Guyana News

Another primary school has used the money granted after approval of its School Improvement Plan (SIP) to construct a reading room to boost the literacy level of students.

President Bharrat Jagdeo met with a team of Lethem businessmen on Friday and will be travelling to Region Nine in the next couple of weeks when it is likely that the long–awaited Takutu Bridge would be provisionally opened.

Twenty-eight-year-old Kenneth Kennedy, who was stabbed to death last Friday afternoon in Port Kaituma, died as he attempted to represent his uncle who was in fact preventing a dwelling from being destroyed by an irate resident.

-some anecdotal reports of trafficking between Guyana, Suriname The illegal trade in wildlife, believed to be worth billions worldwide, represents a serious threat to the survival of many endangered species both globally and in the Caribbean and a four-day workshop that focused on combating this scourge, wrapped up here on Thursday.

The Public Utilities Commis-sion (PUC) last Thursday expressed its concern that the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Small farmers on Region Three islands Hog, Leguan and Wakenaam are set to benefit from ventures aimed at expanding the agriculture sector under the US$21M Agri-culture Export Diversification Programme and the US$6.9M Rural Enterprise and Agricul-ture Development (READ) programmes.

The Rotary Club of Stabroek, Georgetown recently commissioned a playground at Vigilance for the Buxton Youth Developers (BYD) Project through partnerships with UNICEF and Scotiabank.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Monday granted $40,000 bail each to two men accused of diverting electricity to their homes from a Guyana Power and Light pole.

-illegal miners had offered soldiers gold to avoid being turned in The general manager of the mining camp which was allegedly robbed by four soldiers two Thursdays ago at Five Star, Region One, and another worker were flown to the city yesterday morning and are expected to give further statements to the police.

-NDIA to invoke Act to remove them The Ministry of Housing and the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) are upping their efforts to find alternative locations for squatters encroaching on government reserves in Stanley-town and impeding drainage.

The New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) says the agro-packaging facility at Parika has processed over 160 tonnes of vegetables and fruits, primarily for export, since it started operations in October.

A 34-year-old policeman was last Friday placed on bail in the sum of $50,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of unlawful wounding which reportedly occurred in a station compound.

A 25-year-old man last Friday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of assault causing actual bodily harm.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The family of late actor  David Carradine is “profoundly disturbed” by photos published  in Thailand that are said to be of Carradine’s naked body  hanging in his Bangkok hotel room, according to family attorney  Mark Geragos.

Guyana is among eight CARICOM member states who will be the first beneficiaries of grants, interest subsidies and concessionary loans through the Barbados-based CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) which has started a series of consultative missions designed to make the organisation responsive to these states.

The Accident and Emergency (A&E) Unit  at the Georgetown Public Hospital  Corporation is scheduled for upgrading  work between  22:00 hrs (10 pm) and 06:00hrs from today and this is expected to conclude on Sunday, June 14.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “Up,” the story of a  floating house, its grumpy 78-year-old owner and an inquisitive  8-year-old accidental stowaway, remained atop the weekend box  office in North America, selling $44.2 million of tickets its  second weekend in theaters.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – An anti-Syrian coalition defeated  Hezbollah in Lebanon’s parliamentary election yesterday in a  blow to Syria and Iran and a boost to the United States.

ACAPULCO, Mexico, (Reuters) – Eighteen people were  killed in a shootout between drug gangs and soldiers in the  Mexican beach resort of Acapulco, the army said yesterday.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Africa must seek to solve its own  problems as the global economic crisis limits the ability of  more developed countries to follow through on aid pledges,  African ministers told a conference in Cairo.