Guyana News

PARIS, (Reuters) – A corruption investigation is circling closer to President Nicolas Sarkozy as a third ally comes under pressure in the so-called “Karachi Affair”, accused of alerting a friend in police custody to secret witness testimony.

President Bharrat Jagdeo was worried that the 2007 JFK International Airport terror plot arrests would be a “big, black eye” for Guyana and he told Washington he was prepared to have suspects extradited to the US.

A Brazilian miner is now a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), after he was shot in the back at a mining camp at Butterfly Backdam, Port Kaituma.

(Trinidad Guardian) “Would you now shut up?” was the sharp rebuke from Clico inquiry chairman Sir Anthony Colman to Martin Daly, SC, yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) “Outraged, flabbergasted and appalled,” is how Peter Permell, chairman of the CLICO Policyholders Group, describes the group’s reaction to disclosures about insurance company CLICO and its parent conglomerate CL Financial which have come out of the ongoing Commission of Enquiry into the collapse of these companies.

(WICB) London, England – Ravi Bopara returned outstanding figures of 4-10 – England’s best in Twenty20 cricket – and openers Alex Hales and Craig Kieswetter shared their side’s highest partnership in the shortest format as West Indies were beaten by 10 wickets in the first of two T20 Internationals at the Kia Oval.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin declared today he was ready to return to the Russian presidency after current head of state Dmitry Medvedev announced he would bow to his mentor at March’s election.

A six-month old infant was among two killed along the Mabura Road, when a minibus collided head on with a truck yesterday morning.

Eight persons, including six Guyanese nationals, are currently in a Surinamese jail on drug-related charges after they were intercepted with drugs by members of a joint army and police patrol while crossing the Corentyne River on Wednesday.

Bourda Market stallholders were the target of bandits in a bold daylight attack yesterday, which prompted calls for better security.

Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday said he could not verify that President Bharrat Jagdeo’s failure to set up an appeals tribunal to offer redress to aggrieved public servants most affected Afro-Guyanese, who make up the majority of the workers.

Presidential candidate of The United Force (TUF), Valerie Garrido-Lowe is set to continue as leader of the party following a High Court ruling in her favour by Justice James Bovell-Drakes on Thursday.

Mark Anthony Deygoo, the Guyanese businessman shot multiple times by robbers in St Maarten on Wednesday evening, succumbed yesterday.

The importance of the police and the community working together was the key message at the commissioning of the New Police Outpost at Amelia’s Ward Linden and the Linden Station Management Committee (LSMC) came in for high praise from Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee and Commissioner of Police Henry Greene.

The Ministry of Education yesterday showed off Guyana’s current and future potential in the fields of science and technology at the National Science and Technology Fair held at the Carifesta Sports Complex.

Banks DIH and the General Workers Union (GWU) yesterday signed a three-year wage and salary agreement that would see their lowest paid workers earning more than some teachers.

Jamaican dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel has dropped Guyana from future travel plans, saying that he would rather tour Iraq than land here.

Another Canadian mining company has launched exploration activities for gold here and has identified areas on its property where it feels gold deposits are located.

Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) 2011 was yesterday officially launched with a fashion market at the Georgetown Cricket Club, Bourda, showcasing the work of designers from across the region.

An 18-year-old man who said he slapped, but did not cuff his girlfriend because she wanted to end their relationship was yesterday jailed for 14 days when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.