Guyana News

ALGIERS, (Reuters) – Al Qaeda is exploiting the  conflict in Libya to acquire weapons, including surface-to-air  missiles, and smuggle them to a stronghold in northern Mali, a  security official from neighbouring Algeria told Reuters.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama  launched his bid for re-election in 2012 today,  capitalizing on better news on the economy and pushing ahead of  Republicans who are struggling to find a candidate.

The PPP this afternoon chose Donald Ramotar as its 2011 presidential candidate.

(Jamaica Observer) The 68-year-old US overseas employment programme, through which hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans have gained work on American farms and in US hotels, could grind to a screeching halt because of a new US regulation which is starving the programme administrators of much-needed funds.

A Guyanese man whose suitcase was found with cocaine at the top of his cooked rabbit at the John F Kennedy Airport in New York had the drug charge dismissed against him early last month by Judge Cheryl L.

(Barbados Nation) Rape victim and former British actress Hilary Heath has accused the Royal Barbados Police Force of failing to warn the public about the threat a serial rapist posed to the country back in 2004.

(Trinidad Guardian) Thanks to help from the public, baby Ricardo Vijay has a bright future.

SANAA, (Reuters) – At least 12 protesters were  killed when security forces opened fire in the Yemeni city of  Taiz, south of the capital, today, a medical source said.

A tip-off from local anti-narcotics agencies to their counterparts in Barbados about the ‘suspicious’ movement of a boat led to a $1.3B (US$6.5M) cocaine bust in which three Guyanese were charged.

A gospel concert headlined by internationally acclaimed artiste William McDowell on Saturday night, took an interesting turn when President Bharrat Jagdeo “recommitted” the nation to God.

Three persons involved in the shipping of a container of logs in which Jamaican authorities discovered a large quantity of cocaine last month, have been arrested.

A 23-year old Kitty man was yesterday afternoon hospitalized with two gunshot wounds following a confrontation with the police on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

The Georgetown Lighthouse is undergoing minor repairs following a leakage caused by the recent rains.

A man who the police say was smoking cannabis was admitted to bail in the sum of $60,000 on Friday when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

A woman accused of two counts of forgery was remanded to prison Friday when she appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

A trainee teacher stabbed to death and dumped on a dam in Harlem, West Coast Demerara; a nursery school teacher brutally knifed.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The Libyan government sent an envoy to Greece yesterday to discuss an end to fighting, but gave no sign of any major climbdown in a war that has ground to a stalemate between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.

The Teaching Service Commission (TSC) appointed 509 junior teachers last year, made 627 senior promotions and dismissed 288 teachers, a press release from the commission said.

Vocational education expert, Andy Moore believes the rise in school violence in the country is linked to a decline in technical education in the education system, particularly at the secondary school level.

AMMAN (Reuters) – Thousands of Syrians called for freedom at the funeral of eight protesters yesterday, a witness said, after President Bashar al-Assad named the former agriculture minister to form a new government.