Guyana News

An unlicensed firearm along with ammunition, cocaine and marijuana were discovered by police at an Oku Backdam camp last Friday and three men were arrested in relation to the articles.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Iranian authorities have tightened  pressure on their opponents by staging what former president  Mohammad Khatami condemned yesterday as a “show trial” of 100  reformists accused of trying to instigate a “velvet revolution”.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – More than 700 people were killed  during a five-day uprising by a radical Islamic sect in  northern Nigeria and the search for bodies is continuing, Red  Cross and defence officials said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Pentagon is seeking to  speed deployment of an ultra-large “bunker-buster” bomb on the  most advanced U.S.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – President Raul Castro said on  Saturday he would not change Cuba’s communist system to make  peace with the United States, but repeated his willingness to  discuss all issues with the island’s longtime enemy.

Years of domestic abuse ended in a suicide on Friday when an Alberttown man who had promised to change his ways turned himself over to police and ingested poison while at the station.

The bauxite kilns at Linden have not been fired up for over a month now since there is no smoke wafting from their chimneys, Lindeners say.

– govt should seek answers, observers say Would the co-founder of a reputable UK communications firm lie under oath in a US federal court that the Government of Guyana purchased spy equipment from its Florida office, which later ended up in the hands of a drug trafficker and if so, why would he intentionally damage the administration’s creditability?

The Ministry of Education is continuing to work on legislation which would increase the age of retirement for trained teachers as it sees this as having an adverse effect on the education system.

The new bombshell allegations about government’s involvement with confessed drug trafficker Roger Khan warrant nothing less than a full inquiry by an independent international tribunal, according to AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan.

– residents say Aruka River encroaching, urge authorities to act Several businesspersons at Kumaka in the Mabaruma Sub-Region are concerned about erosion of the land on which they operate their businesses.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport on Thursday handed over cheques of various amounts to 31 cultural groups for Emancipation Day activities.

The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) has extended greetings to the entire nation, especially citizens of African descent on the occasion of the 171st Emancipation Anniversary.

CARACAS (Reuters) – More than a dozen of 34 radio  stations ordered shut by the Venezuelan government went off the  air yesterday, part of President Hugo Chavez’s drive to extend his socialist revolution to the media.

Courts Guyana Inc on Wednesday handed over a $270,000 cheque to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG) in support of its yearly Reading is Fun Programme which is scheduled to start on August 4.

Stressing that the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) would not cause the cessation of mining activities, President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday, said that there would be changes in the industry, indicating for the first time, an intention to stop the use of mercury in the sector.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police used  teargas and water cannon to disperse thousands of protesters yesterday, arresting almost 600 people in the biggest  demonstration in the country’s capital in almost two years.

After permanently losing the use of his left hand following a shooting incident in September 2002, a 58-year-old retired prison officer is calling on the authorities to pay the compensation recommended by the Attorney General’s Chambers some time after the incident.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – About 100 leading Iranian  reformists went on trial yesterday, accused of trying to  topple the clerical establishment by orchestrating mass protests  after the disputed presidential election, Iranian media  reported.

The importance of the joint role of parents and teachers in raising teenagers was emphasized recently when the Bishops High School held an orientation for new students, which a record number of parents attended.