Guyana News

General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Norris Witter said on Monday that citizens have been leaving to endure harsh conditions in other territories like Barbados because they see no hope here.

Suriname President Ronald Venetiaan has cautioned Caricom security ministers not to underestimate the threat of armed gangs to the Caribbean Community’s stability.

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud says that the project to improve the drainage capacity of the Cunha Sluice on the East Bank Demerara, is a priority and that attempts are being made to acquire overseas funding  to see it come to fruition. 

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Monday ordered that a Canje Creek man who admitted having over one kilogramme of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking pay a fine of over $1 million as well as serve four years imprisonment when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The African Cultural Development Association (ACDA) has called on the political representatives of the people to end their betrayal of the nation’s aspirations for true nationhood, reconciliation, peace, justice, economic development and equality as Guyana celebrates its 43rd independence anniversary.

Two men, who were allegedly found with cannabis and cocaine in their possession for the purpose of trafficking were on Monday remanded to prison when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Undaunted by a slowing economy, Venezuela’s still popular President Hugo Chavez is picking up the pace of his left-wing revolution with a relentless raft of nationalizations and an offensive against opponents.

Residents of Area Q, Turkeyen have hired an attorney to look into their interests relating to the Turkeyen Children’s playground.

St Stanislaus College beat rivals Covent Garden Secondary by 21 points when competition continued on Thursday in the GBTI sponsored Inter-Secondary School Impromptu Speech contest.

GENEVA (Reuters) – The UN human rights chief called yesterday for an international investigation to determine if Sri Lankan government forces and Tamil rebels had committed war crimes.

(BBC) – The first woman to become the Oxford Professor of Poetry has apologised for her role in the alleged smear campaign which led her to resign.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Pakistani civilians trapped by an offensive against the Taliban in Swat face catastrophe, a rights group said yesterday, as fighting flared in another militant-plagued region.

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea, defiant in the face of international condemnation of its latest nuclear test, fired two more short-range missiles off its east coast yesterday and accused the United States of plotting against its government.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court yesterday, selecting a woman who would be the court’s first Hispanic justice and a liberal who is unlikely to change its ideological balance.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian police said yesterday they had arrested a foreigner for inciting racial hatred on the Internet, but declined to comment on a newspaper report that the man was a high-ranking al Qaeda member.

Guyanese face many challenges to which they must never retreat or succumb, the Regional Chairman of Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) has said.

PHOENIX (Reuters) – Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson’s four-year-old daughter is in critical condition after she was found with a cord around her neck following an accident, according to media reports on Monday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – OJ Simpson, the former football star acquitted of killing his ex-wife after a sensational trial, asked the Nevada Supreme Court on yesterday to throw out his armed robbery conviction for a bungled bid to recover his own memorabilia.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Conan O’Brien has spent five years as the anointed heir to the coveted “Tonight Show” TV slot.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Mel Gibson, who is going through a divorce from his wife of 28 years, said on Monday his Russian girlfriend is expecting their baby.