Guyana News

– unlikely in 2011, prominent women say Presidential hopefuls for 2011 appear to be emerging in succession but there has been no talk of a woman candidate, in fact, there is no woman playing a key role in any of the major political parties.

Businessman Barry Dataram was again arrested and then released by the police after spending a night in custody.

Twenty of the army’s stolen AK-47s have so far been recovered, mostly from criminals, and the search continues for the remaining ten.

Police are investigating the discoveries of two bodies yesterday at Annandale, East Coast Demerara and at Mahdia, in Region Eight.

Quick action by police led to the capture of two men who had earlier robbed a jeweller in the Leonora Market of cash and jewellery, just as she was packing up her stall for the day.

– first payment being processed The Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) was established yesterday with the signing of an administrative agreement between Norway and the World Bank at the World Bank’s headquarters in Washington DC.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – World finance leaders called on the IMF yesterday to play a bigger role in supervising the global economy, keeping a close watch on currencies and rich countries’ policies to prevent another financial crisis.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff holds a lead of 7 percentage points over the opposition’s Jose Serra ahead of Brazil’s Oct.

– worries about case being forgotten Eileen Elexey stared forlornly at the rolls of toilet paper she had in front of her and contemplated her next move because the $100 she had made in sales was not enough to send her daughter to school next day.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s premier warned yesterday that the wall of a damaged industrial reservoir was likely to collapse, threatening a second spill of toxic red sludge, and a nearby village was evacuated as a precaution.

A rank of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital on Friday after he was stabbed while defending himself against bandits.

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – The Palestinians, backed by Arab powers, said yesterday they would give the United States one month to persuade Israel to halt the building of settlements in the West Bank or risk the collapse of peace talks.

A working document to guide the operations of the Joint Opposition Political Parties (JOPP) grouping is still to be finalised almost three months after the announcement of its intention to contest the 2011 general elections as a broad coalition with the inclusion of civil society groups.

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Three is advocating that the state ‘reintroduce’ hanging as punishment for serious crimes.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States marked the anniversary of the Sept.

CIOG President Fazeel M. Ferouz in strongly and equivocally condemning the brutal murder of teenager Neesa Lalita Gopaul declared that “we as Muslims and the society as a whole failed this child in her plea for help, protection and counselling.”

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina protested to Britain yesterday over a plan to carry out military tests in the Falkland Islands, stoking tensions that have increased over oil exploration in the disputed archipelago.

Amidst heavy police presence, the mother and stepfather of slain teenager Neesa Gopaul were yesterday charged with her murder at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Hours after Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang called on the police to show cause why several detained men who were reportedly being questioning about murders should not be released, police released six of them on $100,000 station bail each.

At 6 pm today, police released businessman Barry Dataram on his own recognizance after holding him overnight.