Guyana News

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Michael Douglas yesterday called his son’s five-year prison sentence for selling drugs “adequate” and said if he hadn’t gone to jail he most likely would have died from drug use or even been killed.

No heavy-duty and slow-moving vehicles will be allowed along the East Bank Demerara between Houston and Timehri today between the hours of 6 am and 2 pm, the police said.

Yog Mahadeo recently presented a copy of his book about the life of the Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati to the West Demerara Central Arya Samaj.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck Chile 68 miles (109 kms) northwest of Temuco yesterday, the US Geological Survey said.

-woman had suffered years of abuse The mangled body of a young mother of three was discovered a stone’s throw away from the Vigilance Police Station and it is believed that her husband of fourteen years dumped her out of his vehicle and then reversed crushing her head in the process.

“They dig into the tombs of the recently buried to retrieve valuables and human parts for witchcraft or export and some clean out the tomb to sell the spot to another bereaved family.”

Customers of commercial banks now have until August 9 to take in their proof of address in keeping with the requirement of the new Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act after the Ministry of Finance extended the time-frame by three months following representations from a “number of licensed financial institutions operating in Guyana.”

– seen as major boost to crime prevention Satellite aided tracking systems have slowly made their way to the local market, offering savvy technological services which promise to change the security sector’s approach to crime-fighting.

Rockel Gladstone, 20, requires dialysis treatment twice weekly in Georgetown because of her non-functioning kidneys but her family is struggling to cover the costs.

The GBTI Regent Street Branch on Thursday concluded another round of its Inter-secondary School Impromptu Speaking Competition with School of the Nations and St John’s College defeating their competitors.

A security officer was granted $100,000 bail when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Friday charged with committing an act of simple larceny against his employer.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investigators are treating a  car bomb defused in New York’s Times Square as an attempted  terrorist attack but have no evidence to support a Taliban  claim of responsibility, police said yesterday.

ATHENS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European finance  ministers triggered a record 110 billion euro ($147 billion)  bailout for debt-stricken Greece yesterday after Athens  committed itself to years of painful austerity.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s dissident Ladies in White  staged their weekly protest march without interference yesterday after the Cuban government dropped its attempted  clampdown on the group following intervention by the Catholic  church.

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) – At least five people  were trampled to death yesterday when concert fans were  panicked by the sound of gunfire and caused a stampede in this  northern city, which has been on edge since drug violence  flared in recent weeks.

– poorly maintained Bell 412 still not sold The authorities are in the process of acquiring another helicopter to complement the army’s fleet, but aviation sources are questioning the move since the craft being sourced is close to 10 years older than the Bell 412 helicopter which the authorities are still trying to sell, one year later.

– crowd inattentive The President of the Federa-tion of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) in his May Day address at a rally held yesterday at the National Park called for reconciliation among trade unions since it was the workers who were suffering.

-GTUC President The apparent lack of interest in the trade union movement among young people is reason for serious concern, GTUC President Gillian Burton said yesterday, noting that while the struggle continues focus must be shifted to modernizing and encouraging the participation of youths in the society.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Backyard barbecue gas tanks,  firecrackers and alarm clocks were among the ingredients used  to make a car bomb that authorities say would have killed many  people if it had exploded in New York’s busy Times Square.    

(Reuters) – US officials yesterday conceded it is “inevitable” that oil from an uncontrolled leak in the Gulf of Mexico will hit the US coast, threatening an environmental and economic catastrophe.