bandits attacked and robbed a No 19 Village, Corentyne businessman and his family of $1M in cash and $150,000 in jewellery around 7:10 pm on Wednesday.