Guyana News

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – The kidnapped head of a  children’s charity and her husband were found murdered in the  boot of a car in Russia’s Chechnya yesterday in the latest in a  string of killings in the troubled Muslim republic.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Prosecutors have accused  the leader of Brazil’s most influential evangelical church of  diverting millions of dollars in untaxed donation money to  personal and business interests.

YANGON, (Reuters) – A court in army-ruled Myanmar  sentenced opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 18 months in  detention, a verdict that drew condemnation abroad and will  keep her off the political stage ahead of next year’s  elections.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Police released pictures yesterday of two men wanted in connection with one of Britain’s  biggest gem heists — a 40 million pound armed raid on a luxury  jewellers in London in which shots were fired.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The British Virgin Islands said  yesterday it will sign a data sharing pact with New Zealand,  winning the Caribbean money centre a place on the global “white  list” of countries committed to catching tax dodgers.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Fidel Castro is not the presence  he once was in Cuba after three years out of public view but as  he turns 83 tomorrow he still has clout and is working to  ensure the island stays communist long after he is gone.

Former Chairman of the PNCR Winston Murray will be contesting for Leader of the PNCR at the party’s upcoming Biennial Congress.

–prosecutor tells jury in closing arguments -careless words don’t add up to intent, defence argues After two weeks of explosive testimony linking the Guyana Government to confessed drug trafficker Roger Khan, the trial of his former lawyers closed and the prosecution charged that one of them, Robert Simels was aware of Khan’s role in the murders of talk show host Ronald Waddell and boxing coach Donald Allison.

A recent report produced by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), which stated that there is an “alarming degree of prostitution” in local secondary schools, has come in for sharp criticism from Education Minister Shaikh Baksh, who says that the report is “anecdotal “ and that its findings are not based on proper scientific research.

For the last ten years, it has been his fight that has been the defining characteristic of his presidency, which was expected to herald a new beginning for a country long held hostage by a history of suspicion and strife.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy says despite the fire that destroyed the ministry and its records work continues unabated and it expects to provide medical assistance for over 300 persons this year.

-Private Sector Commission Chairman Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Gerry Gouveia says the public should not jump to any conclusions about testimony in a New York court linking the Guyana Government to confessed drug trafficker Roger Khan as the trial is still ongoing.

The taxi driver responsible for causing 78-year-old Eileen August to suffer a broken leg and hip after hitting  her down with his car, has been apprehended and taken into police custody.

An East Coast Demerara (ECD) man who was on Sunday night badly beaten by members of a Community Policing Group (CPG)  was yesterday a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) receiving medical attention after sustaining six chop wounds to the head, one to his hand and several abrasions to the legs.

A 19-year-old, who allegedly stole just over $100,000 from the dwelling house of a man, was remanded to prison when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

-dismisses TCL suit The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday dismissed a claim by Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) against the Caribbean Com-munity (CARICOM) for suspending the CET on cement imports, but it has set criteria for the Secretary General to follow in future considerations on the issue having found a procedural flaw in the just concluded case.

Caribbean singer Dave Martins joined with the Ministry of Agriculture to launch his song “Turn Back” which aims to encourage better community waste management practices.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin is Trinidad and Tobago’s “International Cricketer of the Year”.

Should the global financial meltdown offer a pretext for governments and businesses to scrap and or sideline environmental promises post-Kyoto, President’s Jagdeo’s rallying cry for tropical forest conservation could easily be reduced to a whimper.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday dismissed an appeal by L.O.P.