Guyana News

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative  William Jefferson, who was caught with $90,000 in cash in his  freezer, was found guilty on 11 of 16 charges related to a  bribery and money laundering scandal, a U.S.

BRIDGEVILLE, Pa., (Reuters) – A man walked into a  suburban Pittsburgh gym Tuesday evening and opened fire in a  Latin dance class, killing three women before turning his  weapon on himself and taking his own life, police said.

University of Guyana (UG) Librarian Gwyneth George has announced that the 24-hour service provided in the reading room of the library has been  suspended until further notice following the small fire on Tuesday night.

$50M water well for Lusignan Good Hope, East Coast Demerara is to be extended and 957 more house lots accommodated there, Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali said recently.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The British government is wasting  up to 2.5 billion pounds ($4.24 billion) a year due to delays in  defence projects, Channel 4 television news reported yesterday.

Translations of the concepts and objectives of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) will be done in five Amerindian languages through the Office of Climate Change in collaboration with the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, the Government Informa-tion Agency (GINA) reported.

MANILA, (Reuters) – Former Philippine President  Corazon Aquino, heroine of the 1986 people power movement, was  laid to rest yesterday after an eight-hour funeral  procession that had to inch its way past hundreds of thousands  of mourners.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Bush administration acted  illegally when it opened millions of acres (hectares) of U.S. 

Robert Simels, the former attorney for Roger Khan, opted to take the stand in the US court where he is on trial, testifying yesterday that the confessed Guyanese drug trafficker received government assistance “to have the intercept equipment and guns to fight the Buxton gang known as the Taliban”.

-revenue down by 8.6% The sugar corporation registered a loss of $4.1B for last year – the highest in the past decade – in what GuySuCo said was a challenging year during which rainfall was the highest in 53 years.

-Venezuela to be approached CARICOM countries are concerned about a proposal from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to amend the PetroCaribe arrangement so that beneficiaries pay all, or at least 80%, of the cash upfront and then receive direct loans from Caracas, which would be limited to specific projects approved by the Chavez administration.

A 64-year-old woman, who was standing at the side of the road, died early yesterday morning after two vehicles collided along the Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road and slammed into her.

University of Guyana (UG) students were sent dashing from the institution’s 24-hour library last night after two bags of books mysteriously burst into flames on the second floor.

US-based journalist and public relations practitioner Wesley Kirton and other Guyanese Americans have written to US Attorney General Eric Holder outlining concerns about “several aspects of the link between the US and Guyana, regarding the drug trafficking activities and subsequent investigations of confessed Guyana drug lord, Shaheed Roger Khan.”

Opposition to hold joint press conference Opposition Leader Robert Corbin says that his party will continue their protests against the PPP/C administration until it gets the desired results even as he continues to write to various agencies and governments seeking their help in having an international probe into the alleged links between the government and drug trafficker Roger Khan.

The plight of Haiti has continued for too long and the region will regret not intervening, Red Thread International Coordinator, Andaiye, has said.

A Republic Park man discovered a “fragmentation grenade” attached to the undercarriage of his vehicle yesterday morning, police said.

– court hears Nicole Anderson who allegedly had a firearm and ammunition in his possession at the Cuyuni River Backdam without licence was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Two Venezuelan Nationals were on Friday ordered to pay a fine of $30,000 or spend 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to the charge of illegal disembarkation when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A man who drove his vehicle while using his cell phone was yesterday ordered to pay a fine of $7,500 or spend three weeks in prison when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.