Guyana News

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Cuba hopes to counter U.S.  worries over its plans to start its first full-scale offshore  oil exploration in a rare presentation this week to an energy  audience outside the communist-led island.

President Bharrat Jagdeo tasked newly installed UNASUR Secretary-General Maria Emma Mejia Velez with forging a South American group that will play a key role in global affairs, after she was sworn in at a ceremony at State House on Monday.

TOLEDO, Ohio, (Reuters) – General Motors Co said yesterday it will invest about $2 billion in 17 U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain plans to open new  diplomatic missions in developing nations as part of a drive to  increase its influence in fast-growing emerging economies, while  cutting costs in Europe, a government source said yesterday.

UNESCO is sponsoring a five-day creative writing workshop at the National Library from August 8-12.

The Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE) is embarking on a project to write and publish a book featuring technical information about some major projects from 1945-2010.

WASHINGTON -China yesterday pledged easier access for  U.S. companies to key sectors of its economy by removing  barriers to its huge market in government contracts and  offering a foothold to U.S.

A bystander was last evening shot on Longden Street after a gun went off during a struggle between a policeman and an assault suspect.

(WIPA) The West Indies Players Association has written to the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) condemning remarks made by West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Director and Principal of the UWI’s Cave Hill Campus, Sir Hilary Beckles, in which he unfairly compares former West Indies Captain, Christopher Gayle to Christopher “Dudus” Coke. 

The police say they are investigating an incident that occurred at about 1800h yesterday at James and Hunter Streets, Albouystown, Georgetown, during which Meskshaka Brazilio, 24 years, was shot and injured to his chest.

A three-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was badly burnt in a fire at Enmore, East Coast Demerara this morning.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – The Commonwealth Games  Federation (CGF) is to approach the International Cricket  Council (ICC) again to push for Twenty20 cricket’s inclusion in  future Games, the CGF said today.

Linden police today found a large quantity of items which are believed to have been stolen from a garment business before fire destroyed it on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, announced yesterday that they were separating.

Guyana is on the radar of Wendy’s/Arby’s International, a popular United States restaurant chain, according to a report by the Caribbean Media Corporation.

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Pakistan may let  U.S. investigators question the wives of Osama bin Laden, a U.S. 

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Gold multinational IamGold is one step closer to expansion of its operations at the Rosebel Goldmines N.V.

Buildings at ‘Pradoville 2’ where President Bharrat Jagdeo and top government are building houses may be in violation of several regulations as permission was not sought from the local authorities, building plans were never submitted nor were they certified by the Environmen-tal Health Officer.

(Trinidad Express) The appointment of Trinidad Government Senator and Minister of Planning, Restructuring and Gender Affairs, Mary King will be revoked by President Maxwell Richards this afternoon.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former English Football  Association chairman David Triesman has accused FIFA executive  committee members Jack Warner, Ricardo Teixeira, Nicolas Leoz  and Worawi Makudi of asking for favours in return for their  votes for England’s 2018 World Cup bid.