Guyana News

–court hears A vendor who allegedly assaulted a minibus driver who was blamed for driving over his ground provisions was placed on a total of $80,000 bail yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

-group desperately in need of office Nine years ago Paul Cottom was a 31-year-old who was in the prime of his life with great plans to make life better for his family, including his young daughter, and to make his dream come through he worked two jobs.

Officials of the European Union, Latin America and  the Caribbean  meeting  at the   recent summit in Madrid, Spain expressed support for initiatives that  will increase the capacity to finance projects  and the EU now has a new facility for Latin America.

-foreign minister tells UN rights council Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett says if any discrimination is being practiced here with regards to indigenous peoples, it is “positive”.

The police yesterday found an unlicensed gun with matching rounds and two masks in a car that was stopped at Cemetery Road, Rose Hall, Corentyne.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate approved a  sweeping Wall Street reform bill on Thursday night, capping  months of wrangling over the biggest overhaul of financial  regulation since the 1930s.    By a vote of 59 to 39, the Senate awarded a victory to  President Barack Obama, a champion of tighter rules for banks  and capital markets after a 2007-2009 financial crisis that  slammed the economy and led to massive taxpayer bailouts.    The Senate bill must now be merged with a measure approved  in December by the U.S.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Health ministers agreed yesterday to try to curb binge drinking and other growing forms  of excessive alcohol use through higher taxes on alcoholic  drinks and tighter marketing regulations.    The global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol was  adopted by consensus at the annual assembly of the World Health  Organisation (WHO). 

VENICE, La./WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S.  government yesterday accused energy giant BP of falling short  in the information it has provided about the Gulf of Mexico oil  spill, in a clear sign of Washington’s growing frustration with  BP’s handling of the spiraling environmental disaster.  

SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korea accused the reclusive  North yesterday of torpedoing one of its warships,  heightening tensions in the region and drawing a warning from  the United States that Pyongyang must face consequences.  

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – Web search king Google  Inc showed off on Thursday a risky attempt to marry the Web to  television and reach the $70 billion TV advertising market,  chasing a dream that has eluded even archrival Apple Inc.    Developers at a conference applauded “Google TV;” and a  slew of tech industry titans, including microchip maker Intel  Corp and TV maker Sony Corp, sent their chief executives to  announce that they had joined the project and that TV sets  would be ready in time for Christmas buying. 

ZURICH,  (Reuters Life!) – The world’s largest  chocolate maker says it may have come up with a chocolate bar  that could fight wrinkles and slow the ageing process, making it  the latest food group to tap the appetite for healthier living.    Eating 20 g (0.755 oz) of specially developed chocolate  packed with antioxidants, or flavanols, each day may help  prevent wrinkles and make skin more radiant by boosting  elasticity and improving hydration, studies carried out by Barry  Callebaut showed.    Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the nutritional  value of what they eat, and Barry Callebaut’s <BARN.S>

Several Berbicians recently benefitted from free eye tests and spectacles when the East Canje Lions Club (ECLC) and the New Amsterdam Lions Club (NALC) held a clinic at the den at Adelphi, Canje.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British tax investigators  arrested four more people yesterday they said were believed to  be connected to a 38 million pound ($54.5 million) suspected tax  fraud in European carbon credit trading. 

Joe Singh confirms resignation The commissioning of GT&T’s Suriname–Guyana Submarine Cable System (SG-SCS) will take place in July as originally scheduled, and will immediately see residents in Georgetown and its environs having access to more bandwidth at cheaper prices, the company’s incoming Chief Executive Officer Yog Mahadeo says.

The Ministry of Housing and Water’s Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) is inviting low-income earners and persons who are interested in becoming home owners to find out how they can benefit from its soon-to-be-launched core house pilot project.

Investigations into the multi-million dollar fraud allegation against Shafdar Alli seem to be at a standstill and it has since been confirmed that he is no longer the Region Four Regional Executive Officer REO.

-tells her side Nicole Ming said yesterday that her landlord, politician Peter Ramsaroop had a key to her apartment and when she moved in there was an object on the wall which she believed at that time was a motion detector.

A Laing Avenue man who was charged with attempted murder was granted $500,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when he appeared before her yesterday.

The government is considering  convening public discussion and debate on a draft bill prohibiting persons “who are involved in narco-trade” from participating in national and regional elections, according to Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee.

Travis and Kwasi Nurse of Lot 1409 Central Amelia’s Ward were yesterday remanded to prison for reportedly stabbing Kara Kara resident Raul James last  Friday.