Guyana News

Prisons Director Dale Erskine yesterday said the prisoner who was attacked with a piece of wood by a fellow inmate in the Georgetown Prison on Monday is in a stable condition.

Human Services and Social Security Minister Priya Manickchand has expressed hope that South American states will to continue to generate new ideas and commitments in advancing social development within the bloc.

A woman and a man were on Monday jailed in Suriname for trafficking in cocaine that reportedly came from Guyana.

At the Springlands Court     on Monday, Magistrate Krishndat Persaud remanded two men to prison when they appeared before him charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

The Ministry of Housing and Water has offered a 14-day reprieve to squatters living along the Herstelling sea dam and urges those living along the sea dam at Farm to relocate so that crucial sea defence works can be carried out.

The Ministry of Agriculture joins with other entities in the forestry sector in remembering Siew K Chan, CEO of Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL), for his commitment to developing the sector.

LA PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who critics accuse of stifling press freedom, was given a prize by an Argentine journalism school yesterday for his contribution to “popular communication.”

Two weeks after a Friend-ship, East Bank Demerara businessman was found dead in Le Repentir cemetery, police investigators have made little progress in the case.

Several bridges and culverts are currently being built and rehabilitated around the country, including 16 critical structures along the East Bank Demerara and East Coast Demerara highways, among According to a press release from the Government Information Agency (GINA), government allocated $1.9 billion for the construction and rehabilitation of several bridges around the country, with an additional $953 million for works on other structures.

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara advanced yesterday to within 200 km (120 miles) of the two main port cities in an intensifying offensive against incumbent Laurent Gbagbo.

TOKYO (Reuters) – France and the United States are to help Japan in its battle to contain radiation from a crippled nuclear complex where plutonium finds have raised public alarm over the world’s worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.

A man accused of breaking into a woman’s salon and stealing a quantity of items worth in excess of $94,000 was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $120,000 after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

MOHALI, India, (Reuters) – Pakistan captain Shahid  Afridi cracked jokes and tagged Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men as  favourites as he attempted to deflect the pressure off his team  ahead of their World Cup semi-final against arch rivals India.

MOHALI, India,  (Reuters) – The prime ministers of  India and Pakistan will mix with Bollywood stars and thousands  of fans as the two rivals square off in a World Cup cricket  semi-final on Wednesday in the wake of high profile peace talks  between the two nations.

The local branch of Transparency International today questioned the single-sourcing of procurement to Chinese company Huawei and its subsequent US$50,000 donation.

The British High Commission will shortly be advertising for applications for Chevening Scholarships for the academic year 2011/12.

The police today said that at about 1430h yesterday while following up investigations into a report of rape police ranks saw the suspect at Sand Road, Soesdyke, EBD and shot him after a confrontation.

Masked gunmen escaped with millions in cash and gold after raiding a house at Industry, East Coast Demerara.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka advanced to the  World Cup final for the third time today after stopping New  Zealand from pulling off their second upset of the tournament.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi  nuclear plant seems to be in “slow recovery” from damage  incurred this month from an earthquake and tsunami, the head of  the U.S.