Guyana News

– House unanimously approves bill A bill that equips the Bank of Guyana (BoG) with the power to grant or refuse licences to money transfer agencies was yesterday passed unanimously by the National Assembly.

Two men were on Monday charged with the murders of the two Guyanese construction workers whose bodies were found floating in a river hours after they were kidnapped in Trinidad.

Food for the Poor (FFTP) recently donated a number of computer systems to the Ministry of Education for Information Technology training for students at schools in Regions Three, Four, Five and Six.

Well known Guyanese-British literary critic, linguist, poet and anthropologist, Dr Ivan van Sertima, died recently, according to a release from the Guyana Cultural Association New York Inc/Guyana Folk Festival which expressed condolences to his family.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has committed to allotting more money to Community Development Councils (CDCs) after they review their programmes to include providing more economic opportunities and greater community input.

– renegotiation necessary, Luncheon says The UK’s proposals for implementing the security sector reform plan disregarded an agreement for local ownership of the process, according to Dr Roger Luncheon, who yesterday said the government is not prepared to cede an inch of its sovereignty.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday tabled a motion in the National Assembly urging the government to make all diplomatic and legal efforts possible to protect the rights of Guyanese nationals in Barbados and other Caricom states, ensuring there is no discrimination on the basis of nationality.

A fisherman was shot in his back late Wednesday night at Number 69 Village, Corentyne while walking home.

The first half of the horse racing season will climax on Sunday when the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the Brotherhood of St Andrew in the Anglican Diocese pull off their annual one day horse race meet at the Rising Sun track West Coast Berbice from 1pm.

Child had left to make purchase, mother saysThe mother of the eight-year-old boy who drowned at a Mahdia hotel on Tuesday said he had left her care to make a purchase, but instead went into the pool unknown to her.

Relatives of 28-year-old Bartica resident Terrence Hughes, who was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital last Friday following an accident there, are concerned that his condition has deteriorated.

Relatives of Simone Coleridge, who was murdered early Wednesday morning while on duty at Uncle Eddie’s Home, said yesterday that proprietor of RK Security Service Roshan Khan had failed to answer their questions.

– granted $500,000 bail The driver of the vehicle involved in the accident at Corentyne on Sunday in which a woman died and 14 others were injured appeared at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving and was granted bail.

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Honduras yesterday, killing at least five people, knocking down flimsy homes and causing damage in neighbouring Guatemala.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration strongly denied a British report yesterday that images of apparent rape and sexual abuse of Iraqi prisoners are among photographs that it is trying to prevent being made public.

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The World Court declined yesterday to issue an order to prevent exiled former Chadian president Hissene Habre from leaving Senegal, denying a request from Belgium aimed at bringing him to trial.

– union to present grievances to company After six days of strike, workers of the Bauxite Company of Guyana (BCG) have returned to work.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened yesterday to personally take action against an anti-government TV station if the nation’s authorities do not punish the channel, which expects to be closed.

In a sustained call to legislators for swift implementation of reformed sexual offences laws, the Coalition to Stamp out Sexual Violence against Children picketed the Office of the President yesterday for the second time this month.

HOUSTON (Reuters) – Allen Stanford’s estranged wife asked a federal court to allow her to intervene in the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s $8.5 billion civil fraud action against her husband, arguing she has a right to half his property and needs to get on with her life.