Guyana News

ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi, wealthy capital of  the United Arab Emirates, will “pick and choose” how to assist  debt-laden neighbour Dubai, a senior official said yesterday,  after fears of a Dubai default sent global markets reeling.

-less financially ambitious plan mooted Five years after their church was gutted by a Christmas morning fire, the members of Sacred Heart are still working to generate enough finances to fund the reconstruction of the church which is estimated to cost $260M.

CAYENNE, French Guiana (Reuters) – Police conducting  a corruption inquiry have detained French Guiana mayor Leon  Bertrand, who served as tourism minister under former President  Jacques Chirac, Radio France Outre-Mer said yesterday.

A new law will see persons who raise false fire alarms facing steeper fines or imprisonment, as the administration attempts to send a strong warning to alarmists.

An East Coast Demerara woman and her daughter, both detained for questioning after the murder of local actor Joel Fraser, were both released on station bail on Friday.

(Barbados Nation) His attorney contended that the warm blows and resulting 27 stitches non-national Dorwin Lyght got when he broke into a man’s home was enough punishment.

Three men were arrested at a roadblock at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara on Friday after allegedly stealing a woman’s gold chain.

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – The remains of 602 people  caught fleeing famine in Ukraine 60 years ago and shot by the Soviet secret police were reburied yesterday, closing a dark chapter in the country’s history.

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) – British Prime Minister  Gordon Brown said yesterday his family helped him cope with  the pressures of his job, denying reports that he took it out on  office equipment when he was angry.

An Essequibo Coast resident is in custody after police found a quantity of cocaine in his home last Friday night.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has again taken its dissatisfaction with government to the international stage with a full-page advertisement in today’s edition of the Trinidad Express.

– Teixeira denounces dossier in fiery speech The National Assembly on Thursday endorsed a motion by GAP/ROAR member Everall Franklin calling for police training to be intensified in the use of non-lethal weapons, but the support came with amendments and sharp words from the government benches.

– wants to reunite with her eight children Fifty-one-year-old Gale Daniels is as the saying says, ‘trying to keep her head above water’ with her only silver lining being the hope of being reunited with her eight children.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has thrown down the gauntlet to pharmacies to desist from selling the single dose artemisinin malaria drug by the end of this year or he would instruct officers from the Food & Drugs Department to size the drug from their shelves.

– as ambitious EC-funded project launched Peace, human rights, reconciliation, democracy and development do not come easily or readily nor do they happen naturally Prime Minister Samuel Hinds said yesterday at the launching of a project tackling those issues.

The WPO supports all the initiatives taken thus far to stop violence against women and it encourages citizens to play a greater role in shaping the lives of youth to deter them from employing violence to solve problems.

– criminalises unauthorized communication with inmates In spite of some concerns raised by GAP/ROAR MP Everall Franklin, the National Assembly on Thursday passed the Prison (Amendment) Bill 2009 in an attempt to modernize the prison service.

Almost three months after the nude body of octogenarian Kharpattie Shivnauth was found bound and gagged in her La Grange home, relatives are upset that no one has been charged.

Ahead of next month’s crucial UN-led talks in Copenhagen, China yesterday announced plans to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 40-45% by 2020 and intends to take major steps to develop renewable and nuclear energy to meet consumption demands.

DUBAI (Reuters) – The “Dubai vision”, which has suffered a crushing blow from the freewheeling Gulf emirate’s sudden debt crisis, is the creation of one man who failed to apply the rules of open governance.