Guyana News

Local Muslim organisations say this year’s observances for the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday will feature world renowned qaseeda singer Jameer Hoosein at the Eight Annual Eid Fest Programme set for the ACIC.

Lovers of Hindi music are in for a treat tomorrow evening when singer Payal Seen, famous for her melodious bhajans, and her renowned husband sitarist Pt.

The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS in partnership with the Insurance Association of the Caribbean (IAC), the Pan Caribbean Business Coalition (PCBC) and the US Government is hosting an Insurance and Health Forum today in Trinidad and Tobago.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. stocks clawed back most of  yesterday’s losses as a U.S.

The National Communication Network (NCN) this afternoon pulled the popular radio play Merundoi from its airwaves reportedly over a storyline that dealt with voter education.

LONDON/TORONTO, (Reuters) – A lawmaker called today for BlackBerry’s instant messaging service to be  suspended after rioters used it to mobilise in London and other  British cities.

SAN ANGELO, Texas, (Reuters) – A Texas jury today  sentenced polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to life in prison plus  20 years for sexually assaulting two girls he claimed as  “spiritual” brides.

The PPP today announced that its 30th Congress which was due this year has been postponed so that the party can concentrate on general elections due later this year.

Eleven companies have bid to supply netbooks/laptops for the government’s much vaunted One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme.

One of the four men nabbed in September of 2008 in a sting by US federal agents for trying to bribe stockbrokers to buy shares in Guyana Gold Corp.,

LONDON, (Reuters) – A 26-year-old man who was shot in  a car in Croydon, south of London, during disturbances this week  has died, becoming the first fatality of riots sweeping Britain,  police said today.

(Trinidad Express) More than US$1 billion from the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund (HSF) is now in jeopardy as a result of the severe turbulence being experienced in financial markets and the recent downgrade of the US credit rating.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England captain  Andrew Strauss has been given no indication that the third test  against India will not go ahead as scheduled in Birmingham on  Wednesday despite inner city rioting and looting.

(Barbados Nation) A high-powered MAC-10 machine gun was among a cache of firearms found at the home of one of two suspects in last Saturday night’s shooting of two police officers.

MANILA, (Reuters) – The Philippines government has  placed former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on a travel  watch list to prevent her from evading investigations into  allegations of plunder and election fraud during her nine years  in office.

Ahead of a critical meeting to discuss financing for the University of Guyana (UG), Pro-Chancellor Dr Prem Misir has described the institution’s strategic plan as “archaic” and says that any additional government funding must require a cost-review for various aspects of the university’s operations.

A family of four was last night attacked by four armed bandits who robbed them of an estimated $980,000 in cash and jewellery at their Ocean View, Uitvlugt home and general store.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer, who is now in a US jail, is facing three counts of sodomy which are all described as felony charges and one charge of child molestation described in court documents as a misdemeanour.

The body of an elderly woman, who went missing, was yesterday morning found in a decomposing state in a drain not far from her home.

Investigators are working around the clock to relocate Caribbean Airline’s Boeing 737 aircraft from the crash site at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri before the end of this week to an unused hangar there.