Guyana News

BEIJING (Reuters) – China has executed nine people convicted of violent crimes during ethnic rioting in the far western Xinjiang region in July, the first to be put to death over the unrest, the China News Service said yesterday.

The Ministry of Home Affairs launched a road safety booklet for students as activities are underway to observe Road Safety Month.

The War Memorial at Stelling Road, Vreed-en-Hoop was refurbished and the keys handed over to the Region Three Chairman last Saturday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqis will vote in a general election on January 21 now that parliament has passed a law needed for a vote to take place, the head of the country’s electoral commission said yesterday.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran has charged three detained US citizens with espionage, the official IRNA news agency quoted a prosecutor as saying yesterday, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said there was no evidence to back the charges.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A nearly 500-year-old Hebrew Bible stolen by the Nazis shortly before World War Two was returned to the Jewish community of Vienna yesterday, US officials said.

The teen who was tortured while in custody at the Leonora police station has told his mother that three ranks beat him while a fourth interrogated him.

A 16-year-old student of the New Amsterdam Multilateral School was fatally beaten yesterday during an outing at the Number 63 Beach with his friends in what appeared to be a case of mistaken identity.

A search team yesterday failed to find 23-year-old Aliya Bulkan, who leapt into the Kaieteur Falls gorge on Saturday.

A Guyana-born police officer in New York was last week sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for fatally gunning down his ex-fiancée back in 2007 in an incident described as the deadly end of the couple’s two-year tumultuous relationship.

-if wage increase not granted Workers at the Bauxite Com-pany of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) operations at Aroaima have threatened to go on strike if the company fails to agree to a 10% wage increase, which the company says it cannot afford.

Lethem lobbying for awareness campaign Following the recent opening of the Takutu Bridge, a sensitisation campaign is being urged to target Guyanese travelling to Brazil, according to Rupununi Chamber of Com-merce representative Daniel Gajie.

Residents of Mahaica are concerned about the quality of work which was carried out on Lima Dam, a major road in the community which is connected to several access roads.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has called on the Caricom Secre-tariat to pay close attention to what is happening as it relates to the ability of Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) to supply cement to countries in the region, especially in the light of ongoing concerns about the Common External Tariff (CET) imposed on cement.

Fifty-nine-year-old Mavis Henry better known as ‘Mayo’ was a woman literally in love with her job which saw her working more with the dead than the living.

-water availability seen as serious problem A building identified for a fire service at Onverwagt, West Berbice was finally equipped with a tender about four months ago and already it has answered calls to contain grass fires in several areas.

Eighteen residents of the South Central Rupununi in Region Nine recently completed a one-month skills training programme in the areas of needlework, fabric painting and capacity building.

The Rotary Club of Stabroek, Georgetown advanced its literacy project  in Region Five two Saturdays ago to help youths with learning difficulties, the club said in a news release on Friday.

The US Embassy donated a quantity of dental texts to the Cheddi Jagan Dental Centre on Monday.

Two aluminum speed boats valued $600,000 were recently presented to the Amerindian villages of Baitoon and Katu’ur in Region Nine by the Amerindian Affairs Ministry to improve the transportation needs of the communities, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.