Guyana News

The US State Department yesterday stood firmly behind its 2010 trafficking in persons (TIP) report on Guyana even as the government here has indicated its intention to take its protest against the report to the US Congress in an effort to “correct these misleading reports.”

A Guyanese hit-man, who was paid to kill a fellow countryman in the United States, is set to be freed in August, having only served a portion of his sentence.

Armed bandits early yesterday escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash from the Brass Aluminium and Cast Iron Foundry (BACIF) after subduing guards and cutting their way into a vault.

Two GPL meter technicians were each placed on $75,000 bail yesterday by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when they appeared before her charged with demanding money with menace.

A mini-bus driver was remanded to prison for allegedly causing the death of a woman by dangerous driving when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday charged with the offence.

A 56-year-old man was found dead at his workplace at Guysons Engineering, West Ruimveldt early yesterday morning and police are investigating the circumstances.

-relatives Officials of Pritipaul Singh Investment, the company whose trawler exploded on Saturday morning, have given assurances to the relatives of those injured that the men will be taken care of.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China appeared to engineer a  fall in the yuan yesterday to make clear that its newly  flexible currency was not a one-way bet to appreciate, as  markets reflected waning optimism over Beijing’s new policy.

For the third month in a row, as seen in the graph above, the Guyana Times (GT) has secured more Government Information Agency (GINA) advertisements than the Kaieteur News (KN).

LONDON, (Reuters) – British scientists who conducted  the largest study yet into cell phone masts and childhood  cancers say that living close to a mast does not increase the  risk of a pregnant woman’s baby developing cancer.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organization of American States (OAS) recently met at the OAS headquarters in Washington, DC to explore ways of collaborating to address the challenges and opportunities of youth in the Americas.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says the ministry will clear an acre of land for each pineapple farmer who was affected by the recent El Nino weather condition in order to boost pineapple production for export.

BRAZZAVILLE, (Reuters) – A train derailed and  plunged into a ravine in Congo Republic, killing about 60 people  and injuring hundreds on a dangerous rail link in the  oil-producing Central African state, officials said yesterday.

The fishing industry here is currently monitoring opportunities as the demand for shrimp imports by the United States market has increased following the British Petroleum (BP) well spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – As much as 1 million times the  normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near  the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, enough to potentially deplete  oxygen and create a dead zone, U.S.

The Ministry of Agriculture through the Agricultural Export Diversification Programme has started a series of training programmes for technical officials of the animal health sector.

BANGUI, (Reuters) – Authorities in Central African  Republic are chasing heavily armed ivory smugglers who have  threatened villagers as their caravan of donkeys carries tusks  northwards, officials said yesterday.  

A man was refused bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday charged with attempting to defraud a businessman by way of a forged cheque.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said  he would decide whether to fire the top U.S.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Torrents of flood water  devastated towns and villages in northeastern Brazil, killing  at least 42 people and leaving more than 600 missing, emergency  officials said yesterday.