Guyana News

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sidney Lumet, an American film director known for inspiring top-notch performances from actors in a stream of classic films including “12 Angry Men,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “Network” and “Fail-Safe,” died yesterday at age 86, his Hollywood talent agency said.

Guyana will spend US$7M from its forests’ agreement with Norway in the next two years to strengthen crucial institutions to coordinate and execute key components of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), according to a Project Concept Note released recently.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s ruling generals said yesterday they were ready to use force to end protests in Tahrir Square after troops cracked down on demonstrators overnight and sparked violence that medical sources said killed two people.

St Lucian poet laureate Adrian Augier will be giving a talk on cultural industries and reading from his poetry collection tomorrow at the Theatre Guild of Guyana.

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Ivory Coast incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo stepped up a counter-attack on presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara yesterday by firing on his hotel headquarters in Abidjan.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO forces destroyed 17 tanks belonging to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces on Friday and early yesterday as the alliance stepped up the pace of its operations in the country, NATO officials said.

Cabinet this week signalled its ‘no objection’ to five contracts, including one which will see $43,407,000 being spent to acquire eight vehicles for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Following last week’s joint operation between the local anti-narcotics bodies and their colleagues in Barbados which led to a huge drug bust in the island, there have been calls for the local Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) of the Guyana Revenue Autho-rity to be strengthened.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A lone gunman shot dead six people with an automatic weapon as he walked calmly through a Dutch shopping mall yesterday, and threatened to blow up three other shopping malls before eventually killing himself.

PARIS (Reuters) – A Belgian Catholic bishop who resigned in disgrace after admitting to sexually abusing his nephew has left the country for “spiritual and psychological treatment” abroad, a Vatican ambassador said yesterday.

The laying of a fibre optic cable for government’s e-governance initiative is behind schedule and May 26 has been set as the new deadline for the completion of the project.

(Barbados Nation) A male constable accused of serious indecency towards a Jamaican drug mule, and the female constable, working as custodian of the cells, who was charged with aiding and abetting him, were granted bail when they appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Rift? What rift?   Ottis Gibson certainly doesn’t know of any. 

RABAT, (Reuters) – An assault by government troops  on the city of Misrata killed at least 30 rebels today, a  rebel spokesman said, citing fellow fighters and medics.    

(Barbados Nation) Rihanna is slated to perform next Thursday on American Idol.

The West Indian Players Association today said that recent rumours circulating that Guyanese and West Indian player Ramnaresh Sarwan was under investigation by the ICC for match-fixing are false.

A 42-year-old man chopped his 23-year-old reputed ex-wife to death this morning around 8am and drank a poisonous substance after an argument between the two turned deadly.

An Indian company that took over a forest concession in a biodiversity-rich area has been granted an additional concession to harvest lumber, which it will ship to India to make furniture and this was only disclosed yesterday by the government after questions were asked.

The police have issued bulletins for ten persons who are wanted for questioning in relation to a fraud committed at a government department.

The long-awaited modern forensic laboratory slated to be completed early next year signals a strong response to the complex nature of criminal activity today, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said at yesterday’s inking of the $449 million contract.