Guyana News

Ten-year-old Stephan Walcott is back home more than three days after he went missing from his Sophia residence and he has told his family that the fear of being spanked for his missing bicycle kept him away.

The Guyana Press Associa-tion (GPA) is considering hosting a presidential debate ahead of the general elections this year but the idea is “now being explored,” President Gordon Moseley has said.

A Guyanese is among this year’s winners of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for photographic work she did in Haiti following the catastrophic earthquake there last year.

Traffic along the Lethem trail halted on Good Friday afternoon after parts of a bridge located a few miles south of Karasabai collapsed under the weight of a truck.

Guyanese Poeran Maikel Gopi, 32, and his associate Ricky Sardjoe, 33, are on the top 10 list of the Police Corps of Suriname as the most wanted and dangerous criminals,

The Queens District Attorney’s Office has busted a dozen smugglers who imported more than 4,000 cartons of untaxed cigarettes into New York from Guyana among other places the New York Post reported yesterday.

The African Cultural & Develop-ment Association (ACDA) is calling on political parties to contest the upcoming national elections under a shared governance system.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Five women, all apparently connected to a beauty parlour, were found brutally murdered in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco yesterday morning, state police said.

MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Rebels in Misrata claimed victory as Libyan government troops retreated from front lines, in what appeared to be a significant setback for Muammar Gaddafi’s forces hastened by NATO air strikes.

In a notice in Friday’s edition of this newspaper, Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) announced that it is in the process of finalizing its debt restructuring proposal  which will be submitted within the next three weeks before being considered by lenders.

For its 16th anniversary, Tele-gathering returned to Guyana and hosts Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) opened the weekend of events with a 16th birthday bash at the Princess Hotel.

ROME (Reuters) – Pope Benedict led the world’s Catholics into Easter yesterday, ahead of the beatification of his venerated predecessor John Paul II on May 1.

SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s ruling party said yesterday it had accepted a political plan for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down within weeks, and the opposition also welcomed the main elements of the Gulf Arab initiative.

The five-day Guyana Musical Arts Festival (GMAF) kicks off on Tuesday night at the National Cultural Centre.

– concert moved to stadium The DJ promos for an Easter Monday concert, featuring Jamaican artistes Cham, Popcaan, and Javinchi, have raised concerns over the promised distribution of ‘cake soap,’ which has been touted as a skin bleacher.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Air traffic controllers mistakenly told the pilot of a plane carrying US first lady Michelle Obama this week he was further away from a nearby military cargo jet than he actually was, according to a report issued on Friday.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt yesterday ordered former energy minister Sameh Fahmy and six other officials to stand trial on charges related to a natural gas deal with Israel, the public prosecutor said.

East Coast Demerara police are looking for a lone gunman who after assaulting a Dazzel Housing Scheme man with his gun on Friday night and escaped with jewellery, phone cards and several cellular phones.

A policeman was shot in his face and thigh today when he went to the rescue of a businesswoman who was being attacked by three men.

GROS ISLET, St. Lucia, (Reuters) – Misbah-ul-Haq struck an unbeaten 73 to lead Pakistan to a crushing eight-wicket victory over a new-look West Indies side in the opening one-day international today.