Guyana News

The Ministry of Housing has added an additional 1500 house lots to the Tuschen/Zeelugt Housing Scheme in Region Three as plans continue to distribute 17,000 lots over the next two years.

‘He tell me if I ain’t dead and he get arrest, when he come out he go’ kill me…’ By Oluatoyin Alleyne Still recovering from a near fatal attack in which she was stabbed twice by her ex-boyfriend, Vanessa Sam knows that an arrest might be the only thing between her and the grave.

Deputy Education Officer – Secondary for Region 10, Jennifer Bourne on Wednesday told 94 students who were on work/study attachment in Linden during the August holidays that education is the only way forward.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s combative  president is going head-to-head with one of Latin America’s  biggest media groups over a broadcasting reform bill that  opponents say is an authoritarian bid to muzzle criticism.

KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Gunshots rang out in the  Ugandan capital Kampala yesterday and at least three people were  killed as security forces clashed with rioters for a second day  over a row between the government and the kingdom of Buganda.

TAIPEI,  (Reuters) – Former Taiwan president Chen  Shui-bian, who upset both China and the United States with his  pro-independence rhetoric, was found guilty of corruption yesterday and sentenced to life in prison.

NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia, (Reuters) – Russia’s Vladimir  Putin yesterday gave his strongest indication yet that he may  run again for the presidency at the next election in 2012.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia warned Guinea yesterday  that relations could be damaged by a court ruling to strip UC  RUSAL of the large alumina refinery it acquired three years ago  in the West African country.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday remanded to prison a 55-year-old father of four who allegedly attempted to sell a house to a woman when he had already sold it to two other persons.

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – A 28-year-old computer hacker  pleaded guilty to some of the largest identity theft crimes on  record yesterday and left a federal judge grappling with how to  compensate millions of victims.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Gordon Brown  apologised yesterday for the treatment of World War Two  code-breaker Alan Turing who committed suicide after being  convicted and chemically castrated for being a homosexual.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department  said yesterday it was prepared to hold direct talks with North  Korea to try to coax it back into multilateral negotiations on  ending its nuclear programmes.

A Crane, West Coast Demerara family is homeless after their house was destroyed by fire, which was reportedly caused by a “channa bomb” in the early hours of Thursday morning.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez said yesterday a consortium, including Spanish oil major  Repsol, has struck a natural gas field, which may be the  biggest gas field yet found in Venezuela, and one of the  largest in the world.

GPL says the frequent power outages on the West Coast Demerara are due to increased load and inadequate generating capacity at the Versailles Power Station.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry  Medvedvev yesterday gave his officials three months to enact  tough restrictions to try and curb alcohol abuse.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Lauren Bacall, whose  sultry roles in film noir movies “To Have and Have Not,” “The  Big Sleep” and “Dark Passage” earned her Hollywood immortality,  is to get an honorary Oscar.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has extended condolences to the staff of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company on the passing of Director of Business Planning, Eustace Abrams.

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – A scheduled Michael Jackson  tribute concert in Vienna has been cancelled and the event will  be staged in Britain next year, organisers said yesterday.

VENICE, (Reuters) – Two Filipino grandmothers  scraping a living to get by in Manila’s slums are at the centre  of Brillante Mendoza’s new film “Lola”, a story about the  resourcefulness of people living in abject poverty.