Guyana News

QUITO (Reuters) – Two of four men trapped in an Ecuadorean mine cave-in were found dead yesterday in the latest accident to hit the industry in Latin America.

LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambian police yesterday questioned two Chinese managers over the shooting and wounding of 11 miners protesting over pay and conditions, an official said.

MINSK  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez agreed yesterday to supply the former Soviet republic of Belarus with 30 million tonnes of oil over three years from 2011 in a deal worth as much as $19.4 billion.

(Trinidad Express) Drama unfolded in Tunapuna yesterday as two women, identified as robbery suspects, were shot and killed by a policewoman assigned to the Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation Municipal Police.

(Jamaica Gleaner)  Tagging Jamaicans as “ingenious advanced thinkers”, Chilean Ambassador Alfredo García said Jamaica’s gesture to host the 33 miners who were trapped, their spouses, and rescue workers for a vacation here is fantastic.

…nearly decade after it closed The liquidators for Globe Trust and Investment Company Limited (GTICL) announced yesterday that the way has been cleared for depositors with less than $100,000 dollars to be refunded almost ten years after the institution came crashing down.

-beat pregnant woman for cash, gold Quick action by police and public-spirited citizens yesterday resulted in the capture of two armed bandits who grabbed more than $9 million in cash and raw gold from a Port Kaituma water front household after brutalizing a heavily pregnant woman.

-severance to be paid Barama’s 274 Land of Canaan workers were yesterday formally laid off with a promise of severance pay amid a stunning turn of events caused by damage to a vital water boiler on October 4 and which left nagging questions about why it would take so long to repair or replace.

PNCR-1G MP Winston Murray has officially declared his interest in being his party’s presidential candidate to contest next year’s election.

The prosecution in the multi-million dollar New Building Society fraud case yesterday closed its arguments in two of the three matters that are being heard, owing to the non-availability of the virtual complaint who lives abroad.

-arrest warrants not executed Despite his whereabouts being known, police have not moved to execute the arrest warrant issued for one of the complainants in the case during which a 15-year-old boy was tortured.

Several persons, including a policeman, were arrested late Thursday night as police intensified operations in the Plaisance Line Top area.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has taken a decision to grant amnesty on interest for property rates as it faces a shortfall of over $400M needed to meet its responsibilities.

Persons are urged to take advantage of the 10-day healthcare services provided by the United States Southern Command’s USS IWO JIMA – a medical ship – that would dock off the Corentyne coast on Sunday.

Rainforest Alliance has been selected as the independent entity to review Guyana’s Annual Progress reports on REDD+ enablers under the Guyana-Norway forest protection agreement.

-study finds Children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS experience school life the same as other children although most of them felt that they were stigmatized or discriminated against, a new study has found.

Three masked bandits robbed a New Amsterdam businesswoman on Thursday using a toy gun, but it was only after one the men dropped the weapon that the discovery was made.

Some students and parents of the Vreed-en-Hoop Com-munity High School protested the condition of the institution yesterday.

-Carberry The PNCR says it does not believe its individual campaigning efforts undermine its commitment to align itself with the Joint Opposition Political Parties and civil society groups to contest the 2011 general elections.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia agreed yesterday to help  build Venezuela’s first nuclear power plant, sell it tanks and  buy $1.6 billion of oil assets, reinforcing ties with President  Hugo Chavez who shares Russian opposition to US global dominance Chavez presided over the deals at a Kremlin ceremony with  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who said the two countries  shared a “strategic partnership” and a vision of a world free of  overwhelming U.S.