Guyana News

Just under two years since its launch, the Guyana Times secured its highest tranche of state advertising yet – 22% for the month of April, 2010 It was on par with the Stabroek News and five per cent above the previous government favourite – Kaieteur News (KN).

A plan for the stringing of a fibre optic cable network across Guyana’s coastland was the centre of discussions when President Bharrat Jagdeo met representatives from Hauwei Technologies, China’s largest networking and telecommunications equipment supplier, at  his office last week.

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva vowed yesterday to stop protesters from toppling his government as fighting in Bangkok spiralled into chaotic urban warfare, with both sides calling for reinforcements.

Members of the Haile Selassie I Theocracy Reign Ivine Order of Nyahbinghi said after a successful meeting with President Bharrat Jagdeo they now plan to apply for legal documentation to build their secretariat and tabernacle.

CANNES, France (Reuters) – Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is to star in a biopic of former South African President Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie, whose lawyers have already contacted the film makers threatening to block it.

Samples taken in January from the charred remains suspected to be those of taxi driver Bomeshwar Sukhdeo have still not been sent abroad for DNA testing to confirm his identity and relatives believe that this will eventually affect court proceedings.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A major figure in Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s conservative party was missing and feared dead yeterday after his abandoned car was found with signs of violence, the attorney general’s office said.

Melvyn Sankies, a former President of the Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE), has expressed concern at the award of huge road contracts for the Amaila Hydro project to Fip Motilall and called for evidence of his ability to undertake the job.

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s government said yesterday it will clean up corruption among politicians and restore public trust, but faces flagging support and public anger at measures to resolve a debt crisis that has hit the euro.

BERLIN/ZAGREB (Reuters) – Europe’s central bankers said yesterday their governments had at best bought time with a $1 trillion rescue, and called for radical action to curb budget deficits and harsh punishments for those who strayed.

General Secretary of the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) Glynis Beaton is sounding a warning about the normalising of violence through music, saying dancehall has been preaching the way of the gun to impressionable young minds.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities have raided four money-changing businesses and arrested one man in the start of a clampdown on what President Hugo Chavez calls capitalist speculators distorting the currency market.

AFC leader Raphael Trotman has denied recent accusations that he scuttled an attempt to form an opposition coalition prior to the last general elections, while saying that national interest would guide the party’s approach to possible electoral alliances.

-ministry says it took over ‘inadequate’ facility President Bharrat Jagdeo has ordered a review of the currently inoperable Supenaam ferry stelling, following charges by the construction company that modifications done by the Ministry of Works led to its current state.

–cops thwart attempt to postpone burial Bridgette Gangadin, who was allegedly killed by her husband, was laid to rest at the Good Hope Cemetery yesterday, following funeral services at the homes of her parents and in-laws.

-judge criticises police investigation Hafeez Khan, who had been accused of murdering his friend Anthony ‘Pumpkin’ Waldron, was found not guilty yesterday.

Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commis-sion (GLSC) Doorga Persaud says that an application for state lands at Manarabisi by Presidential Advisor Odinga Lumumba was received and approved during the PNC administration.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday called on all Guyanese to embrace “a green economy,” which he said is key to transforming the country into one of the richest economies in the world, on par with the US.

This weekend the compound of St Joseph Mercy Hospital is expected to be a hive of activity as a massive clean-up exercise of the burnt section of the institution will be conducted by staff.

A Kitty fruit vendor was granted $100,000 bail yesterday after pleading not guilty to a charge of robbery with aggravation.