Guyana News

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud and a six-member delegation from the Republic of Congo discussed the importance of developing the capacity for value-added timber products and product development during a meeting aimed at deepening cooperation ties between the countries.

The Ministry of Agriculture’s ASDU on Monday signed a $275M contract to complete major drainage works in Region Six and to boost drainage structures in regions three and four.

A comprehensive skills/vocational training programme for youths in the Agricola/McDoom area on the East Bank of Demerara was launched on Friday.

-Agri Ministry says in reply to GHRA Technical work by local and overseas engineers recommended that the East Demerara Water Conser-vancy’s (EDWC) relief channels be supplemented to avert catastrophic flooding, the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) argued on Monday.

COPIAPO, Chile, (Reuters) – All of Chile’s 33  trapped miners were rescued from deep underground in a special  capsule yesterday as an extraordinary two-month survival  story many call a miracle triggered wild celebrations.

Eleven members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Band Corps completed the historic first Grade Three Music Course to be conducted by the army.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  used a visit to Lebanon yesterday to assure the government  that Iran would stand by Beirut in confronting what he called  hostilities from neighbouring Israel.

Police in Berbice are in a better position to fight crime after they acquired a bulletproof vehicle – the first of its kind in the division – that offers maximum protection.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – All 50 U.S. states  launched a joint investigation of the mortgage industry yesterday, a move some experts fear may slow sales of  foreclosed homes and threaten the recovery of the fragile  housing market.

-ITTO The implementation of Guyana’s log export policy has proven to be successful so far, the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) said in its latest bulletin.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Hopes for a deal on climate change  at U.N.

COPIAPO, Chile, (Reuters) – All of Chile’s 33  trapped miners were rescued from deep underground in a special  capsule yesterday as an extraordinary two-month survival  story many call a miracle triggered wild celebrations.

Kerwyn Greene, 39, of One Mile Wismar this afternoon expressed frustration at the delay by the police in taking action against the off-duty policeman who shot him on October 2.

Three Guyanese men were recently busted by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in New York for allegedly selling drugs on a Brooklyn street.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Accused swindler Allen  Stanford may not use $100 million in a Lloyd’s of London  insurance policy to pay the lawyers defending him on charges of  running a $7 billion fraud, a U.S.

COPIAPO, Chile, (Reuters) – Fifteen of Chile’s 33  trapped miners were hoisted to safety in a cramped rescue  capsule today, punching the air and hugging their  families in a triumphant end to their two-month ordeal.

The man accused of murdering Mark Caesar, called ‘Lil Mark’, was yesterday remanded to prison after he made his appearance before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

“So you think you can spend the rest of your life in prison?”

Two drivers had their licences suspended yesterday after being placed before the courts charged with causing death by dangerous driving, a police release said.

Several persons sustained injuries yesterday when a Toyota pick-up slammed into the back of a bus which was awaiting the green light at the junction of Sheriff Street and the Rupert Craig Highway.