Guyana News

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary  Clinton encouraged South Africa yesterday to press for reform in  Zimbabwe and said Washington would build closer ties with  Pretoria after strains under the Bush administration.

The PNCR took its protest to the Office of the President (OP) yesterday continuing to call for an investigation into revelations made in a US court in which the names of some members of the government have been linked with confessed drug trafficker Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan.

BEKASI, Indonesia, (Reuters) – Indonesian police have  shot dead a man suspected to be leading Islamic militant Noordin  Mohammad Top during raids in Central Java and were trying to  identify his body, a police source said yesterday.

Michael O. Correia, Jnr.  of Trans Guyana Airways was elected president of  the Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana  Inc.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The California woman who  gave birth to octuplets in January has won the latest round in  a court fight over the babies’ earnings and assets.

At the first National Community-Based Rehabilitation conference in Region Five yesterday, differently-able persons were assured that the legislation to address their rights and needs would be tabled in parliament before the end of the year.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The New York Times does not  have the right to gain access to sealed applications for  wiretaps in the investigation of the prostitution ring once  patronized by former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, a U.S. 

BOILING SPRINGS, S.C./OCONTO FALLS, Wisc., (Reuters)  – At scattered events across the United States, protesters are  confronting members of Congress whose summer “town hall”  meetings aim to get a sense of how Americans feel about  overhauling healthcare.

Members of the National Search and Rescue Committee began working to upgrade the current Search and Rescue Plan since late last year and this week their work progressed to a ‘table top’ exercise to discuss, analyze and improve the plan, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said in a press release.

The Guyana Girl Guides Association (GGGA) on Thursday held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) where the new President and Vice President were revealed along with the presentation of the Chief Commissioner report for the period January 2007 to December 2008 At the association’s headquarters on Brickdam, Chief Commissioner, Sarah Gordon highlighted the work that is being done by the executive committee to expand the area of influence to girls countrywide pointing out that already a number of units were resuscitated while new ones in Matthew’s Ridge and Abraham’s Ville were created.

MOSUL, Iraq, (Reuters) – A suicide car bomber killed  38 people as they left a Shi’ite Muslim mosque just outside the  volatile northern Iraqi city of Mosul, officials said yesterday,  while bombs in Baghdad killed another 12.

Three Caribbean nationals were recently appointed to the senior management team of the  CARICOM Development Fund (CDF), the Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Lorne McDonnough announced yesterday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela reduced its poverty  levels in the first half of the year despite a global recession  and a sharp drop in oil revenues in the oil dependent nation,  the head of the national statistics body said yesterday.

A 21-year-old guard accused of stealing a flat-screen television from the squash bar of the Georgetown Club was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $200,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

(BBC) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced trade measures against Colombia, amid a growing diplomatic row between the two nations.

– ATC equipment to be replaced over 18 months The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) yesterday signed a US$3.5 million ($700 million) contract with Canadian company Intelcan Technosystems Inc, which will see the upgrading of communication and air-navigation systems at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Captain Gerald Gouveia says former Roger Khan attorney Robert Simels met with him three years ago to ascertain whether the now confessed drug trafficker was recognized in business circles here.

-has no objection to pre-sentence report Lawyers for confessed Guyanese drug trafficker Roger Khan have written US judge Dora Irizarry requesting an earlier date for sentencing, even suggesting next month, ahead of the scheduled November date which was previously announced.

Residents and businesspersons located close to the seawall behind Number 78 Village at Corriverton, West Coast Berbice are concerned about damaged sections of the seawall which they said had eroded over the past several years.

-method of picking members likely to displease opposition In the absence of opposition MPs, the National Assembly yesterday passed the Local Government Commission Bill 2009 with a contentious clause that would in essence allow the administration to pick all six members of the Commission.