Guyana News

LOS ANGELES/ WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Authorities cancelled a Pacific tsunami warning today after a huge sub-sea quake sent waves over the Samoa islands, reportedly killing about 14 people but falling short of a regional disaster.

A man who was found with 28 grammes of ganja on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway will spend the next three years behind bars.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran chided UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for criticizing its disclosure of a new nuclear plant, saying he was repeating “baseless” Western charges and should have awaited the views of UN experts.

A 44-year-old man, who allegedly attempted to murder his nephew by lashing him to his head with a piece of wood, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A US Senate panel yesterday rejected a government-run “public” insurance option as part of a broad healthcare overhaul, setting up a fight over one of the bill’s most contentious issues.

President Bharrat Jagdeo met with several world leaders during his recently concluded trip to the US for the 64th United Nations (UN) General Assembly where he promoted Guyana’s stance on climate change.

HANOI/MANILA (Reuters) – A powerful typhoon slammed into central Vietnam yesterday, killing 32 people and flooding towns and villages along the country’s long coastline after leaving a trail of destruction in the Philippines.

In a caption of this photo in yesterday’s issue one name was inadvertently omitted and another incorrectly placed.

BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – Prime Minister Gordon Brown, hoping to prevent defeat in an election next year, appealed yesterday to disaffected middle-class voters worn down by recession and looking for a change of government.

The Karasabai Sub-district in Region Nine will be the next area to benefit from the National Hinterland Secure Livelihood Programme, a community development programme which was launched at the National Toshaos Conference in July.

The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) in collaboration with the wider Muslim Community from across the country held its second Eid Fest on Saturday at the West Demerara Secondary School, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara.

CONAKRY (Reuters) – France led international pressure on Guinea’s military rulers by cutting military cooperation yesterday after a crackdown by the security forces on its opponents killed 157, according to a local rights group.

Forty health care professionals graduated on Monday, from the Ministry of Health’s remedial six weeks Information Technology Training (IT) course at a convocation ceremony held at the Cheddie Jagan Research Centre, Main Street.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state appeals court yesterday dismissed former TV newsman Dan Rather’s lawsuit against CBS Corp in which Rather claimed he was made a scapegoat in a scandal over a 2004 report on then-President George W Bush’s military record.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A roadside bomb killed 30 people in southern Afghanistan yesterday, officials said, in an attack that showed the rapidly worsening toll from bombs scattered across the country’s highways by insurgents.

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development held a day of interaction with the Station Management Committees from Golden Grove, Beterverwagting and Enmore Police Station at the Golden Grove Police Station, East Bank Demerara on Monday.

-family suspects foul play Relatives of an Albouystown teen who died reportedly following an accident at Middle Road, La Penitence on Sunday night, are questioning the circumstances under which he died.

– victim was strangled A post-mortem examination conducted on the remains of the 49-year-old woman who was found dead at her Tain, Port Mourant, Corentyne home around 11 am on Sunday revealed that she died from manual strangulation and the police have held four persons.

Child protection agency urges ‘thorough’ probe-condemns use of children in protest The Childcare and Protection Agency yesterday called for a thorough investigation into the recorded conversation between a child and adult where plans for a sexual liaison are discussed, saying that should the contents be true the adult in question needs to be “disciplined” in every regard.

“Me mammy and me daddy ah drink too much rum, dem nah send me to school.