Guyana News

-mainly mining community bustling with activity “Mahdia is the most wonderful place in Guyana!”,

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduran interim leader  Roberto Micheletti said yesterday ousted president Manuel  Zelaya would not be allowed to return to power under any  conditions but could be granted an amnesty if he comes home  quietly to face justice.

-following foreign minister’s visit to Caracas Following an unannounced one-day visit to Venezuela, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues–Birkett and her Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro have agreed to work on a programme of several areas of interest including the resumption of the Good Offices Process The Good Offices Process of the United Nations Secretary General which is aimed at assisting the two countries in developing a peaceful resolution to the controversy relating to the Arbitral Award of October 3, 1899 has been in abeyance for several years following the death of Good Officer Oliver Jackman.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The CIA withheld  information from Congress about a secret counterterrorism  program on orders from former U.S.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-il  has pancreatic cancer and the illness is life-threatening,  South Korean broadcaster YTN said last night based on  information gathered by Chinese and South Korean intelligence  sources.

Some $500M is to be invested in one of the fastest growing housing areas in the country, the Diamond/Grove housing scheme, with the establishment of three banks, a gas station, a shopping mall as well as a market and another access road being proposed for the area.

CANBERRA, (Reuters) – China’s President Hu Jintao  personally endorsed an investigation into global miner Rio  Tinto that led to the detention of four of its China-based  staff, a newspaper said last night, citing Chinese government  sources.

Officers attached to the Human Services Ministry on Saturday visited the home of Barrat Dass, the husband of the late Hemwantie Indira Singh who passed away on Thursday at the Georgetown Public Hospital, her cause of death given as dengue fever with leptospirosis being a contributing factor.

A 37-year-old man is now a patient at the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital after suffering a stab wound to his hand early yesterday morning.

CONAKRY, (Reuters) – Guinea’s military rulers have  put their armed forces on maximum alert, saying drug traffickers  and their allies in neighbouring countries want to destabilise  the world’s biggest bauxite exporter, state television reported.

The police are investigating an armed robbery with occurred around 4.30 pm yesterday at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara in which goldsmith Anand Cheddie was attacked and robbed by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “Bruno,” British  satirist Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest subversive outing, narrowly  claimed the No.

The joint political and civic appeal to regional leaders during the recent Heads of Government conference signals the recognition of a need for change in government and the country’s political culture, according to AFC leader Raphael Trotman.

MONTREUX, Switzerland, (Reuters) – African American  singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone was celebrated at  the Montreux jazz festival in a tribute by four black women to  the “High Priestess of Soul”.

Businessman Tony Amres, of Readymix Concrete Limited, died in Canada early yesterday.

MUMBAI (Reuters) – A city court on Wednesday rejected the bail application of Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja who is in prison on charges of rape, prosecutors said.

Lake Mainstay Resort will host its 9th Annual Regatta  at its freshwater lake on Sunday, August 16 starting at 10:00am and prizes will be awarded   to the top three competitors in each race category.

MUMBAI (Reuters) – In 2007, a film by a little known director earned box-office success and critical acclaim with a storyline that brought Bollywood romance back in fashion.

– batter owner’s wife Six men armed with guns and wearing masks stormed a business place at Lot 15A Albion Front, Corentyne on Friday just after 11 pm, and left with some $7 million after battering the wife of the owner.

Without any evidence to initiate prosecutions here, the seizure and forfeiture of the local assets of the two Guyanese drug smugglers as well as others who have pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering in the US is not possible.