Guyana News

In the story headlined ‘Mother, ex cop Hinds among 7 charged with Bel Air heist’ in our edition yesterday, the photograph of a policeman was incorrectly published as being that of Rayon Jones, one of the accused in the matter.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez delegated some powers to his vice president and finance  minister today, hours before a planned departure to Cuba,  where he will be treated for cancer.

The Ministry of Health today said that there is currently no O-negative blood in its Blood Bank and it made an urgent appeal for donors.

(TrinidadExpress)Trinidad and Tobagoneeds to invest millions of dollars on research and development (R&D), so the country can gain more when it exports its products.

(TrinidadExpress) The first president of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday retired from the bench for the last time.

(Jamaica Observer) Transport and Works Minister Mike Henry is hoping that the launch of a regional all-cargo airline will enhance business opportunities for Jamaica.

Jamaica Gleaner) Yesterday Gregory Anthony Isaacs, who succumbed to lung cancer on October 25 last year, would have been 61.

(JamaicaGleaner) LINSTEAD, St Catherine: ANITA SAMUELS is one of the scores of commuters who rush for the train station in the mornings since it started to roll two weeks ago.

‘We are sounding the death knell of winner-take-all politics. Never again must 51percent behave like 100 percent and 49 percent  be treated as zero.’

Chandraradha Rampersaud and six alleged co-conspirators that include ex-policeman Shawn Hinds were yesterday charged with Tuesday’s $7M Bel Air Gardens robbery.

The authorities are investigating another apparent fraud in the Accountant General’s Department relating to the issuance of travel advances by a senior official who has since been asked to resign by the Minister of Finance.

Nation of Islam aide Akbar Muhammad says he plans to sue local police for unlawful arrest and defamation of character and if he wins he says he will use the money to help protect Muslims falsely accused of crimes because of their names and spirituality.

Convicted pirate Kevin ‘Long Hair’ Narine, who escaped with three others from the New Amsterdam Prison last month, has been captured in Suriname.

Guyana now has an HIV prevalence rate of about 1.4%, just a little higher than the 1.3% that was estimated two years ago, Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has said.

APNU presidential candidate David Granger on Thursday met with executives of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), telling them that an administration led by him would promote a safe environment for miners and support the industry.

Following a decision taken by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), some 1,700 sugar workers are expected to receive retroactive payments from the corporation for the period between January 1 and July 2 this year.

A solution to a ten-year-old dust pollution problem involving the Faizul Hakh Rice Mill was presented to residents of Cane Grove, Mahaica on Thursday when the Ministry of Agriculture hosted a community meeting there.

Changes are expected to be made in the administration of the Lethem Power Company (LPC) within the coming weeks, after the border community suffered an extended blackout this week.

Post-mortem examinations yesterday revealed that Shiva and Viya Persaud, who were found dead in a pond near the hanging body of their father, at Adventure, Essequibo Coast, were both drowned.

A pedestrian was hit and killed on the Parika, East Bank Demerara Public Road on Thursday night and a truck driver is now police custody assisting with the investigation.