Guyana News

DENVER, (Reuters) – A 6-year-old boy who set off a  massive search and rescue operation and media frenzy when it  was feared he was inside a homemade helium balloon that broke  loose and drifted for hours, thousands of feet above Colorado,  was found safe yesterday.

ROME, (Reuters) – Italy’s government denied a report  yesterday that it paid off Taliban commanders and Afghan  warlords, potentially costing the lives of French troops who  later took charge of the area unaware of the payments.

“Meh worship, me ent know is wah does happen to me, I get ah bad anger problem and like when I geh angry, I does lose self-control and something other than self does tek control.”

-Court of Appeal rules -flays AG, NFMU for disregard of court The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday ruled that the government has an unlawful monopoly on the airwaves and it said that the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) is not doing its job with respect to considering radio licence applications.

-prosecution disagreesBy Oluatoyin Alleyne in New York With Roger Khan to be sentenced in a Brooklyn Federal Court tomorrow, the US Government on Tuesday mounted a last-minute bid to convince the presiding judge that the confessed drug trafficker should only get 15 years despite a recommendation by the Probation Department for a longer term.

GuySuCo warns of grim financial positionA crippling strike hit the sugar industry yesterday after the main union GAWU called out its members over stalled wage talks and GuySuCo is warning that its financial position is grim and in other jurisdictions estates would have already been closed and workers laid off.

-bullets fired, getaway car found in Stewartville Four bandits yesterday morning snatched $9.5 million from a Bartica businessman at Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo in a brazen mid-morning attack that saw them unleashing a barrage of gunfire in their bid to escape in a stolen car which was later found in Stewartville.

Two women also on separate charges By Oluatoyin Alleyne in New York A Guyanese man who was charged in New York after excreting 44 pellets of cocaine appeared in a Brooklyn court yesterday for a further hearing on his matter.

-says pressing issues being ignored Members of the AFC’s parliamentary team will be absent from the National Assembly today as the new term starts.

-contempt hearing to proceed Guyana yesterday sought to obtain an extension of time to comply with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) order to reinstate the Common External Tariff (CET) on cement, but the court dismissed the application.

A 28-year-old taxi driver, a former police officer, accused of beating a man with a cutlass was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Two men jointly charged for stealing $365,000 worth of electrical appliances appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of simple larceny.

Investigations into the discovery of the Island Princess in Grenadian waters continued yesterday and while the investigators are focusing on finding how it ended up there, nothing incriminating has so far been found by the members of the forensic department, a source on the island said yesterday.

Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) President, Colwyn King was arrested yesterday by police after an allegation was made against him.

The Guyana Elections Commission said yesterday that the Local Authorities seats order which it received on Tuesday from  Local Government Minister  Kellawan Lall now gives it “the clear authority to move forward in finalizing the delimitation of constituencies.”

Law enforcement officials will be out “in full force” on Friday and Saturday to provide security for Diwali activities, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) says.

The Guyana Sugar Corpora-tion (Guysuco) says its quality management system was recently upgraded and it is focused on maintaining international standards as it readies itself to produce sugar that will be marketed both locally and internationally.

The Guyana Revenue Autho-rity (GRA) has established an Integrity Management Com-mittee and is hosting its second integrity management workshop.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduras’ de facto leader  Roberto Micheletti appeared to back away yesterday from a  proposed deal to resolve a political crisis sparked when the  army ousted President Manuel Zelaya in a coup.

KAZAN, Russia – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton  wrapped up a European tour yesterday by calling on Russia to  uphold human rights and prevent attacks on activists who  challenge the Kremlin.