GUYANA- As the police and other stakeholders work out strategies to stem the tide of escalating crime, the populace is being encouraged to employ all necessary physical security when leaving home or turning into their beds. So advises Commander ‘A’ Division Clifton Hicken. As he and his team work to reduce crime, Hicken said there is no quick fix to the problem but efforts are being made to build back the trust between the community and police while minimizing the confrontational approach to crime solving. As a measure, he said one has to be serious about the current realities and be each other’s keeper. While one crime committed is too much in his opinion “it is not getting to an alarming stage based on our statistics.” At the end of July 2015 the Guyana Police Force recorded a 10% increase in serious crimes in comparison to the same period in 2014.( kaieteurnews)

BEIJING — New Chinese weaponry to be displayed in the Sept. 3 military parade in Beijing will show the country’s military modernization and innovation, according to a Chinese weapons expert. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will debut new weapons and equipment during the military parade, many of which are among the world’s most advanced, said a military source. During the parade, the navy will display its latest anti-ship missiles,ship-to-air missiles and carrier-based aircraft, while the air force will bring long-range bombers, fighters and airborne early warning and control (AEWC) aircraft. The armaments on display will include the army’s newest helicopter gunships and battle tanks as well as intermediate-range conventional and strategic ballistic missiles from the Second Artillery Force. (Xinhua)…[+]

INDIA-India’s fiscal deficit in the first two months (April-May) of the current financial year touched Rs.208,624 crore (US$ 32838.65), or 37.5 percent of the target for the current fiscal, official data showed on June 30. This compares with the deficit of 45.3 percent during the same period a year ago. The fiscal deficit for the full fiscal 2015-16 has been estimated at Rs.555,000 crore (US$ 87360.30), or 3.9 percent of the GDP. ( Indo-Asian News Service/INDIA DIGEST)…[+]

GUYANA- Gopaul Seecharran, 20, a fisherman of Macy Dam, Rosignol Village, West Bank Berbice, was friday refused bail when he appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Mauricia Mittelholzer on three counts of robbery under arms. It is alleged that on Sunday August 16, at Number 2 Village, West Coast Berbice, while in the company of other armed men, Seecharran robbed Neeranie Kadir of one gold finger ring valued at $40,000. He is also charged with robbing Alisha Kadir of a $10,000 gold chain. Another charge reads that he robbed Shaneeza Kadir of one gold chain and two gold bangles valued at $160,000.( kaieteurnews)…[+]

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping met here on Saturday with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, pledging to host a fantastic, extraordinary and excellent Winter Games in 2022. Xi said that Chinese government has always attached great importance to sport and the significant role of the Olympic Movement in economic and social development. Beijing was chosen to host the 2022 Winter Games at the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur on July 31, becoming the first ever city to stage both Summer and Winter Olympics. Xi said that the 2022 Winter Olympics will create a win-win situation as it will raise the enthusiasm of Chinese people towards the Olympic Movement and will get more Chinese involved in ice and snow events. (Xinhua)…[+]

GUYANA-Teachers within the public education system are expected to be in a better position to amplify the fun side of Science to their students when the new school year begins. This is in light of the fact that they, for the past two days, have been exposed to interactive sessions aimed at improving their delivery of science education.Through the Ministry of Education’s collaboration with Pueblo Science, a Toronto, Canada-based not-for-profit organization, the training sessions for teachers held at the St. Stanislaus College, were made possible. The sessions are slated to come to an end today with teachers being presented with certificates of participation.(Kaieteur news/ kaieteurnewsonline.com)…[+]

GUYANA- Minister of Tourism, Cathy Hughes, accompanied by Immediate Past President of THAG, Kit Nascimento, represented Guyana on Sunday at a seminar for the Nereid’s Yachting Rally 2015, held at Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. The seminar was held to brief members of the international yachting community on the rally. The event, which is now in its third year, is scheduled to leave Trinidad and Tobago on September 4th for Guyana (the Essequibo River), and will conclude in St. Laurent du Maroni , French Guiana, via Suriname October 4th.(Kaieteur news/ kaieteurnewsonline.com)…[+]

When the new, expanded Suez Canal was inaugurated on August 6, the world marveled at the endeavor and single-mindedness that had born — and bored — 72 kilometers of new waterways through the Egyptian earth.The $8 billion project was initially scheduled to take three years, but was completed in one. Three quarters of the world’s dredgers and 41,000 workers, operating around the clock, moved half a trillion cubic meters of earth by June this year — the equivalent of 200 Great Pyramids — meaning the canal will raise $13 billion annually by 2023 according to government projections.(CNN/flipboard.com)…[+]

SLOVAKIA- As Europe grapples with how to handle an unprecedented wave of migrants trying to cross its borders illegally, many of them fleeing brutal conflict in Syria, Slovakia has announced that it only wants to take in Christians.Slovakian Interior Ministry spokesman Ivan Netik told CNN his country’s approach wasn’t down to discrimination, but rather practical concerns around integration and the likely desire of migrants to want to stay in Slovakia long term. Slovakia has only a tiny Muslim community, he said, and there are no mosques — making it hard for Muslim migrants to integrate, Netik said.(CNN NEWS/ cnn.com)…[+]     

GUYANA-Vice President and Minister of National Security, Khemraj Ramjattan Wednesday pleaded with members of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to stop the promotion of ethnic division in Guyana.The Minister made this call in the National Assembly as he took the floor to make his contribution to the Budget debate.Ramjattan spoke extensively on crime and security, but before getting to that aspect of his presentation, the Minister sought to “set the record straight.” Members of the opposition have been repeatedly making references on the floor of the National Assembly to “ethnic cleansing.” (KAIETEUR NEWS/ kaieteurnewsonline.com)...[+]