Guyana News

Ituni residents, now being served with an uninterrupted power supply, have been praised by Chief Executive Officer of Linmine, Horace James for energy conservation.

Canadian oil exploration company, CGX Energy says that it will drill offshore of the Corentyne in the second half of next year.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday continued its search for Private Julian Marks who was discovered missing on Tuesday from the army’s Eteringbang border location, Cuyuni River.

After conducting a second trial of road construction products in Linden, the South African company Romix is confident of its ability to improve the country’s interior road networks.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The Common-wealth must do more to  promote democracy and get tough on autocratic regimes, even if  that means publicly “shaming” some of its members, said a report  to be presented to its political leaders today.

-questions raised about output from previous initiatives On the heels of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Security Sector Reform Action Plan, the Ministry of Home Affairs will today open a two-day conference with the hope of building capacity in evidence-based crime prevention initiatives and facilitating coordination among key stakeholders.

KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – Sudan sentenced six children to  death for taking part in a Darfur rebel attack on Khartoum but  has since promised not to execute them, a top United Nations  official said yesterday.

Guyana and Venezuelan authorities agreed to strengthen cooperation to combat the drug trade during a meeting in the Venezuelan capital earlier this month.

(Jamaica Observer) A police officer with 40 years experience in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is convinced that no commissioner coming from within the ranks can solve the problem of police corruption, as more than 80 per cent of all senior officers, he insists, have question marks over their heads.

Parika man injured by gun trap Two teens were stabbed in separate incidents late Satur-day and early yesterday while a 57-year-old man is nursing gunshot wounds after walking into a gun trap at Parika, East Bank Essequibo.

Twenty-nine-year-old Romar Benn of Bel Air Park who allegedly received four wheels from a car that had been recently hijacked was granted bail on Friday in the sum of $100,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – Sixty-five world leaders have  confirmed they will attend next month’s U.N.

-as efforts to cultivate more land move apace Several irrigation structures are being rehabilitated and built at Crabwood Creek, Berbice as efforts move apace to cultivate more land in the region.

LONDON, (Reuters) – East Antarctica’s ice started to  melt faster from 2006, which could cause sea levels to rise  sooner than anticipated, according to a study by scientists at  the University of Texas.

(Trinidad Express) Mobile telecommunications provider Digicel has reported a ten per cent increase in its half-year profit to US$364 million on revenues of US$857 million.

A man accused of unlawfully wounding and threatening his girlfriend was on Thursday placed on bail in the sum of $30,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Five persons died and seven others were seriously injured, when a minibus travelling to Berbice smashed into the rear of a sand truck at Mahaica last night.

– union baulks at transfer of health, community services to state With productivity pegged at a dismal 235,000 tonnes this year, the sugar industry’s turnaround plan envisages stepped up mechanization, transforming Enmore estate into an important hub, ending grinding at LBI, an ethanol plant and transferring health and community services to the state.

A man endured a harrowing experience late Friday night when he was locked in the truck of his car by carjackers, who later abandoned the vehicle near the Ogle sea wall after they stripped it of all valuables.

The file on the Essequibo boat collision that left 10-year-old Ricky Jainarine missing is with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).