Guyana News

The body of Parika boat captain Vasdeo Persaud was recovered late Monday at a Venezuela beach.

-to boost yachting Minister of Tourism Manniram Prashad has disclosed plans to set up a marina at Bartica to boost yachting.

Scotiabank has donated 100 computers to the Ministry of Education in its drive to equip secondary schools with computers as it joins with organisations such as Global Partnership for Literacy to foster the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) countrywide.

The parents of two-year-old Udesh Ragubar, who suffers from a heart defect, are desperately trying to raise the money for the corrective surgery he needs.

With the support of international partners, the government has embarked on a project to develop a flood response plan.

By Cathy Richards Two contracts for the replacement and repairs of culverts and the maintenance of drainage at Wismar and Mackenzie, Linden amounting to $78,114,850 are expected to arrest the flooding and erosion problems on both banks.

Magistrate Priya Beharry recently dismissed a string of charges filed by the Ministry of Labour against a city businessman, citing procedural irregularities and in two instances, a lack of prosecution.

Rayon Jarvis, the Guyanese caught attempting to smuggle 12 grammes of cocaine into the US in January, has pleaded guilty to importation and possession of narcotics and is expected to be sentenced shortly.

Congestion on GT&T’s cellular network was why several of the company’s subscribers had difficulty sending SMS messages and making calls on Monday evening.

The Heroes Save Lives contest, which is to recognise outstanding individuals who serve those affected and infected with HIV/AIDS, has a new deadline-Thursday, April 1, 2010.

Coast Guards apprehended a suspected illegal scrap metal dealer and a wooden boat at Canje, Berbice on Saturday.

A man, charged with misappropriating $3M entrusted to him to buy seafood, was yesterday granted $200,000 bail.

Mechanic David Montage appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday charged with four counts of fraudulent conversion.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A jubilant President Barack  Obama signed the most sweeping U.S.

Four persons, accused of lifting flour from NAMILCO, were yesterday charged with conspiracy to steal.

Keith Springer was refused bail yesterday when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson charged with indecent assault.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – The man widely seen as China’s  next leader told Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday the world’s two most powerful emerging market economies  should help each other increase their weight in global affairs.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka said yesterday it  would deny a visa to the Senegalese-American R&B singer and  rapper Akon, whose plan to hold a concert there in April  infuriated Buddhists offended by one of his videos.  

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Google’s gambit in pulling  the plug on its flagship search engine in China leaves its  remaining operations there exposed to the whimsy of Beijing,  whose initial reaction is far from reassuring.

By Cathy Richards Physical trade from Brazil to and through Linden is likely to start before the end of the year, according to members of a visiting business delegation yesterday, during a familiarisation tour of the mining town.