Guyana News

PARIS (Reuters) — A French spy satellite is now scheduled for launch from French Guiana on Thursday after the countdown was stopped hours before a first attempt on Dec.

DUBAI – Abu Dhabi threw its flashy but debt-laden neighbour Dubai a $10 billion lifeline to head off a bond default, cheering Gulf and global markets yesterday but raising questions about the undisclosed terms.

As the police seek a breakthrough in their investigation of the November channa bomb attacks in the city, some recent information out of the US Department of Justice regarding the alleged American-based mastermind may be helpful.

A 40-year-old man died after colliding with a horse on the Lusignan Railway Embank-ment, East Coast Demerara early yesterday morning.

-gearing up for EU sea defence contracts Despite rainy weather, three earth-shaking blasts saw 100,000 tonnes of rock tumbling down as construction material supplier, BK Quarry showcased the company’s capabilities at its Teperu/Itabu, Mazaruni River location on Friday.

-deny artistes being held hostage The promoters of the Vybz Kartel concert are hoping that the show will be held before Christmas and they have denied a report that four artistes belonging to his entourage are being held “hostage” here.

(Jamaica Observer) The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (USDEA) on Saturday confirmed that reggae artiste Buju Banton is now in a Florida lock-up after being charged with intent to distribute cocaine.

–marks first year of existence The Guyana National Faith and HIV Coalition, which comprises the Hindu, Bahai, Rastafarian, Muslim and Christian faiths, held its first anniversary celebration which although poorly attended saw the recommitting of those present to the fight against HIV.

Approximately 436 applicants who were approved for the allocation of houselots for Phase Two of the Onderneeming Housing Scheme within Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara were invited last week to the Ministry of Housing and Water, Brickdam to select their lot numbers.

The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a US$15 million loan to provide housing solutions to approximately 3,000 Surinamese households, both along the coast and in the country’s interior, the IDB said Tuesday in a news release.

Six years after funds were provided by the Odense Municipality of Denmark to build a giant aviary for the harpy eagles at the Georgetown Zoo, Chairman of the National Parks Commission John Caesar says that an ambitious design and the global downturn were among the reasons the project has not gotten underway.

A Guyanese family of three was last month sent back here from Canada after an immigration judge dismissed their application for a review of an earlier decision made for them to leave.

CARICOM member states have to continue to make their contributions towards the upkeep of the  secretariat despite their individual financial troubles.

COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – Environment ministers   struggled to nudge forward climate talks in Copenhagen yesterday, and police detained more than 250 protesters on a second  day of mass action.

COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – Saving tropical forests is  crucial to fighting climate change but efforts to halt  deforestation could go awry without safeguards to protect and  compensate local communities, officials and academics said yesterday.

An Inter-American Develop-ment Bank business plan competition for Caribbean tourism projects involving low-income communities in their value chains will be open to companies based in The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – A conservative billionaire led  Chile’s presidential vote by a wide margin yesterday, making  him the favorite to win a run-off and oust the leftist bloc  that has ruled for the two decades since Augusto Pinochet’s  dictatorship.

CGX Energy has opened a data room to initiate a joint venture opportunity which will allow potential partners to gain a significant position in the Guyana-Suriname Basin, where the company is drilling offshore.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Silvio  Berlusconi was rushed to hospital covered in blood with a broken  nose and teeth after a man with mental problems hurled a  statuette at him at a rally, officials said yesterday.

An official team led by Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud will begin a three-day visit today to Region Nine where its activities will include the launching of the Hinterland Rice and Beans Project at St Ignatius.