Guyana News

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – The International Criminal  Court prosecutor said today he had requested arrest warrants  for Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam and the  country’s spy chief on charges of crimes against humanity.

A mini-bus driver and former boxer was shot dead in Festival City last night in an execution-style killing.

The “outdated” US$1M container scanner purchased by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is known to be “problematic” and will require costly and regular maintenance, according to sources within the agency.

Up to press time last night, Commissioner of Police Henry Greene remained in a private room of a city hospital, hours after he was removed from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and his condition remains serious.

A 12-year-old boy drowned on Saturday after he plunged from a koker into a trench at Lochaber, West Canje, breaking his neck in the process.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Bell 412 helicopter is expected to be back in full operation shortly.

The police are investigating the death of a 44-year-old Port Kaituma resident under unknown circumstances sometime Saturday night in the backdam.

A computer training programme for East Ruimveldt youths was launched on Saturday as part of government’s Information Com-munication Technology (ICT) strategy.

One year after the trial into the 2009 multi million dollar Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) fraud case started, the prosecution last Monday asked for it to be aborted citing irregularities but according to the defence this is an attempt to correct “enormous defects” in the evidence.

The Federation of Indepen-dent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) said on Friday it has noted with “deep concern” the recent remarks on the privatization of sugar, Guyoil and the state media by Brigadier (ret’d) David Granger who is the Presidential  candidate of the PNCR.

In the final year of its four-year restructuring plan, Caribbean Container Inc.

The review of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) trade in services and investment legislation for implementation of EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) obligations is nearing completion, according to  release from the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen.

CANNES, France, (Reu-ters) – U.S. director Terrence  Malick brings his eagerly anticipated drama “The Tree of Life”  to the Cannes film festival today, ending a long wait for  movie fans and critics intrigued by only his fifth feature.

Desmond Alli, like most artists, splits his time between his creative pursuits and trying to make a living.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “Thor” reigned at the North  American box office for the second straight weekend while the  raunchy women’s comedy “Bridesmaids” beat expectations to come  in second.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli troops shot  Palestinian protesters who surged towards its frontiers with  Syria, Lebanon and Gaza yesterday, killing at least 13 people on  the day Palestinians mourn the establishment of Israel in 1948.

A grass-cutter who damaged his neighbour’s belongings was  fined $75 000 when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

The Bartica Regatta Committee says the Easter Regatta is the biggest it has hosted to date with huge crowds converging on the area for the week-long programme, providing a boom in commerce for business persons.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – IMF chief Dominique  Strauss-Kahn was charged yesterday with trying to rape a New  York hotel maid in a scandal that appeared to wreck his hopes  of becoming France’s next president.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – NATO must broaden the range of  targets it is bombing in Libya or risk failing to remove Muammar  Gaddafi from power, Britain’s most senior military officer was  quoted as saying.