Guyana News

(Jamaica Gleaner) The government is seeking a US$9.4M loan from Venezuela for the wiring of 6,000 homes and the construction of 307 distribution lines island-wide.

EDITORS’ NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take  pictures in Tehran.

In condemning the vicious murders of three women within the past week the PNCR said that domestic violence continues unchecked, and is calling on government to step up its efforts in tackling the problem.

Professor Vinay Lal, lecturer in the Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is scheduled to deliver a lecture titled “The West’s Gandhi and Gandhi’s West” tomorrow at        1 pm in the Education Lecture Theatre at the University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus.

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece inaugurated its  long-delayed Acropolis Museum yesterday with the prime  minister calling for the Classical Parthenon marbles, held in  Britain for 200 years, to be repatriated.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s cabinet declared a  state of emergency yesterday and the parliament speaker asked  neighbouring countries to send troops to help the government  within the next 24 hours as fighting intensified in the capital.

“Final studies” on the Amaila Falls Hydropower project should be completed by August and will determine whether the company that currently holds a licence to develop the venture will go ahead with it.

RICHMOND, Va., (Reuters) – Texas billionaire Allen  Stanford, three associates and a top Caribbean regulator were  indicted on fraud, conspiracy and obstruction charges in an  elaborate $7 billion pyramid scheme to bilk investors, U.S. 

Says 26 Guyanese were rounded up in one raid An undocumented Guyanese couple in Barbados heard a knock on their door early one morning and then the intruders used a crowbar to wrench it open and soon after they found themselves among others enduring the long wait before being put aboard the next plane back home.

Marlon Braithwaite, the man who allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend Sharmin McKay causing her death, appeared before the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

By Tiffny Rhodius Last Friday when Scotiabank announced its finalists for the Change-Maker Challenge contest, Roma Singh’s essay proposal was the only one from Guyana that made it to the shortlist and now she’s hoping her marketing platform finds favour with the judges.

Amidst several glowing tributes about his numerous political contributions, former government minister and PNC general secretary Ranji Chandisingh was yesterday remembered by his son Yuri as a dedicated family man who was “an excellent father”.

President of the Guyana Public Service Union Patrick Yarde  says  the union is celebrating  its 86th anniversary at a time when government’s  conduct, anti-working class policies and practices  constitute  an unfortunate period in the country’s  history.

The murder trial of Arshad Ali, who allegedly set fire to a One Mile, Parika home in May, 2006, commenced before Justice James Bovell-Drakes last Monday and has been adjourned for the defence to continue cross-examination of the chief witness.

Two young men, who allegedly unlawfully assaulted a mentally challenged man, were yesterday both remanded to prison when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Alvin Bhola, who was on the run since August 25, 2007 when he and 17 other inmates broke out of the New Amsterdam prison was recaptured at around 12:30 am yesterday at a house at Number 69 Village, Corentyne.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee on Thursday announced that legislation for breathalyzer testing was in place with effect from June 8.

A woman was yesterday granted $200,000 bail in the High Court after she had been remanded to prison by  Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on the charge of trafficking in narcotics.

-Neither Pa nor Parent Although I am not too enthusiastic about these special singular one-shot “days”, I can have no difficulty with the celebration of the responsibility and joys of fatherhood.

Ashanti Shultz is currently on trial before Justice William Ramlal for the murder of a hospital porter, who she allegedly shot on Main Street during September 2007.