Guyana News

Some Digicel customers will have the opportunity to win millions of dollars when the company holds the final Merry Mansion television game show this month.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has set up additional sites to deal with queries over the distribution of fertilizer vouchers.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson ordered that a Jamaican who appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday, pay a fine of $40,000 and that he return to his homeland as soon as possible.

The three police officers who were hauled in for questioning after $3.4 million went missing from the Eve Leary Finance Office have been released.

Notice has been served in the National Assembly of PNCR-1G MP Deborah Backer’s intention to move a motion to have Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh questioned before the Parliamentary Committee of Privileges in relation to the motion he moved to have her disciplined.

Members of the Washburn University were in Guyana recently on a fact-finding mission to observe whether an entrepreneurial centre similar to one the university has set up in Kansas, USA can work here.

Local Islamic groups are hosting their 13th Annual Cultural Programme tomorrow to mark the beginning of the Islamic New Year 1431.

-USAID Mission Director The successful completion of the US-funded two-year Guyana Threshold Country Plan/Implementation Project (GTCP/IP), has placed the government in a better position to raise more revenue and to implement more strategic and efficient economic plans, Mission Director of USAID Carol Horning says.

-Persaud Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud has tasked the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) with ensuring that Mahaicony Rice Limited (MRL) pays farmers for the current crop.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez devalued  Venezuela’s bolivar currency yesterday, attempting to  resuscitate local production but running the risk of worsening  inflation in the South American oil-exporter’s flagging  economy.

One of the three men, who had been charged with the kidnapping of the daughter of Pike Street businessman Beharry ‘Natoo’ Dookie last year, yesterday reappeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with failing to give information to the police in relation to the matter.

An 80-year-old man died on Thursday after he was hit by a car at the junction of Norton and Chapel streets.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday  denied President Hugo Chavez’s assertion a U.S.

The University of Guyana (UG) says its library will be opened on some Sundays from 10am to 5pm.

NEW YORK – Federal authorities yesterday arrested two men  linked to a suspected al Qaeda-inspired bomb plot after one of  them led the FBI on a high-speed chase during which he invoked  the name of Allah in a 911 call, a law-enforcement source said.

Vibert Weeks, 28, of North East La Penitence, Georgetown was pronounced dead on arrival at a private hospital this morning after being riddled with bullets by a gunman outside of the Red Dragon on Robb Street.

A waitress was shot dead last night as gunmen went on a five-minute rampage at Safraz’s Bar and Restaurant on David and Lamaha streets, injuring three other persons.

A proposed gold exploration deal involving presidential advisor Odinga Lumumba has raised eyebrows in the mining sector over the manner of the sale of a property and intended sale of exploration data for US$250,000 ($51.2m).

-say vulnerable groups suffering The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) says it is concerned about the length of time being taken to determine the status of the local CLICO entity while its most vulnerable dependants are suffering.

-$170m provision had to be made for impaired Stanford, CLICO investments Despite its net income being higher in 2009, Citizens Bank Guyana Inc saw its profit fall to $390m from 437m in 2008 because of a $170m provision for impaired investments with the collapsed Stanford and CLICO groups.