Guyana News

Two brothers were each granted $70,000 bail when they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday, charged with the larceny of cattle.

VENICE Louisiana (Reuters) – The US government scrambled yesterday to ward off an environmental disaster that could cost billions of dollars as a huge oil spill reached coastal Louisiana, imperiling wildlife, shellfish beds and beaches.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Turkey and Brazil are trying to revive a stalled atomic fuel deal with Iran in an attempt to help the Islamic Republic avoid new UN sanctions over its nuclear programme, Western diplomats said yesterday.

BEIJING (Reuters) – China said yesterday one of its diplomats and his family were “harassed and assaulted” in Houston and lodged a complaint with the US State Department.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Shanghai opens the World Expo to the public today, a multi-billion dollar event showcasing China’s booming economy and resurgent national pride, as well as the latest green technology from 189 countries.

ATHENS – European banks will contribute to a multi-billion euro Greek bailout, Germany said yesterday, as talks to secure European Union and IMF aid to Athens in return for draconian budget cuts edged towards a deal.

Guyana Water Inc (GWI) officials have concluded that the pieces of asbestos-bearing material, which were discovered close to the Lamaha Canal yesterday, would not affect water produced by the company.

– state and private property, even tombs vandalised Prime Minister Samuel Hinds has once again put the screws on the sale of scrap iron following numerous complaints of vandalism which has plunged to new depths as not even the dead are spared since their tombs are invaded and the metal removed by thieves.

Guyanese playwright and actor Sir Ian Valz, who was an integral part of the development of local theatre in the eighties, passed away on Wednesday night after a battle with cancer.

The Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil) yesterday commissioned its new $170 million service station at Diamond East Bank Demerara, an expansion seen as furthering the self-sufficiency of the rapidly growing community, which has seen the transformation of that area.

In the light of the discovery of several pieces of asbestos-bearing material at the side of a canal leading to Shelter Belt, Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has advised that its water production passes through a complex treatment process that would prevent such material reaching consumers were it to leach into the canal.

The governments of Guyana and Brazil recently signed a Memorandum of Under-standing (MOU) to promote bilateral communication and co-operation in the area of phytosanitary security which is expected to pave the way for agricultural trade between the two countries begin.

Rehabilitation of drainage structures along a section of the East Bank Demerara public road is expected to be completed within short period as several pre-cast concrete units to be used for the project have arrived in the country.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday extended the traffic restrictions from Providence to Timehri to facilitate the three days of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Twenty/20 World Cup matches set to be played at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

The CIOG said the UN 2010 Champion of the Earth award bestowed on President Bharrat Jagdeo is testament to the numerous contributions he has made to environmental issues both nationally and internationally.

A Guyanese woman, who is accused of forging her receipts for medical bills submitted to the British Virgin Island’s (BVI) Social Security Board, is expected to stand trial on June 22, the BVI Platinum News reported yesterday.

One year after it began the process the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) yesterday signed an agreement with the National Park Commission (NPC), which will see GAWU representing about 100 workers.

– FITUG FITUG extends felicitations to President Bharrat Jagdeo on being a recipient of UNEP’s 2010 Champion of the Earth awards; saying his most significant legacy would be his role in safeguarding the environment.

– cops still seeking husband one month after One month after Liloutie ‘Pinky’ Seeram, 31, of Glasgow, East Bank Berbice was fatally chopped her attacker is still on the run and her relatives are appealing for him to be captured and brought to justice.

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Polls declared Conservative leader David Cameron the winner yesterday of a final TV debate before next week’s British election, giving him a boost going into the closing stages of the campaign.