Guyana News

The IMF Board of Governors approved a general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) on August 7 equal to US$250B to provide liquidity to the global economic system by supplementing member countries’ foreign exchange reserves.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – The funeral yesterday of former  South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, whose efforts to reconcile  the divided peninsula won him the Nobel Peace Prize, was marked  by the rival Koreas’ first top level talks in nearly two years.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – An official Cuban newspaper yesterday published a photograph of 83-year-old former President  Fidel Castro apparently in good health and meeting visiting  Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa.

–PrashadThe Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce has declared the premiere Mahdia Expo a resounding success.

SANAA, (Reuters) – Government forces reported more  than 100 rebels killed yesterday as battles intensified in north  Yemen two days after the government urged a ceasefire, although  a spokesman for the Muslim Shi’ite rebellion disputed the claim.

-court hears A witness in the trial of two men accused of shooting to death a butcher of Liverpool Village, Corentyne admitted while being re-examined by State Counsel Fabayo Azore that he was scared about the incident and made a second statement naming the accused after they had threatened to kill him.

Magistrate Priya Beharry on Wednesday remanded to prison Jerome Parkes when he appeared before her to answer to the charge of procuring the murder of Clint and Romeo De Agrella.

LONDON – Scotland, unaccustomed to the hot spotlight of  international diplomacy, fought to justify its release of the  Lockerbie bomber yesterday, after a U.S.

-amid claims of irregularities Incumbent Robert Corbin was re-elected leader of the PNCR last evening, following polls at the party’s 16th Biennial Congress that were attended by numerous claims of irregularities.

The US$110M Skeldon factory was commissioned yesterday with President Bharrat Jagdeo emphasizing cost recovery after all the investment pumped into GuySuCo and insisting that a sufficient cane supply should be available next year and not in 2012 as currently foreseen.

-was badly beaten, relatives say By Zoisa Fraser and Gaulbert Sutherland The battered body of Dweive Kant Ramdass who disappeared on Thursday after joining a boat with three Coast Guard ranks was found floating in the Essequibo River yesterday morning and the army has agreed to pay for his funeral expenses.

Recently-appointed President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean Harryram Parmessar says the body is aiming to set up a Technical Advisory Commit-tee to ensure greater consistency and application of accounting standards across the region.

Four weeks after samples were taken from the body of murder accused David Leander called `Biscuit’ or David Zammet for toxicology testing, there is still no indication from the police as to when the results will be ready and relatives are already pessimistic about whether the findings will ever be released.

Two Guyana Defence Force Officers  graduated as medical doctors (MD) on August 13, after earning their medical degrees following seven years of studies, the GDF said in a press release.

Attorney General Charles Ramson says an investigation into Roger Khan’s operations here is possible if a judge were to direct the DPP to initiate a probe since according to him, his office has limited parameters “within which I must operate.”

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Khrishna Teekadharry, a prison escapee who has been on the run since Thursday August 13.

– full implementation months away Government is moving ahead with partial implementation of the controversial wiretapping legislation but has since given no assurance that it will help the telephone companies cover the costs of having to import, implement and operationalise the high-tech equipment required.

Brazilians don’t know what Guyana has to offer – Brazilian embassy official Local businessmen are interested in doing business with their Brazilian counterparts but many Brazilians do not know what Guyana has to offer.

Police awaiting information from US Investigators are awaiting some information from the United States that would establish links in the July 17 Ministry of Health fire, Commissioner of Police Henry Green disclosed to the media on Friday.

Attorney General Charles Ramson defended his intervention in the High Court levy case involving Clico (Guyana) and AHL Kissoon saying that the acting Registrar acted unlawfully in moving against the troubled insurance company.