Guyana News

KABUL, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama  pledged yesterday to end the Afghan war before he leaves  office, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Hamid  Karzai to make a new compact with his people on the eve of his  inauguration.

The GDF and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China recently signed a cooperation agreement that deals with the provision of logistics support, the Government Information Agency said.

Seeking to galvanise support for an international inquiry into human violations here, the joint opposition political parties yesterday unveiled a dossier documenting abuses, including the torture and murder of citizens that they say were carried out with state support.

Two miners were killed on Monday and another injured after being hit by a tree, which fell over the pit they were working in at Marudi Mountain, Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine.

Guyana remains ranked among the most corrupt countries in the world, according to the 2009 Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released yesterday.

A man who was deported to Guyana from the US early yesterday morning and arrived on a Delta Airlines flight was refused entry after immigration officials could find no records of him being Guyanese.

By Gaulbert Sutherland The development of a local bio-fuel sector is still on the cards though President Bharrat Jagdeo has indicated that Guyana will likely pursue next-generation bio-fuels, which are not made from food crops.

Based on the current performance of the mining sector, the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) expects the industry can only achieve better in the years to come.

By Cathy Wilson Seventy-five bauxite workers will soon be retrenched after their union and the Rusal subsidiary, Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.

Dazzell Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara,  will soon benefit from road upgrades, Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali told the residents on Monday.

-mayor says efforts being made to collect The Ministry of Local Government has expressed concern that the  City Council and Mayor Hamilton Green, in its view, have shown no inclination to collect the rates and taxes owed by the People’s National Congress Reform to the city, putting  the total  debt at some $100M.

More than a month has elapsed since the Island Princess was found deserted and drifting off the coast of Grenada and there is still no clear indication when it will be brought to Port Georgetown.

The Local Authority of Linden and the Linden Salvation Council (LSC) have condemned the Ministry of Public Works for threatening to dismantle a number of stalls at Mackenzie.

Albert DeFreitas was not required to plead to two counts of the indictable charge of attempted murder on Monday when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) on Monday disconnected the electricity supply to the Mayor and City Council which it says has an outstanding debt of some $600M, forcing the council to use a stand-by generator to avoid crippling its various operations.

The Ministry of Public Works and Communication has almost completed installing 70 street lights at West Bank Demerara, under a $10.5M project.

Fidelity Investments, which is now importing flour, has accused the National Milling Company of “crying foul” over the new product on the market saying yesterday that its import is legally purchased from Suriname and has been approved for sale by local authorities.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday ordered that a 23-year-old taxi driver be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s court for allegedly being found with a quantity of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.

The two suspects in the blitz on the city and the hijacking on the Linden/Soesdyke highway who surrendered  to investigators last week after their photographs and particulars were released by police, have been released on station bail.

Marcel Chesney, called ‘Fineman’ of Hopetown, West Coast Berbice, was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly being found with a quantity of cocaine and cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.