Guyana News

The National Training Project for Youth Empowerment (NTPYE) on  Friday held a graduation ceremony at which  175 youths in Region Five received their certificates at the Belladrum Secondary School, West Coast Berbice, signalling the end of training for 154 out of school youths and 21 single parents.

The Three Rivers Foundation is making arrangements to send a group of 13 children from Guyana to Max Hospital in Delhi, India, in February next year for open heart surgery.

Minister of Development of Nicaragua, Lumberto Campbell has said that his recent exchange with President Bharrat Jagdeo was fruitful and they are looking forward for his support in his capacity as President of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), a portfolio which he assumed a week ago.

The Learning Resource Center  in the North West District, Region One, was recently refurbished through funding garnered from the regional administration and inputs from the friends and family of Peace Corps Volunteer Christopher Miller.

CHICAGO, (Reuters Life!) – Uncertainty about a  possible diagnosis causes more anxiety and can be more  stressful than knowing you actually have a serious illness, a  study said.

Youngsters in the West La Penitence area discovered the decomposing remains of a man in his home yesterday afternoon.

SEOUL – North Korea warned its tough-talking neighbour yesterday against holding more firing drills near a disputed  maritime border off the west coast of the peninsula, accusing  the South of being “hell-bent to set off a war”.

MANAMA, (Reuters) – Australian police are  investigating whether WikiLeaks’ Australian founder Julian  Assange has broken any of the country’s laws and is liable to  prosecution there, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said on Saturday.

A 21-year-old man who stabbed a fisherman to death two Saturdays ago following a row over money during a game of pools, has been charged with murder.

A ten-year-old boy hanged himself this afternoon, two days after his older brother was taken into custody following

Brigadier (ret’d) David Granger who is in the running to be the PNCR’s presidential nominee for next year’s general elections is to leave Guyana tomorrow to meet party members in New York, New Jersey and Washington DC.

(Barbados Nation)  “Short-sighted!” is how attorney-at-law Latchman Kissoon views the recent hike in immigration fees.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters  demanding the annulment of Haiti’s elections marched in the  capital for the second time in days today, clashing with  riot police and stoking tensions ahead of results expected on  Tuesday.

The police this afternoon said that a Mon Repos fisherman and two of his crew were robbed last night by pirates about 30 miles off the Mahaicony foreshore.

KANDY, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara  called for cricket officials to analyse weather patterns  thoroughly before hosting test matches after the third and final  test against West Indies ended in a tame draw at the Pallakele  Stadium today.

In the wake of the closure of its plywood factory at Land of Canaan following a boiler explosion, Barama Company Limited has begun importing plywood.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Three Russian satellites crashed  into the Pacific Ocean today after a failed launch, media  reported, in a setback to a Kremlin project designed as a rival  to widely used U.S.

All of Bartica was plunged into darkness earlier this morning following a fire at the Guyana Power & Light (GPL) station in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni community.

(Barbados Nation) Two of Barbados’  most prominent heart specialists Dr Richard Ishmael and Dr Alfred Sparman are at it again.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – The International Cricket   Council is eyeing June 2013 for the  inaugural test world   championship and will use current rankings to decide the four   playoff spots, CEO Haroon Lorgat told Australian radio today.