Guyana News

PARIS (Reuters) – Russia will consider imposing “smart” sanctions against Iran if diplomatic efforts fail to persuade Tehran to relent over its nuclear programme, President Dmitry Medvedev said yesterday.

DAKAR (Reuters) – Chad has accepted a UN proposal to extend the mandate of its peacekeeping force in the West African country until May 15, the UN Secretary General’s special representative said yesterday.

–arrest halted plan to set up resort Drug convict David Narine had built a ‘mansion’ and a guest house and was in the process of developing a resort near Shell Beach in Region One shortly before he was held and convicted in St Martin on drug trafficking charges.

The FBI is hunting a Guyanese man accused of masterminding a US$7 million mortgage fraud scheme in New York.

CONCEPCION, Chile,  (Reuters) – A massive earthquake  and tsunamis killed 350 people in one Chilean coastal town,  doubling the total death toll yesterday as the government tried  to get aid to hungry survivors and halt looting.

Two persons were rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) after sustaining injuries when a large section of the bleachers at the Christianburg Hard Court collapsed during Mashramani celebrations at Wismar yesterday.

With their operations facing increased scrutiny, miners remain in limbo on the way forward as two weeks after a key meeting with President Bharrat Jagdeo, they have heard nothing else.

-can provide water to 4,000 Residents of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara are expected to have an improved supply of potable water following the commissioning of a $63.2M well station on Saturday.

-West Dem growers say still not getting enough water By Sara Bharrat At 81, all Jaieshwar Persaud knows is rice farming.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson granted $80,000 bail to a Subryanville man after he denied allegations of break and enter and larceny when he on Thursday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

-Yarrowkabra, Mortice schools helped In an effort to continue to provide needy persons with a better life, the Aditya Kids Trust Fund Foundation (AKTFF) of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice recently realized Cdn $12,000 ($2.3m) through a fund raising event in Canada.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon announced last week that Cabinet gave its “no objection” to three contracts in the housing and public works sectors.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has expressed its concern over the administration’s handling of the current El Nino dry weather conditions and flayed Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud.

The People’s Progressive Party has  declared that good will inevitably triumph over evil while noting  that  the  colourful Phagwah festival  celebrates the coming of spring on  one hand and on the other  the story of Prince Prahalad whose deep convictions protected him from evil.

The People’s National Congress Reform is urging all Guyanese to use the occasion of the Phagwah festival “to refresh their spirit and enjoy life.”

The Alliance For Change (AFC) in its Phagwah message this year, calls for the moral message and lessons from the story of Prahalad to be inculcated into the daily lives of all Guyanese.

The IAC extends greetings to the nation on the occasion of Phagwah, particularly to devotees who are guided by the philosophical teachings of Sanatan Dharma.

Crane farmers are the first to benefit from one of a dozen drying floors expected to be constructed by the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association (GRPA) at a cost of $180M.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Storms swept through western  Europe at the weekend, killing up to 50 people in France and  threatening further damage as powerful winds and torrential  rains moved north, officials said.

As the Hindu community celebrates the festival of Phagwah, Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green called for the nation to spare a thought for Guyana and the wider world, which he noted faces economic and moral contortions.