Guyana News

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Taliban  denied a report yesterday that their leader Hakimullah Mehsud  had been killed in a U.S.

ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – Tens of millions more people  in Africa and elsewhere will be driven into poverty this year  even though the world is recovering from the global financial  crisis, World Bank president Robert Zoellick said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “Avatar” ventured further  into rarefied territory at the worldwide box office during the  weekend, surpassing the $2 billion mark days after it broke the  record held by “Titanic.”

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Bob Marley has been dead  for 28 years, but his legacy lives on at the Grammys.

– protest will go ahead Bartica miners yesterday rebuffed government assurances that nothing would be done to impair the mining sector, declaring in a tumultuous meeting that the administration was not to be trusted.

A 35-year-old man of at Little Abary, East Coast Demerara who reportedly chopped his nephew to death around 7 pm on Friday is still in custody at the Mahaicony Police Station along with two other nephews.

A 62-year-old security guard attached to a poultry farm at Chesney, Corentyne was shot dead around 10:20 pm on Friday by a 17-year-old employee who was reportedly playing with a gun belonging to the owner of the farm.

A small dedicated unit is to be established to co-ordinate Caricom’s continued assistance to Haiti over the long term, following the catastrophic earthquake which struck that country on January 12.

Inquests into three reported unlawful killings by police last year are slated to begin.

A year after the Trinidad Central Bank engineered a bailout for the CL Financial Conglomerate, the circumstances of which precipitated the collapse of several of its subsidiaries including Clico (Guyana), several local policyholders, former employees and agents of the company are still feeling the squeeze.

Although he is bedridden, Richard Fresco’s dream of getting a better home for his mother is closer to becoming a reality.

A Brazilian man is dead and three others hospitalised following an accident on Friday night at 58 Miles, Mabura Road.

The PNCR is calling on the Office of the President (OP) to account for the expenditure connected with President’s Bharrat Jagdeo’s overseas trips and to say what benefits have been derived from these engagements.

The Mercy Wings Vocational and Day Care Centre is celebrating ten years of making a difference in the lives of disadvantaged youth, though it says sustaining its programme remains a major concern.

The three police officers who were held for questioning after $3.4 million went missing from the Eve Leary Finance Office earlier this month are still on the job but have been transferred to different areas, according to Commissioner of Police Henry Greene.

Over 60 of the country’s top horses have entered for today’s Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club one-day horse race meet at Alness Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

A 21-year-old man was yesterday rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was stabbed in his chest by his girlfriend.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States  said on yesterday it regretted China’s announced cuts in  bilateral contacts and its plans to punish US companies  involved in arms sales to Taiwan.

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Leading bankers  seeking to quell a political backlash over their role in the  financial crisis agreed with regulators yesterday that new  banking rules should be globally consistent.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Serena Williams defeated  Belgium’s Justine Henin 6-4 3-6 6-2 yesterday to win the  Australian Open for the fifth time after a match of unrelenting  tension between the two best players of their generation.