Guyana News

The Labour, Human Services and Social Security and Education ministries and the European Union last week launched TACKLE, a public education programme aimed at boosting school attendance in observance of World Day Against Child Labour.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, (Reuters) – Police in  Vladimir Putin’s hometown seized pamphlets criticising the prime  minister on the eve of a high-profile business forum showcasing Russia, opposition leaders said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States has  presented evidence to Pakistan about the growing threat and  reach of a militant faction which Washington suspects has ties  to Pakistani intelligence, U.S.

-more benefits expected President Bharrat Jagdeo says he is looking forward to a more rounded partnership with Russia when he joined Russian Ambassador to Guyana Pavel Sergiev to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ‘Russia Day.’

Unity/Lancaster residents last week urged a ministerial team to look into complaints of truancy, ill-equipped schools and drainage problems at a community meeting hosted at the Gibson Primary School at Unity, ECD.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Felipe  Calderon is launching a global public relations campaign to try  to improve his country’s image and neutralize coverage of the  violent drug war scaring away tourists and foreign investors.

The GPSU says it is renewing its commitment given 87 years ago to remain steadfast and unremitting in its efforts to eradicate poverty and inequality.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France’s government said yesterday it would raise the retirement age and increase taxes  in a reform aimed at salvaging the nation’s indebted pensions  system and safeguarding its sovereign debt rating.

-brother, teen also before court A police sergeant who was slapped with two charges of armed robbery was placed on a total of $600,000 bail while his alleged accomplices were each placed on a total of $400,000 bail when they made an appearance in the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Climate change is good business for countries like Guyana but ultimately the developed world must provide the financial support expected of it, President Bharrat Jagdeo reiterated last night.

-woman arrested in New York Authorities in Guyana will now have  to determine how a suitcase containing 40 lbs of cocaine in Kerry Gold milk packets slipped through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri earlier this month and was later intercepted at the John F Kennedy Airport in New York..

Following on the success of the ‘Lil Red Village’, 65 families are now the proud owners of new two-bedroom homes, complete with sanitation blocks at Princeville in the Mainstay/Whyaka area in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says $150,000 will be expended on upgrading Jeep Landing, Berbice River.

Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang has granted an order directing Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene to return a canter to the driver who transported the students of Patentia Secondary School to the city last week for a protest.

The Lethem Hire Car Association which represents taxi drivers and owners in Lethem says members are not being allowed to take passengers into Brazil and minibuses on the Guyana side of the border are unfairly cutting into their business.

Twenty-seven Groenveldt residents on Friday received titles for their house lots as the Ministry of Housing pushes ahead with its regularization plan for the year.

A 12-year-old boy was yesterday charged with trafficking in narcotics and placed on $10,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennon at the Christiansburg Magistrate’s Court.

A man who was accused of committing sacrilege was refused bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is delighted to congratulate Guyanese writer and Man of Letters Wilson Harris on being knighted by Queen Elizabeth II as part of her 2010 Birthday Honours Awards.

The newspapers named in the libel lawsuit involving attorney-at-law Christopher Ram yesterday entered an appearance in the case and have been granted time to file affidavits in answer.