Guyana News

-Luncheon While saying there would be a thorough investigation of University of Guyana (UG) lecturer Evan Persaud and the claims that he engaged in victimisation and inappropriate behaviour, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon is assuring that no corners would be cut on due process.

After 30 years delivering the babies of St Cuthbert’s Mission, Amanda Mahadeo still has that drive to succeed.

Gordon Mosley, the television journalist who was barred from entering Office of the President last year, was elected President of the Guyana Press Association (GPA) last evening at the group’s annual general meeting.

Police up to late last evening were yet to locate the Island Princess, a boat they described as a “cargo vessel” reported missing last Tuesday, or its fourth crew member suspected to have been murdered in the same fashion as his three companions.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – UN experts will inspect Iran’s  newly disclosed uranium enrichment plant on Oct 25, the IAEA  nuclear agency chief said yesterday, praising a shift “from  conspiracy to cooperation” between Tehran and the West.

A 41-year-old man was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital on Saturday afternoon after being injured in a hit-and run accident. 

A fire destroyed the upper flat of a two storey house at Beterverwagting (BV), East Coast Demerara late yesterday afternoon.

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s Socialists yeterday won  a landslide election victory on promises they would tax and  spend to battle an economic crisis that the incumbent  conservatives failed to get to grips with.

-dossier on government’s human rights abuses nears completion Rejecting President Bharrat Jagdeo’s position that the police force is the sole authority to investigate his administration’s alleged links with drug trafficker Roger Khan, AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan has said an international probe would offer a “non-partisan” solution.

BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il  made a rare appearance to greet visiting Chinese Premier Wen  Jiabao at the start of a trip which swiftly yielded a statement  that North Korea was willing to discuss its nuclear weapons.

Over the next three months, Guyana would begin to take steps to make the implementation of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) “a real possibility,” President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Thursday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyans want their coalition  government to take concrete action on impunity and political  reforms to avoid a repeat of last year’s post-election violence,  former United Nations chief Kofi Annan said yesterday.

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Mauritius’ government and  private sector delivered the best services and public goods to  its citizens, ranking first in an African-wide governance survey  released today by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.

Guyanese cousins, scheduled to be booted out of Canada after entering on fake passports, were granted a temporary reprieve in the form of an order that their cases be heard by a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) officer, after claiming they were being abused by their stepfathers in Guyana.

-will take two years to rectify A major glitch in the move by the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to convert its data collection from a manual to an electronic system is one of the reasons for its inability to retrieve records for some contributors.

Killings may be drug related Local investigators suspect that the three bullet-riddled and disembowelled bodies which were discovered in the Essequibo River last week may have a drug connection and have since sought the assistance of Interpol and friendly law enforcement agencies through the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for help in solving this crime.

The attorneys for KP Thomas Construction Co Ltd obtained an order from Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday restraining Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn and Attorney General Charles Ramson from dismantling the building the company occupies at High and Lamaha Streets.

The Ministry of Housing and Water, through Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), will launch a massive customer service programme titled ‘Camp Resolution,’ involving visits by GWI teams to several locations across Guyana.

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish voters overwhelmingly  endorsed the European Union’s Lisbon reform treaty, results  showed yesterday, putting the bloc’s ambitions for greater  global influence firmly back on track.

YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung  San Suu Kyi held a rare meeting with a minister from the ruling  junta yesterday, a government source said, a week after she  offered to work for withdrawal of sanctions on the country.