Guyana News

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says the broken water main at the unoccupied lot on Blue Berry Hill has been fixed and is now fully operational. 

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on Wednesday commissioned a laser land leveller and tractor valued about $20M that had been procured for rice farmers and the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to boost production and efficiency.

A fisherman who reportedly fought with and robbed a woman of items totalling $12,500 was on Tuesday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is investigating the cause of the disruption of water supply to central Mahaicony, Region Five. 

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – As the US unemployment rate climbs toward 10 percent, President Barack Obama is facing a  rising clamour from within his Democratic party to take new steps  to lift the economy and jump-start job growth.  

STOCKHOLM/BERLIN, (Reuters) – Romanian-born German  writer Herta Mueller won the Nobel literature prize yesterday,  saying Nicolae Ceausescu’s brutal dictatorship compelled her to  write of how a powerful few can dominate and destroy a nation.  

President Bharrat Jagdeo has called for better integration of climate change issues into development planning processes.

The Black Bush Polder labourer who was accused of attempting to murder his former reputed wife was on Tuesday slapped with three counts of robbery under arms and unlawful possession of a firearm.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s  peace envoy sought yesterday an “early relaunch” of  Israeli-Palestinian talks but Israel’s foreign minister said  Washington’s goal of comprehensive peace was an illusion.  

KABUL, (Reuters) – A large bomb exploded outside the  Indian embassy in central Kabul yesterday, killing 17 people  and wounding 76, in the latest of a series of attacks by  militants on diplomatic and government buildings in the Afghan  capital.  

PARIS, (Reuters) – French Culture Minister Frederic  Mitterrand yesterday rejected calls for his resignation for  having written about paying boys for sex in Thailand, saying his  partners had been consenting adults. 

The Private Sector Commis-sion (PSC) of Guyana and the Canadian High Commission yesterday reaffirmed their commitment to work together.  

BANGKOK, (Reuters) – India expressed alarm yesterday over the lack of progress and direction of UN climate talks and condemned moves by rich nations to try to  replace the existing Kyoto Protocol with a weaker agreement.  

Chairman and CEO of Universal Janitorial Contractual Services, Eon Edwards was ordered to pay $45,000 representing money in lieu of notice to  the company’s former employee, Rickford Connelly when the matter was brought to court.

KINSHASA, (Reuters) – Chinese companies have signed an  amended $6 billion infrastructure and loan deal with Democratic  Republic of Congo, China’s ambassador said yesterday, a step  seen clearing the way for debt relief for the African nation.  

The PNCR said on Tuesday that the Cubana Flight 455 disaster is an incident which the Guyanese people and indeed the rest of the region should not easily forget as it represents one of the most deadly terrorist airline attacks in the western hemisphere.

-generator was on in sealed house By Gaulbert Sutherland Brenda Lewis, her daughter, Abiola Josiah and grandson Orette Garraway Jr.

-gutted bodies mystery continues By Zoisa Fraser The owner of the missing Island Princess, Errol Prince yesterday dismissed a report in the Guyana Times that his vessel was held in Venezuela in July with drugs as misleading and damaging to his character and good name.

A teenager accused of murdering dredge operator Regerton Simon called ‘Baba’, who was gunned down in an attack on Septem-ber 5 was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magis-trate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

-fake stamps placed in passports The lure of a two-week Canadian Tour with the promise of an opportunity to meet many of the country’s “important” people may have harvested as much as $7M for a `tour operator’ who has since vanished leaving 42 persons to rue their gullibility.