Guyana News

A 32-year-old pork-knocker was not required to plea to the indictable charge of rape when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Organizers for last week’s “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon, backed by George Clooney and Haiti-born rapper Wyclef Jean, yesterday raised the estimated amount of money it raised to more than $61 million, to date.

(Trinidad Express) She did it! Excoriated as a weakling incapable of leading and hiding a drinking weakness, Kamla Persad-Bissessar proved last night she had the political strength to beat two political legends.

A mangrove regeneration project undertaken by the Ministry of Public Works and Communications along the East Coast of Demerara foreshore in the vicinity of Mon Repos has been declared successful but residents in the area have disputed this.

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) supervisor who was on duty when 50 pounds of cocaine slipped past officials at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri on January 12 has been sent on leave as authorities intensify their investigation into the incident.

A speed-boat loaded with cargo collided with a ‘farm boat’ in the Essequibo River yesterday and quick action by a passing boat saw the rescue of the occupants of the ‘farm boat’.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – U.S. soldiers and  Brazilian U.N. troops handed out food and water in one of  Haiti’s largest slums yesterday amid criticism that aid was not  getting to earthquake victims fast enough.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has called on men to be confident and to define themselves.

-says US$1m waste water treatment plant non-negotiable The high tax levelled on Banks beer in comparison with the rest of the Caribbean  as well as the continuing problem of uncustomed smuggled beer into Guyana remain major concerns, Chairman of Banks DIH, Clifford Reis says.

-says it is biggest hindrance to development Guyana is among the five countries in the region ranked as “repressed” in the Wall Street Journal/Heritage Foundation 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, which – like last year – lists “oversized government” as the biggest barrier to the country’s development.

The “agony days” is how some residents of South Better Hope, East Coast Demerara refer to the Great Flood of 2005 and they pray those days never come again.

Several persons have come to the aid of Latchmin Soman, the 21-year-old mother of three of Anna Catherina Sea View, West Coast Demerara whose plight was highlighted by Stabroek News after spring tides affected several households in the area two weeks ago.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – An Ethiopian Airlines plane with  90 people on board crashed into the sea minutes after taking off  from Beirut in stormy weather early today and the airline’s  chief executive said there was no word of survivors.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – The United States has  requested the extradition of former Guatemalan President  Alfonso Portillo on money-laundering charges, authorities said  yesterday as they searched for him at several of his  properties.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud told a recent workshop aimed at resuscitating the coconut industry that steps are being taken to support farmers and he cited a $4M pledge for a coconut water plant on the East Coast.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A 5.1 magnitude earthquake  struck off the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe yesterday at a  depth of 42.2 miles (67.9 km), the U.S.

The fire that destroyed the Ministry of Health building on Brickdam last July has been blamed for the salary woes of Region Nine Malaria Control Programme (MCP) worker, Roland Xavier, who has not been paid for last year.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan cable providers,  responding to government orders, stopped showing a station yesterday critical of President Hugo Chavez that the left-wing  leader pushed off free-access television in 2007.

Region Two rice farmers were recently urged to be proactive regarding management of water in light of El Nino while the Ministry of Agriculture has been implementing measures to ensure proper management and equitable distribution of water across the rice belts.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran’s crackdown on opposition  protests following June’s disputed presidential election was a  “human rights disaster”, U.S.-based