Guyana News

Magistrate Haymant Ramdhani was yesterday charged with failing to submit to a breathalyzer test and was placed on self-bail after appearing before the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court.

Four gun-toting bandits yesterday robbed an elderly jeweller of millions worth of jewellery and cash and severely beat him in a daring morning attack.

On Thursday Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh is to lead the debate on two financial papers totalling $5.6 billion in expenditure for the latter days of 2011, as Government remains undaunted by charges that the Minister is breaching the provisions of the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act (FMAA) 2003.

Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday admitted that the three newly-appointed African Guyanese ambassadors were “able professionals”, who had been in the foreign service years before some of the others, when the $10 million libel suit filed by former president Bharrat Jagdeo continued.

Mark Lee Young, 36, accused of robbing a Rosignol, West Bank Berbice jewellery store on Tuesday of almost $15M in items was refused bail when he appeared at the Fort Wellington Court yesterday.

Police yesterday issued bulletins for two men who are wanted for questioning into robbery under arms and escape from lawful custody.

A family of five from Mahaica Creek was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday and they have been admitted after suffering the effects of food poisoning.

Wazim Mohammed, who was found guilty of cultivating and trafficking in 30 kg of marijuana at Gateroy on the Berbice River, was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment on each charge, when he appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court.

After two weeks of protests and other industrial action at the University of Guyana, lecturers and students will have an idea as to how effective their actions have been when they receive feedback today from Pro-Chancellor, Dr Prem Misir.

A contractor in Linden has refuted claims by the Regional Administration of Region 10 that he was awarded a contract in excess of $8m for the installation of an automatic switch at the Upper Demerara Hospital.

Residents of Yakusari, Black Bush Polder on Wednesday expressed disgust that the floodwater was rising instead of receding even after two long-boom excavators were deployed to clear the blocked channel.

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) across Region 10 came in for high praise from US Ambassador Brent Hardt for their contributions to the development of their communities, as he highlighted the need for them to take advantage of creative networking opportunities in the light of reduced donor support.

A Guyana born woman was last month sworn in as a judge in the Queens Supreme Court in New York and will be presiding over criminal matters.

The National Blood Transfusion Service hosted a blood drive at the Fogarty’s Department Store on Wednesday and Thursday as the public/private partnership on health between the ministry and Laparkan Trading Ltd enters its third phase.

(Trinidad Express) Jack Warner former special adviser of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF), has declared that he offered a TT$15 million settlement to 13 former T&T World Cup footballers to have a dispute over World Cup revenues settled, but the offer was rejected.

(Trinidad Express) Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (PATT) general manager Colin Lucas yesterday called for harsher methods to deal with port workers after another shutdown of the Port of Port of Spain yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Travellers can now catch a flight from Trinidad to Tobago, around the clock, as Caribbean Airlines (CAL) yesterday launched its daily “red eye” late-night service.

(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs must give an “immediate explanation” as to why the offices of Newsday and the home of its political reporter Andre Bagoo were raided, says Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Desiré Delano Bouterse, President of the Republic of Suriname will lead members of the Bureau of Heads of Government on a two-day mission to Haiti on 13-14 February.

The police say they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 0945h today at the Raj Jewellery and Fashion Store, Sheriff Street, Georgetown.