Guyana News

Farming in Region Three (Essequibo Islands/West Demerara) was given a boost following the signing of a US$1.95M contract for the rehabilitation of the Canals Polder control structures and access roads.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A British start-up company  developing a cement that absorbs carbon dioxide has raised 1  million pounds ($1.7 million) to fund its work, underscoring the  growing interest in eco-friendly construction ventures.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Filmmaker John Hughes, who  made some of the most memorable teen comedies of the 1980s and  turned Macaulay Culkin into a major star, died suddenly of a  heart attack in New York yesterday.

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has announced that on August 11, commencing at 5 pm at the Hotel Tower it will be holding a public inquiry into the conditions and service of the Guyana Power and Light.

Roger Khan’s former attorney Robert Simels  yesterday testified in a New York court that it was never his intention to harm any witness since such action would have helped the prosecution and he also said that Khan had told him he had bugged former Police Commissioner Winston Felix’s phone by connecting equipment directly to it.

-refuses to take questions Police Commissioner Henry Greene called out the media yesterday to produce a laptop computer and receiver which he said was seized from confessed drug trafficker Roger Khan in 2002, but provided no evidence to prove that the equipment in the possession of the force is that which Khan was operating here.

A man, who allegedly raped a Linden woman and then robbed her late last month, was yesterday shot and injured at his home by the police, after he reportedly attacked them.

Fire of unknown origin yesterday afternoon destroyed the upper flat of a Two Friends, East Coast Demerara home leaving 18 persons homeless.

As mercury in mining comes further under the microscope, awareness of its  improper use and consequential effects on human health has seen residents of the village of Isseneru, Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) using alternatives to fish.

–equipment damaged A fire of unknown origin yesterday morning swept through Marics Sales, Services and Spares sending public-spirited citizens dashing to help the company save some of its stock as the fire department fought to control the blaze.

Guyanese Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo and President Leonel Fernández of the Dominican Republic on Tuesday agreed on the need to strengthen relations and build confidence between CARICOM and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean country following its request for membership.

A 21-year-old man was last evening in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital after sustaining a stab wound in the region of his heart following an altercation with another man yesterday afternoon.

A woman who was initially charged with the indictable offence of attempted murder walked free yesterday after the virtual complainant (VC) told the court that he no longer wanted to offer any evidence against her or pursue  the matter any further.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Two American journalists  freed by North Korea tearfully reunited with their families in  the United States yesterday while Washington tried to play  down talk of a breakthrough with Pyongyang.

Thirty of a batch of 78 Cuban scholarship recipients, who recently returned to Guyana, are medical graduates who will soon commence internships at local hospitals following which they will be able to practise medicine in Guyana.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (Reuters) – The wife of Pakistani  Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud died in a suspected U.S.

The body of a 9-year old Number 30 Village, West Coast Berbice girl, who went missing after going for a swim on Tuesday, was recovered yesterday morning.

Two men who allegedly forged CXC certificates in order that they might be admitted to the Cadet Officers Course of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) were yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $150,000 each  when they appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in  for a second term as Iran’s president yesterday in a ceremony  boycotted by reformist leaders and parliamentarians and marred  by street protests over his victory.

A man accused of stealing foodstuff from his mother was yesterday placed on $20,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.