Guyana News

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The United Nations scientist whose report set the global standard for climate change sees biofuels as a good investment bet and advised yesterday that people eat less meat to help curb global warming.

Stefan Bobb, the 13-year-old who was allegedly stabbed by his classmate on Wednesday, remains in a “stable but critical condition” at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

VIENNA (Reuters) – The head of the UN nuclear watchdog will head to Iran this weekend to pin down an Iranian pledge, made at talks with big powers on Thursday, to open a newly revealed atomic plant to inspections.

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine authorities declared a state of calamity and evacuated 33,000 people from the east of the main island as a “super typhoon” bore down yesterday, a week after flash floods in and around Manila killed nearly 300 people.

Magistrate Chandra Sohan remanded a 38-year-old labourer to prison when he appeared before him at the Albion Court recently, charged with attempting to murder his former reputed wife at Yakusari, Black Bush Polder.

PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) – Aid for thousands of survivors of an earthquake in Indonesia trickled in on Friday and international rescue teams set to work, but efforts were hampered by power blackouts and a shortage of heavy equipment.

The Government Pensioners Association of Guyana is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a church service and brunch on Sunday, October 18th.

A 20-year-old labourer of Number 78 Village, Corriverton who pleaded guilty to sacrilege and two counts of break and enter and larceny was sentenced to six years imprisonment and a further penalty of six strokes.

The Islamic Foundation of Toronto Canada on Thursday presented a cheque to the tune of Cdn$1,500 to the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) to aid its orphans and vulnerable children programme.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank warned yesterday that the global economic recovery might falter as complacent policymakers lost their will to cooperate.

WASHINGTON – US employers unexpectedly cut more jobs in September than in August, underscoring the fragility of the economy’s recovery from its worst recession in 70 years as businesses remain cautious about the future.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs said eleven more Amerindian communities will be granted land titles.

-Jagdeo urges private sector GuyExpo, the country’s largest trade and investment event, opened last evening with a challenge thrown out to the private sector to see opportunities in the midst of a harsh economic climate.

-police By Zoisa Fraser and Alva Solomon A cellular phone recovered on one of the bullet-riddled bodies found in the Essequibo River is registered to one of four members of a missing trawler crew, who police suspect are the dead men.

– McCoy proceeds on leave Government spokesman Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday said that the police are investigating the controversial child solicitation tape allegedly involving head of the Press and Publicity Department of Office of the President (OP) Kwame McCoy, who has since requested leave and has been granted same.

-Luncheon Long-delayed broadcast legislation, expected to facilitate the establishment of a broadcast authority, and Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation are among bills to tabled when the new parliamentary session begins.

GuyExpo 2009 drew hundreds at last night’s formal launch but few of the exhibitions created any buzz.

A Guyana-born police officer in New York was on Wednesday found guilty of second-degree murder for fatally gunning down his ex-fiancée back in 2007 in an incident described as the deadly end of the couple’s two-year tumultuous relationship.

Three male students of a Wakenaam secondary school along with a 17-year-old boy were up to last evening in the custody of the San Souci police, after they attempted to rape a 14-year-old girl at a house on the Essequibo island on Wednesday.

The main opposition PNCR is sceptical about government’s willingness to engage the Public Service Union on workers issues, saying “action must speak louder than words.”