Guyana News

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States will  impose sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for human  rights abuses today, sources briefed on the matter said,  in a  dramatic escalation of U.S.

A day after new generators were offloaded for GPL, the capital city has been hit by extensive blackouts reportedly as a result of faults in the transmission system.

(Trinidad Express) The Air Transport Licensing Authority (ATLA) has not granted new low-fares airline REDjet its commercial licence to begin operations in Trinidad and Tobago because it is yet to receive the airline’s application from the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (TTCAA).

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – For a show it was hard to beat: A  DJ blasted Bollywood songs, fans decked out in the colours of  the home side danced in the aisles, and the wife of the  billionaire team owner perched on an electric-blue sofa near the  Mumbai Indians’ dugout.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Australian cricketer Shane Warne  has been fined $50,000 for publicly criticising an official, the  Indian Premier League (IPL) said today.

(Barbados Nation) Nearly 70 000 Barbadians have filed their income tax returns electronically and, according to Inland Revenue senior inspector Neville Clarke, the system has proved to be a success with seven in every ten working Barbadians completing their forms on the computer.

(Barbados Nation) A Christ Church man, who stabbed a policeman in the face, was shot to death a stone’s throw away from his home in Bartletts Tenantry, Sargeants Village.

Guyana has signed a Financing Agreement with the European Union which facilitates the provision of up to €18,805,000 ($5.62 billion) in support for the sugar sector this year in the framework of the Accompanying Measures to the changes in the EU trade regime with Sugar Protocol Countries The grant is part of the EU funded Multi-annual Sugar Programme 2007-2010 which supports the Government of Guyana in its efforts to improve the competitiveness and viability of the sugar industry and to promote agricultural diversification.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced a $300M severance package for Diamond sugar workers, saying that government decided to disburse the monies and end a court battle which could have dragged on for years.

A female student of the Kuru Kuru Training Centre on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway has alleged that she was raped by three male students, one of whom has since disappeared.

Some 15.6 Megawatts (MW) of power is expected to be added to the national grid after the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) yesterday received two generating sets, which it had ordered from the Wartsila power company last year.

A 61-year-old house development planner was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on four charges of fraud.

Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) Bishop Juan Edghill has filed a $25M lawsuit against TV station owner CN Sharma and Anthony Vieira over a commentary aired on CNS Channel Six, which he says has seriously damaged his reputation and has caused him distress, embarrassment, public humiliation and ridicule.

An Albouystown man accused of trafficking in 138 grammes of cocaine was yesterday remanded after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs yesterday defended its role in indigenous villages’ spending of REDD funds, saying that it is fulfilling its part as “the facilitator of policies and investments that advance the self-identified needs of Amerindian communities.”

A suspected trunker was yesterday shot by the owner of the minivan he was found sitting in at Premniranjan Place, Prashad Nagar, after he attempted to pull an object from his waist.

Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Dr. Baldwin Spencer yesterday announced that a major Information and Communication Technology (ICT) package will be provided to that nation’s teachers and transform all schools into internet hotspots.

A 33-year-old woman who said that she was badly beaten by a policewoman after attempting to make a report about a matter was yesterday arraigned on a  charge of assaulting a police inspector.

The Paradise Primary School, East Coast Demerara, has not been functioning since Monday after parents staged a protest in the schoolyard over what has been described as unacceptable conditions at the school.

The Labour Ministry has launched its own investigation into the allegations made by Aroaima workers against the General Manager of Operations of the local RUSAL subsidiary and will be meeting with all the parties involved on Friday.