Guyana News

Controlled use of cyanide is one of the options being examined in the local gold-mining industry as countries work on a treaty to control mercury — widely used to recover gold but harmful to the environment when misused.

Several new micro, small and medium scale businesses say they are being stifled since they have been unable to access loans to further develop their businesses under the Linden Enterprise Network (LEN).

A government advertisement in the newspapers for independent stray catchers has seen some 24 people applying, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has revealed.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday announced that all four lines of the 911 emergency system are back in working order.

The Hinterland Scholarship Division of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs held an awards ceremony at the Amerindian Village, Sophia last week, to honour students who had completed their secondary and technical education.

– despite MMA assurances Farmers in Region Five have called for more drains to be cleared so as to avoid flooding during the rainy season and the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary/Agricultural Development-Authority (MMA/ADA) assured that it has made preparations.

The Hydrometeorological Service is forecasting heavy rain for the remainder of this month and the Agriculture Ministry is urging residents and farmers in vulnerable areas along the coast and riverain communities to be alert during this period.

The teenager shot during a police operation capture fugitive Tyrone ‘Cobra’ Rowe was released on bail over the weekend A senior police officer told Stabroek News that 17-year-old Osafie Johnson was released on station bail on Saturday.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday sentenced two men to two years imprisonment each for separate larceny offences in which a cellular phone and jewellery were taken.

The tourism ministry, the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana on Saturday welcomed a team from WSEE-TV, the CBS affiliate in the Caribbean at a reception held at the airport.

Food For The Poor (Guyana) Inc on Friday handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture over 20 portable gasoline-fuelled water pumps, which will be used to assist farmers with drainage and irrigation.

The state has filed contempt proceedings against retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Paul Slowe over recent comments he made regarding the dismissal of an officer from the force.

Police are still hunting for the survivor and potential suspect from the fatal ambush at Mousie Landing last month which left dredge owner Davindra Williams and Oswald Bourne dead.

The University of Guyana administration said it has made no public statements on the allegations against lecturer, Evan Persaud and is refuting press reports on the issue.

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Somali Islamists said yesterday they had carried out two bomb attacks in Uganda that killed 74 soccer fans watching the World Cup final on television.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) celebrates the news that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Guyanese-born Baroness Valerie Amos head of the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs.

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – An Israeli military inquiry released yesterday found intelligence and operational errors in a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla but defended the use of force behind the killings of nine Turkish activists.

The Guyana Marketing Corporation is advising consumers to consider using alternative sources of meat and protein in their diet until the supply and price of chicken returns to normalcy.

LAGUNILLAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Fishermen from San Luis on Venezuela’s oil-producing Lake Maracaibo dive from their boats and minutes later return to the beach, arms loaded with piles of sticky garbage coated black with crude oil.

The National Museum’s fourth annual Taxidermy Summer Camp programme opened yesterday and will run until August 6.