Guyana News

Parents of the Great Falls community were encouraged by Housing Minister Irfaan Ali to ensure that their children have an education as the ministry donated a quantity of books towards improved reading and literacy skills in the community.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has included laundry detergent powder (soap powder) as part of its monitoring of commodities under its Standards of Compliance.

Labour inspectors are currently in training with the aim of increasing policing to combat child labour, a Government Information Agency(GINA) release stated.

Ninety-one Toshaos of titled villages and three community development officers were sworn in as Justices of Peace (JP) as part of an initiative to ease the burden of Amerindians having to travel to other communities to gain access to these services.

Godfrey Chin teamed up with corporate sponsors, GT&T and Banks DIH Ltd to launch his Nostalgia Pictorial History of 20th Century Guyana exhibition.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – An Iranian court yesterday  charged a French woman, two Iranians working for the British and  French embassies in Tehran and dozens of others with spying and  aiding a Western plot to overthrow the system of clerical rule.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The Pakistani government has  received reports that shooting broke out between two rivals for  the leadership of the Pakistani Taliban, and one of them may  have been killed, the interior minister said on Saturday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nine people, including five  Italian tourists, were killed yesterday when a small plane  hit a helicopter over New York and both crashed into the Hudson  River, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia (Reuters) – A year after Russia  defeated neighbour Georgia’s military bid to retake a pro-Moscow region from rebels, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said yesterday the war had redrawn the map of the Caucasus for good.

Parties join forces for gov’t accountability–to compile dossier on rights abusesRecent revelations in a US court claiming links between members of the government and drug trafficker Shaheed Roger Khan have seen six political parties joining forces to sensitize international organizations on the matter and force greater accountability from the government.

-Jagdeo more popular than government The latest NACTA poll conducted in July finds that Health Minister Dr.

The North-West ferry, the M.V. Kimbia was up to press time last night limping in along the coast after suffering engine failure on Thursday night, leaving many relatives of those onboard worried.

A Chinese national who allegedly attempted to bribe an official at the US Embassy after being denied a US visa was yesterday remanded to prison when she appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

-party says measures taken for greater transparency Six persons have been nominated for the position of Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the party says that it has been implementing measures to ensure that the election process at the upcoming Congress is transparent.

-victim was in excruciating pain for 10 days before taken to hospital A 78-year-old woman was taken to her home by a taxi driver who had knocked her down with his car, causing her to sustain a broken leg and hip.

Chief Licence Officer Khurshid Sattaur  has given approval  for the PMM serial number for cars  to  come on stream shortly as  the PLL serial number will soon  come to an end,  the Guyana Revenue Authority said in a news release.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan believes Taliban  chief Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million U.S.

‘With all the staff and the money that we pump into this agency something has got to be wrong.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Border security, the drug war  and arms smuggling will join trade and the recession on the  agenda of President Barack Obama’s first “three amigos” summit  with the leaders of Mexico and Canada this weekend in Mexico.

Twelve-year-old Ravi Dave Sain was all smiles as he headed to the Air Services Limited aircraft two Saturdays ago at the Ogle Airstrip, excited that his wish to travel in a plane was finally becoming a reality.