Guyana News

The roll-on roll-off ferries that arrived in Guyana recently were officially transferred to the Guyana Government yesterday by Chinese Ambassador Yu Wenzhe, according to the Government Information Agency.

(Barbados Nation) Police are asking the public to be vigilant and report all suspicious people and activities to the police.

(de Ware Tijd) BOXEL – Peter van Haperen, witness for de defense in the trial of Desi Bouterse, claims to know nothing about the murders that were committed in Fort Zeelandia on 8 December 1982.

(de Ware Tijd) BOXEL – No sentence will be demanded yet against the main suspect in the December murders trial Desi Bouterse.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A hacker who goes by the  name of ‘Yama Tough’ threatened today to release next week  the full source code for Symantec    Corp’s flagship Norton Antivirus software.

(Jamaica Observer) Newly appointed Cabinet minister Robert Pickersgill wants the country to be sensitised about the importance of climate change, one of his portfolios.

New Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has said that she has heard enough grumbling about the ‘No child left behind’ policy to persuade her that there should be a countrywide consultation about the policy and whether it should remain in the school system.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Nineteen-year-old Alicia Smith was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison and pay a fine exceeding $124,000 after she was caught trying to smuggle marijuana to Panama.

(Trinidad Express) CLICO Investment Bank (CIB), a subsidiary of CL Financial, was yesterday described as a “bran tub” and a “cancer” by one of its founders, ambassador Mervyn Assam.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former minister in the Ministry of National Security Subhas Panday said during his tenure at the ministry he rejected the idea of conjugal visits for prisoners because he felt it added no value to the prisoners or society.

AMMAN (Reuters) – Qatar has proposed sending Arab troops to halt the bloodshed in Syria, where violence has raged despite the presence of Arab League monitors sent to check if an Arab peace plan is working.

PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy (Reuters) – At least three people were killed and rescuers were searching for other victims after an Italian cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground and keeled over in shallow waters.

PERTH,  (Reuters) – Australia, fired by David Warner’s  180 and another fine display from their pace attack, were  closing on victory after reducing India to 88 for four in their  second innings after two days of the third test today.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday said opposition involvement in crafting the national budget will not go beyond consultations, while insisting that it is his administration’s exclusive responsibility.

A taxi driver was discovered dead in his car yesterday morning at Goedverwagting Road, Plaisance, on the East Coast Demerara—prompting the drivers’ association to urge operators to exercise more caution when picking up fares.

A 50-year-old man was yesterday charged with raping a nine-year-old girl and was placed on $200,000 bail when he appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday defended the decision to award controversial developer Fip Motilall the contract to build the road to Amaila Falls, saying that there were “probably” good decisions made at the time that turned out otherwise.

City Mayor Hamilton Green and acting Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green yesterday rebuffed signals by Presidential Advisor Gail Teixeira that an Interim Management Committee (IMC) should be set up to help clean garbage-coated Georgetown.

The Village Council of the Amerindian community of Isseneru, in Region Seven, has expressed concern over the continued operation of a mining company on village lands, which has disobeyed cease work orders issued by the authorities.

The man accused of shooting New York-based Guyanese Felix Alleyne, who lost one his kidneys as a result, was yesterday remanded to prison after being arraigned on an attempted murder charge.