Guyana News

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday ordered two men to pay fines of $30,000 each as well as serve three years imprisonment after they  admitted having quantities of cocaine in their possession for the purpose of trafficking.

QUITO, (Reuters) – South American countries will  create a $300 million fund to help quake-shattered Haiti,  regional leaders said yesterday after Haitian President Rene  Preval appealed to them at a regional meeting.

WASHINGTON/DETROIT, (Reuters) – The spiraling crisis  at Toyota Motor Corp deepened yesterday as the automaker said  it would recall thousands of Camry sedans as well as nearly  half a million new Prius and other hybrid cars to fix steering  and braking problems.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Inmates in a Jamaica prison  rioted overnight after guards tried to crack down on drug  trafficking, injuring 36 prisoners and nine officers,  authorities said yesterday.

Veteran trade unionist Lincoln Lewis has criticised the government for the lack of consultations with relevant stakeholders before the 2010 budget was unveiled on Monday.

Jason Montgomery, the Australian shot during the robbery a month ago at Safraz’s Bar, was taken off his flight in London for urgent medical treatment.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India has postponed the launch  of its first genetically modified (GM) vegetable, saying it  would adopt a cautious approach and wait for more scientific  studies on the impact of the new variety of eggplant.

NEW YORK, (Reuters Life!) – Beer drinkers now have a  good excuse to order another round — the brew may help keep  bones strong, a study has found.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud is currently attending a meeting in California, USA on how GIS can be used to support monitoring in the implementation of the LCDS.

The Ministry of Agriculture recently approved $4M for the purchase of fuel for Region Two farmers to ensure that they can access irrigation water during the arid El Nino weather.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian police said yesterday  they are looking at reopening cold cases of slain women after  having laid murder charges against the commanding officer of  the country’s largest military air base.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs recently handed over a tractor/trailer valued $8.2 million to Yakarinta, Region Nine to help boost agricultural production.

-GM tells Parliament committee The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has taken measures to deal with employers who submit contributions with just last names and no NIS numbers, according to Acting General Manager Doreen Nelson, who said that for years this has been a sore point which has contributed to employees’ contribution records not being correct.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Fuel shipments to Haiti’s  Varreux main tanker terminal have resumed after emergency  repairs on the facility damaged in last month’s earthquake, the  operator and a U.S.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters Life!) – Actor Louis Gossett  Jr, best known for his Oscar-winning role as the tough drill  instructor in “An Officer and a Gentleman”, said yesterday he  was fighting prostate cancer.

During a three-hour presentation to the National Assembly, Finance Minister Dr.

A construction worker was electrocuted and two others seriously injured at an Essequibo Coast worksite yesterday morning.

$9.9B is expected to be ploughed into sugar this year, with production projected at 280,000 tonnes representing a 19.8% increase over last year’s production.

The $142.8 billion budget announced yesterday by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh has been lambasted by members of the parliamentary opposition who say that the budget offers “nothing new” to Guyanese.

The 2010 budget makes a $3.1 billion allocation for improvement and maintenance works within the Sea and River Defence sector, while the sum of $926.4 million is to be spent on the improvement and upgrading of the air and transport sectors.