Guyana News

LONDON, (Reuters) – The British tax office arrested  seven people in London on Wednesday in a suspected 38 million  pounds ($62.6 million) value-added tax fraud in the European  market in carbon allowances, it said.

A fire completely destroyed the home of a Linden man last night.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Allen Stanford is a logical  target for the ire of his former investors, but now the man  named to track assets from the alleged fraud led by the Texas  financier faces heightened criticism and calls for his  removal.

-campaigning on unity platform Ending months of speculation, incumbent Robert Corbin yesterday officially announced his decision to contest to retain the post of leader of the main opposition PNCR, saying his primary motivation is the need to have stable leadership to make the party “fit for purpose.”

A  59-year-old RK’s  security guard, who was discovered last night by police unconscious and bleeding in the middle of a crowd at Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic, died shortly after being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital.

After over four months in hiding, Danella Evans called ‘Nelly’ or ‘Samantha’ was yesterday remanded to prison when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for reportedly aiding Colin Mack, the entertainment promoter, in the alleged rape of a nineteen-year-old girl in April.

President Bharrat Jagdeo last Friday assented to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering of Terrorism Act.

A 53-year-old Greek national was yesterday morning discovered dead with a gunshot wound to the head, suspected to be self-inflicted, moments after his wife left their Annandale home following an argument.

Magistrate Priya Beharry yesterday remanded one man who is accused of robbing two women of two cell phones while on his way home from the Bikers Fest with his friends and she dismissed the case of another man who allegedly snatched a man’s gold chain while he was seated at the National Park during the same event.

General Manager of the Avinash branch stores, Harry Panday says his business practices on Water Street had been exemplary until two recent incidents which “were unfortunate and serious”.

While Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has floated the possibility of amendments to the Petrocaribe agreement, an Associated Press (AP) report  on Sunday quoted   the Petrocaribe Secretariat as saying that there were no plans along this line.

The Office of the President, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Ministries of Health, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport will benefit directly from a one-year stint by  14 Chinese Youth Volunteers who are skilled practitioners in various disciplines, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

A prison inmate was on Saturday admitted a patient to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was stabbed in the chest during a fight wit another prisoner.

The Mahaicony Rice Limited (MRL), which up to last July owed farmers about $2B, is once again causing unease in the industry by delaying payments of approximately $290M, most of which is owed to farmers in Regions Five and Six.

A $10.5M contract was signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and Pioneer Construction Services on Sunday for the construction of eight culverts in Blueberry Hill, Region Ten, to bring relief to residents who are affected by flood during the rainy period, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported on Monday.

The Government Information Agency (GINA) has accused employees of the Kaieteur News of impersonating its employees in an effort to gain information, a claim vehemently denied by the newspaper’s Editor Adam Harris.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Michael Jackson will be  buried in a private ceremony for family and friends on Aug.

Two hundred more house lots are to be developed in the Diamond-Grove housing scheme, East Bank Demerara, with the conversion of the reserves in Sections ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ Diamond and Section ‘C’ Grove, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported yesterday.

A Blankenburg man was admitted a patient to the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after being involved in a vehicular accident.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – A suicide bomber rammed an  explosive-laden car into a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital yesterday, killing at least eight people in a wave of violence  two days before an election the Taliban has vowed to disrupt.