Guyana News

A 39-year-old vendor who had a quantity of firecrackers in his possession without a licence was yesterday ordered to pay a $10,000 fine or spend four months in prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Fire gutted the interior of the lower flat of a Garnett Street home on Sunday night and partially destroyed the upper flat leaving two families devastated and without shelter.

A Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara shopkeeper and her family are now counting their losses following a break-in at their home on Friday evening while the family of four went out to view the annual Diwali motorcade along the East Coast Demerara Public road.

Two persons appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s court yesterday, charged with last Wednesday’s multi-million dollar robbery of a Bartica businessman and were remanded to prison.

The US Embassy will host a public forum on political reporting on Thursday.

As Amerindians support the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), residents of Moraikobai in the Mahaicony River have called on government to assist with equipment and soil testing so they could diversify to large-scale agriculture.

Seventeen children attached to the Drop-in Centre recently had a chance to have fun and shop for themselves at Fogarty’s store.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards vowed yesterday to “retaliate” against the United States and Britain after accusing them and neighbouring Pakistan of backing militants who blew up six Guards commanders.

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The de facto Honduran government relaxed curbs on protests and opposition media yesterday as crisis talks dragged into a third week with no deal on toppled President Manuel Zelaya’s return to power.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former US government scientist was arrested yesterday for attempted espionage in an undercover operation with FBI agents posing as Israeli intelligence officers, the Justice Department said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Times said yesterday it would cut 100 newsroom jobs through buyouts or layoffs as it tries to counter lost advertising revenue.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Madonna’s Manhattan neighbour has sued her co-op and the building’s management company saying the pop star’s habit of rehearsing with loud music is a nuisance for other residents.

Household Plus, other businesses razed -water a big problem For the second time in ten days, a fire swept through a section of Regent Street destroying three buildings which housed four businesses, leaving dozens jobless and consuming millions in stock.

-following end of case Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene says now that drug trafficker Roger Khan has been sentenced in the United States, local police hope to get the evidence garnered from his case from the authorities in that country.

The National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) is no longer receiving applications for radio licences following the Court of Appeal’s announcement last Wednesday that the government has an unlawful monopoly on the airwaves and that the NFMU is not doing its job with respect to considering radio licences.

The government is moving to provide electricity to Port Kaituma and Mahdia and has invited suppliers to bid, provide and install items needed for the electrification process for the two hinterland communities.

Despite an assurance by BOSAI Minerals Group Guyana Inc. (BMGG) in August that at least one kiln would  be in operation continuously, this is not the case for several weeks now as the kilns remain smokeless again.

The AFC is pleased that the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) has agreed to provide “unlimited and inexpensive” bandwidth to local and foreign consumers from next year.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed six  senior Revolutionary Guards commanders, including two of its top  officers, and 29 other people yesterday in one of the boldest  attacks against Iran’s most powerful military institution.

-high-tech animal health system to be developed The Ministry of Agriculture is expanding pasture lands in regions two, three, four, five and six to address the problem of roaming cattle damaging crops while it outlined other steps it intends to take to boost the quality of local dairy products.