Guyana News

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “District 9,” a gritty,  low-budget space alien movie set in South Africa with a cast of  unknowns, opened as Hollywood’s No.

On the even of its biennial congress, the main opposition PNCR is investigating a claim of the padding and falsification of the party’s membership register with the inclusion of the names of dead persons.

A nine-year-old girl of Number 30 Village, West Coast Berbice was raped by a man who angry relatives say was on bail for raping another child.

Two  men are in police custody following an armed robbery on a Linden businessman while he was in a boat crossing the Demerara River on Thursday.

President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday that a new strategy for the slumping sugar industry here hinges on the support of the workers in the fields, citing poor attendance as one of the more visible problems affecting critical recovery.

Alliance For Change (AFC) Region Four Councillor Michael Carrington has flayed Local Government Minister Kellawan Lall over what he dubbed as the “unceremonious removal” of the Chairman of the Soesdyke Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).

Mining company Romanex Guyana Exploration Limited has applied to the Environ-mental Protection Agency (EPA) for permission to undertake alluvial gold mining at Marudi Mountain in the South Rupununi, Region Nine.

De Santos, Hughes endorse Juman-Yassin’s opinion A controversy over whether a magistrate can determine the admissibility of a confession statement recently erupted in the wake of the dismissal of the case against murder accused David Leander, with former Chief Magistrate KA Juman-Yassin and PPP/C MP Anil Nandlall weighing in on what the legal procedure is.

YANGON (Reuters) – US Senator Jim Webb met  Myanmar top military leader Than Shwe and opposition leader  Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday and announced the release of an  American jailed for visiting the Nobel peace laureate.

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa  said yesterday he plans to defend his socialist government  with a network of citizen committees, a move that suggests he  is radicalizing his “revolution”.

With fifteen dialysis machines already in the country and bids to construct a comprehensive medical facility currently being considered, the Central Islamic Organisation (CIOG) is finally pushing ahead with plans to offer affordable dialyzed care here.

(Trinidad Express) Venezuelan national Flora Gloria Hurtado Gongora was on her way to court on Friday to answer fraud charges when she was fatally shot.

ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – Russia and Venezuela yesterday moved closer to an oil venture deal and discussed arms  trade, forging a partnership that may drag Russia into a row  over the US military presence in Colombia.

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) – Palestinian Islamists  Hamas struck back at an al-Qaeda challenge to their hold on the  Gaza Strip by storming a mosque in battles that left the leader  of the “Warriors of God” splinter group among up to 28 dead.

Dominican News Online: Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said Friday he understood and appreciated the concerns of some Caribbean countries to a move by Venezuela to review the payment options for oil and energy products under the PetroCaribe initiative.

HELSINKI (Reuters) – A ransom demand has been made  for the lost merchant ship Arctic Sea, Finnish media said yesterday, but the whereabouts of the vessel were still unknown  in a saga looking increasingly like the plot of a spy thriller.

The Barbados government has delivered on its promise to establish a committee to investigate complaints stemming from its recent implementation of an immigration policy that has stirred region-wide debate.

-JagdeoThe low carbon development strategy (LCDS) is not about political mileage, President Bharrat Jagdeo has declared, saying that it maps out measures that would have to be implemented in the long run as a result of the climate change threat.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico and Brazil should  negotiate a free trade agreement to boost commercial ties,  Mexican President Felipe Calderon said yesterday.

-total of 78 years Six Guyanese pirates have been sentenced to a total of 78 years in jail in Suriname after being found guilty of several charges including robbery, abduction and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.