Guyana News

NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – U.S.-led NATO  troops launched an offensive last night against the Taliban’s  last big stronghold in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, a test of  President Barack Obama’s troop surge strategy.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday sentenced a man to four years in jail for cultivating cannabis, while another man who was found with the drug on his person was sentenced to three years imprisonment.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A high-powered laser aboard  a modified Boeing Co 747 jumbo jet shot down an in-flight  ballistic missile for the first time, highlighting a new class  of ray guns best known from science fiction.

ROME, (Reuters) – Only 8 percent of a $23 million  appeal to help Haiti revive food production after a devastating  earthquake has been funded, the U.N.

The prosecutor and the defence attorneys involved in the New Building Society (NBS) fraud case have agreed to begin one of the two remaining Preliminary Inquiries (PIs) next month, to allow for a speedier resolution of the matter which has been before the court almost four years.

A man who admitted to breaking into a woman’s home and stealing a quantity of items was sentenced to three years imprisonment last week.

A scrap iron dealer shed ‘bitter’ tears, threw himself down and refused to return to the lockups on Thursday after being sentenced for larceny.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., (Reuters) – Three people were  killed and one wounded in shootings at the University of  Alabama at Huntsville yesterday, and the suspected shooter was  in custody, a university spokesman told local television.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs registered over 300 persons when it hosted an outreach exercise in Region Eight aimed at speeding-up registration for birth certificates and identifying the needs of the community.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters Life!) – Move aside Madonna  and watch out Barry White.

The Tourism and Commerce Ministry is finalising plans for a team from Brazil to start a familiarisation tour to Guyana next month.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Fresh controversy is mounting  within the European Union over biofuels and their unintended  impact on tropical forests and wetlands, documents show.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Shah Rukh Khan, arguably  Bollywood’s biggest star, said yesterday he was “scared” and  “hurt” by hardline Hindu party Shiv Sena’s reaction to recent  remarks he made in support of Pakistani cricketers.

The main opposition has identified Dawn Hastings, of Akawaio Village of Kako, Upper Mazaruni, to fill the vacancy in the National Assembly created by the resignation of Anthony Vieira.

President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said that in the context of prevailing economic realities, the government had urged the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) to be cautious in their dealings in the bauxite sector.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Bill  Clinton got back to work yesterday on Haiti relief a day after  a successful heart procedure at a New York hospital to open a  blocked artery to his heart that caused him chest discomfort.

The Guyana Agricultural & General Workers Union (GAWU) has asked GuySuCo to review its latest Annual Production Incentive (API) offer of five and a half days pay, on the grounds that the sugar workers were unsatisfied with the offer.

ORLANDO, Fla., (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp will  recall about 8,000 model-year 2010 Tacoma pickup trucks in the  United States, the latest in a series of recalls that have hurt  the automaker’s sales and its reputation for quality.

Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues yesterday informed the Surinamese government through officials here that Guyana is “deeply concerned” over public statements made in the neighbouring country about a past plan to invade this country’s New River Triangle.

-talks to continue on several issues While miners will still have to give notice of their intention to mine, they will be given an initial three hectares where they can begin operations before permission is granted for them to work other areas.