Guyana News

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder  and Usher sang emotional farewells yesterday to Michael  Jackson, who was hailed as “the greatest entertainer that ever  lived” and described by his tearful 11-year-old daughter Paris  as “the best father you could ever imagine.”

The PNCR remembers Pat Cameron as one of the most recognised voices and loved broadcasters in the Caribbean.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama appealed  to the Russian people yesterday to join the United States in  overcoming past differences and building a prosperous democratic  future free of corruption and the threat of nuclear war.

After 16 days of being on and off a life support machine, 46-year-old Lilowtie Persaud who was knocked down in an accident late last month yesterday succumbed to her injuries in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

URUMQI, China (Reuters) – Chinese President Hu  Jintao abandoned plans to attend a G8 summit in Italy yesterday, returning home early to deal with ethnic violence in  the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang.

“My worship you could see clearly I innocent…” Leon Austin, who allegedly broke and entered a man’s home, stealing over $170,000 in cash and other items, told Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday.

“Your honour I was drunk de night. I just go and brace up on de car to vomit and I can’t remember nothing,” a 24-year-old man accused of attempting to steal a car told Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Ousted Honduran President  Manuel Zelaya yesterday accepted a U.S.-backed

A 23-year-old man, who allegedly caused the death of a West Ruimveldt woman by riding his motorcycle in a danger manner, was remanded to prison yesterday.

(Antigua Sun) Attorney-General Justin Simon announced on Monday in Parliament that the acquisition of the lands owned by Sir Allen Stanford through various companies is being challenged in the courts.

(Antigua Sun) Former employees of Stanford are reporting that their former employer has been co-operating in terms of providing severance payments.

-Ambassador Meyer Brazilian Ambassador Arthur VC Meyer paid a courtesy call on President Bharrat Jagdeo last week as his tour of duty in Guyana has come to an end.

In the face of criticisms of sloth in agriculture issues, Caricom Heads of Govern-ment have renewed their commitment to pursue a strategic approach to transform the sector into an internationally competitive one even as they reiterate that its development is inhibited by key binding constraints.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed the first two cases of the H1N1 flu in Guyana.

– warns region on crime economy President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr Compton Bourne expects that in a single regional economy Guyana and Suriname will emerge as big energy producers and he predicts a revitalized agriculture sector and the growth of intra-Caricom tourism.

URUMQI, China (Reuters) – Chinese police dispersed 200 people gathering outside a mosque in the Silk Road city of Kashgar, the day after ethnic riots killed 156 in the capital of the Muslim Xinjiang region, state media said today.

A Water and Tailings Management project, which will in future see water used in mining operations being restricted to the mining pits, was last week unveiled at the White Hole mining area, located at District Two, Mahdia in Region 8 (Potaro/Sipuruni).

Joel Oswald Haynes of Regma Primary and Tianna Blair of Amelia’s Ward Primary tied as the top students for Region Ten in this year’s National Grade Six Assessment, both gaining 544 marks and securing places at Queen’s College (QC).

A decision made by the Delhi High Court in India to annul a law criminalizing “carnal intercourse against the order of nature” has been lauded by UNAIDS, which has indentified it as a major feat in ensuring the full respect of human rights in India and urged other governments to follow suit.

The mysterious illness which had claimed four lives at Moruca and Port Kaituma in Region One (Barima/Waini), is still present, but there have been no deaths over the past eight days.