Guyana News

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former Pakistan cricket captain  Salman Butt agreed to score no runs in an over during a crucial  game against England as part of a betting scam, a court heard today.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The French enterprise Rungis, the world’s biggest wholesaler in fresh fruit, meat, vegetables and other agricultural products is interested in Surinamese tubers.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer  won the 2011 Nobel prize for literature, the awarding committee  said today.

Two more bodies, which are yet to be identified, have been recovered from the Piari Landing robbery boat mishap.

Guyana Goldfields yesterday announced that it has clinched a Memorandum of Understanding with the government for the Aurora Gold Project on the Cuyuni River which sets mining royalties and paves the way for a mining licence within 45 days.

Residents of Pork Kaituma, in the North West District, Region One, are reporting the pollution of the nearby Kaituma Creek, which is sole source of drinking water in the community.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Passionate, prickly, and deemed irreplaceable by many Apple fans and investors, Steve Jobs made a life defying conventions and expectations.

The investiture ceremony for the 2011 National Awardees is scheduled for October 21 at the National Cultural Centre, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said last evening.

Channel 6 owner CN Sharma may move to the courts to secure an injunction against the recent four-month suspension instituted by President Bharrat Jagdeo.

Agriculture has a place in the modern economy because of global demand and a growing population, President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday at an Open Day and Mini Exhibition held by the Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary-Agricultural/Development/Authority (MMA/ADA) as part of the observances for Agriculture Month.

The Ministry of Culture has announced that a mega concert and exhibition will be held on Saturday to commemorate the United Nations’ International Year of People of African Descent (IYPAD).

Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday testified that the divestment of state property is based on the advice of the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Ltd (NICIL).

The Guyana Media Proprie-tors Association (GMPA) has called for the speedy repeal of the sanctions against CNS Channel 6 and urged that the judgment of the court be awaited.

AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday accused the government of secretly working with an Indian company to manage the Enmore sugar factory, saying that the plans were cancelled in order to avoid potential embarrassment over the lack of transparency.

A 38-year-old East Ruimveldt man who allegedly used threatening language to a boy was yesterday placed on $10,000 bail after he appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

As of the end of last month, the police recorded 103 murders for the year marginally up from the 102 murders recorded at the end of the same period last year.

Customers purchasing four Hunts products with any Champion pasta at any of the Bounty Supermarket chains countrywide will be given a Breast Cancer Awareness organic shopping bag.

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Jomo Odinga Mc Donald called “George” or “Yankee”.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce said Banks DIH, Namilco and Pandama Wines won trophies for having the best large, medium and small booths respectively, at GuyExpo 2011.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday condemned the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) for abusing state resources as it campaigns for the 2011 elections.