Guyana News

-amid heavy police presence As promised by Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee and Commissioner of Police Henry Greene police were out in their numbers on Saturday night and managed to successfully secure Deepavali celebrations in Alexander Village despite some “minor hiccups”.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Drug traffickers shot  down a police helicopter in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, killing  two officers, and 10 suspected gang members were killed in the  city’s worst recent outbreak of violence, police said.

Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali outlined development plans for providing potable water to St Cuthbert’s Mission during a recent outreach exercise in the area.

(BBC) The Antigua and Barbuda government has agreed to cut its wage bill by 20% over the next two years, under a proposed agreement with the International Monetary Fund.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says a number of initiatives are being implemented to revitalise the coconut industry and as such he urged farmers to expand cultivation to create employment.

(BBC) A panel of the US House of Representatives wants to establish a commission on illicit drugs because of concerns that American policy isn’t working.

Two men were held up by gun- toting bandits at separate locations in the city on Friday night and relieved of the cash and jewellery, they had in their possession.

DENVER, (Reuters) – The flight of a home-made helium  balloon that touched off a frantic rescue attempt for the young  boy thought to be aboard was a publicity-seeking hoax, a  Colorado sheriff said yesterday.

A fire early this morning razed four Regent Street stores, the second such conflagration in ten days to hit businesses in the commercial district.

– campaign to intensify this week In the wake of Roger Khan’s sentencing in the a US court on Friday, opposition leaders are lobbying again for the administration to mount an international inquiry into his activities here, particularly his alleged involvement in a string of brutal, unsolved murders and will step up activities to realize this during this week.

A German man, who was caught earlier this year attempting to smuggle cocaine from Guyana to Spain while in transit in the US, was on Friday sentenced to 30 months in prison by Judge Dora Irizarry in a Brooklyn Federal Court.

– call for justice Relatives of Lennox Charles Gardener known as Junior Gardener and `Awedese’ who was shot dead by an off-duty policeman during an alleged robbery last week, are calling for justice over what they described as his brutal and untimely murder.

The Guyana Sugar Corpo-ration (GuySuCo) has stopped importing sugar and will be depending on its own production to meet all its markets for the rest of the year.

– at schools athletics eventBy Cathy Richards Residents of Linden are calling on Commissioner of Police Henry Greene to take stern action against a female police rank who physically abused a nine-year-old boy on Friday, while in another fracas a police officer was prevented from making an arrest.

President Bharrat Jagdeo says that the ban on journalist Gordon Moseley preventing him from entering the Office of the President (OP) and State House will not be lifted until he apologises.

– probe ongoing though suspect has fled Police did not seize the travel document of the ‘tour operator’ who harvested millions from 42 persons for a Canada trip because the man had told them that the visa applications were legitimate and there was no evidence at the time to prove otherwise, a senior police source said.

Government’s failure to object to the Alliance for Change elections petition within the approved period renders its arguments against the party’s High Court action irrelevant, attorney-at-law Stephen Fraser said on Friday in rebuttal to preliminary points raised in the current trial.

The Children Community Care Point Programme, which has been set up to ensure that  disadvantaged children would be able to access the care and support needed for them to have a healthy, happy life, was launched in Region Five on Thursday.

The dossier on government’s human rights abuses, which is being compiled by the joint opposition, is still to be finalized and difficulties in getting the large amount of documents from drug lord Roger Khan’s trial in New York, has held up the process.

Akeem Hinds, the 5-year-old boy who was on Saturday night involved in an accident at Moblissa on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway is still battling for his life with the aid of a life support machine in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital.