Guyana News

-CGX prospect analysis estimates 2.8 billion barrels on Corentyne holding Angus McCoss, exploration director of London-based oil exploration company Tullow Oil, expects wildcat wells to be drilled here and in French Guiana around year-end, Business News Americas is reporting.

– programme sees 50% of skilled youth placed in jobs By Oluatoyin Alleyne More than 300 single parents who over the past year have undergone training in various areas will soon benefit from government assistance to start up micro businesses to economically empower themselves, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) Alana Brassington said.

– to inspect road link By Cathy Richards A large delegation of Brazilian entrepreneurs is set to tour Linden before month end, in what is being seen as a major kick-start to trade between Brazil and the mining town.

Following discussions between World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick and the Heads of Governments of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Bank has restated its commitment to assist countries to help build sustainable and inclusive growth.

By Shabna Ullah The El Nino condition has resulted in burnt cane plants as well as stunted growth due to “moisture stress” at the Blairmont Estate cultivation while the water level in the canal has dropped by one ft.

Market vendors are now hawking vegetables at low prices, bearing out complaints by West Berbice farmers about a glut of produce.

Contestants from the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) took top honours at the National Qaseeda Competition held on Sunday at its West Bank Demerara location.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is urging the public to be careful when purchasing cut fruits being sold in plates wrapped in plastic, saying it might not be fit for human consumption.

A duo appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday, charged with possession of ammunition and firearms without being the holders of licences.

Collin Josiah, a father of 11, was on Wednesday remanded to prison for allegedly being involved in an accident on Valentine’s Day that left a man unconscious until his death several weeks after.

A Diamond, East Bank woman, who is alleged to have fraudulently converted money she was entrusted with to her own use and also reportedly stole money from her employer, was placed on $50,000 bail when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

A barber and an office assistant were each placed on $10,000 bail on Monday, after being charged with assaulting each other.

Korner Kick Sports Bar owner Terry Gittens appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, to answer to a noise nuisance charge.

The Sea and River Defence Unit of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications is expected to embark on a programme to re-establish groynes along the Coastland as part of the mangrove restoration project.

Coast guards while returning to Parika from a routine mission on Wednesday discovered about four pounds of marijuana aboard a vessel north of the Hoobu koker.

JERUSALEM  (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday he must work to repair relations with Washington after a debacle over Jewish settlements that has undermined US efforts to mediate new peace talks with the Palestinians.

A Corentyne hire car driver had his driver’s licence suspended after he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol when he appeared before Magistrate Krishendat Persaud at the Number 51 Court yesterday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya yesterday underlined its strong opposition to any move to lift a ban on trading ivory ahead of a meeting on endangered species.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday the United Nations needs more women in top positions as it strives to raise the profile of women’s issues and fights gender-based violence.

– Faerber tells ‘Operation Care’ workshop Region Three Chairman Julius Faerber said everyone has a role to play in protecting children and it is vital that persons recognise the signs of child abuse and respond immediately to curb it.