Guyana News

In an effort to alleviate the discomfort experienced by the residents of New Forest, due to the overtopping of the Canje Creek, Berbice,

UNITED NATIONS/ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The UN Security Council slapped travel bans and asset freezes on Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo and his closest associates yesterday in a bid to force the West African nation’s incumbent leader to quit.

Justice Franklyn Holder yesterday chastised the Probation and Social Services Department in Berbice after an officer arrived late at court when he was expected to present a report on convicted prisoners Hardat ‘Vicky’ Singh and Kapaldeo ‘Rajin’ Singh.

LONDON (Reuters) – Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, one of Muammar Gaddafi’s closest advisers and a former spy chief, flew to Britain yesterday and a close friend said he defected because of attacks by Gaddafi forces on civilians.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday proposed to cut US oil imports by a third over 10 years, a goal that eluded his predecessors and seen as extremely ambitious by analysts sceptical it can succeed.

As a way of responding to chronic non-communicable diseases like diabetes, and hypertension, the Ministry of Health has developed a 60-second screening tool for all hospitals and health centres in the country.

A man who said that he was drunk when he broke and entered a hotel but is working towards “changing” his “thieving ways” was yesterday sentenced to two years imprisonment when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds presented 18 tractors to the residents of the various satellite communities in Region Nine in order to boost development.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – By contradicting Vladimir Putin in public less than a year before Russia’s presidential election Dmitry Medvedev may have taken the biggest gamble of his career.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chairman of the Police Service Commission Nizam Mohammed says he is not about to resign in the wake of public calls for him to do so.

(Barbados Nation) Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding says the recent claim by a Jamaican national that she was improperly searched is not the first time that Barbadian officials have been reported for their maltreatment of Caribbean visitors.

(Barbados Nation) Jamaican officials will get a first-hand look at the room at the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) where one of their nationals has alleged that she was “finger-raped” by local authorities.

The police are investigating an attempted robbery/shooting incident that occurred at about 1900h.

Rickford Williams, known as Rickford Sabola and Rickford La Fleur, of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice, was today charged with murder committed

LONDON, (Reuters) – Libyan foreign minister Moussa  Koussa arrived in Britain today to seek refuge after  quitting the government in protest against leader Muammar  Gaddafi’s forces attacks on civilians, a friend told Reuters.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has  signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S.

DAMASCUS, (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad  defied calls today to lift a decades-old emergency law  and said Syria was the target of a foreign conspiracy to stir up  protests in which more than 60 people have been killed.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Key moments from India’s  29-run victory over Pakistan in their World Cup semi-final in  Mohali today.

MOHALI, India, (Reuters) – The sleepy town of  Mohali erupted with joy today as India reigned supreme  over fierce rivals Pakistan to reach the World Cup final.

Director of the Government Information Agency (GINA) Neaz Subhan collapsed while at work this morning.