Guyana News

–Sukhai Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai urged nine youth from Region Two who had participated in an entrepreneurship training programme to boost these skills and help to develop their communities.

-500 permanent jobs to be created A Peruvian Biofuels project is set to receive US$25M from the IDB to fund an ethanol refinery, sugar plantation and electricity plant that will generate 500 permanent jobs for local communities.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – The Canadian Supreme Court yesterday rewrote Canada’s libel laws to give more protection to  reporters who can prove their stories were written in the  public interest.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador yesterday took the local  Teleamazonas private channel off the air for three days in a  move likely to fuel concerns among President Rafael Correa’s  critics about press freedom.

Two men were refused bail for robbery under arms by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

As the planned January 1, 2010 Stress Relief Fest set for the Mackenzie Sports Club nears, corporate sponsors are beginning to throw in their lot.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Bureau of  Investigation is probing a computer hacking that targeted  Citigroup Inc and resulted in the theft of tens of millions of  dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, but the  financial institution denied its systems had been breached.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A massive undersea earthquake is  long overdue beneath the Mentawai islands in Indonesia and  could trigger another deadly tsunami, say scientists mapping  one of the world’s most quake-prone zones.

With the closure of schools last week many organizations, corporate entities and private individuals have been involved in the traditional Christmas giving to many children around Linden.

-was beaten, burnt Almost two days after he was battered, burnt and left with his hands and feet bound in his East Canje home, a 78-year-old man succumbed to his wounds.

Thaddius Samuels was a chatty and energetic four-year-old boy, but his life was tragically snuffed out yesterday morning when fell into a septic tank at his home.

A 26-year-old miner was up to press time in serious condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after being stabbed in the chest reportedly by his reputed wife.

With funds from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) presumably in the pipeline, government has moved to commence preparatory work on the site identified for the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Power (AFHEP) project.

Mark Caesar, who was wounded on Saturday when an off-duty policeman opened fire during a brawl outside the Roopa’s Bar in Kitty, was arrested yesterday right after he was discharged from the hospital much to the disbelief of relatives.

-Ali Too many consumers are still not paying water bills, Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali reported yesterday.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday placed an employee of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on bail in the sum of $1 million when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with embezzling over $6 million.

A clothing trader was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court after allegedly being caught with a quantity of cocaine in a false compartment of his suitcase at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Timehri.

The contentious Legal Practitioner’s Amendment Bill was sent to a Select Committee last night after forceful objections from the opposition benches which united to reject the provision that would empower the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) head to issue practice certificates for attorneys.

– slams police response Sheer terror is what a single mother felt when she awakened in the wee hours of Sunday morning to find a man almost in her bed.

A clothes vendor who escaped from the Brickdam Police Station shortly after being arrested over a chain snatching was yesterday sentenced to a year in prison.