Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) Seventeen men accused of plotting to assassinate the Prime Minister and three senior Government officials returned to the comfort of their own homes last night after spending several days behind bars.

When the 10th Parliament of Guyana is convened later this month, the first challenge for the hung parliament would be the selection of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday swore in 20 ministers of government, which saw five newcomers and a new Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, while portfolios were exchanged among several holdovers from the previous administration.

Residents of Leonora on the West Coast Demerara (WCD) have expressed surprise at the $3.9 million cost to repair a bridge which leads to the primary school in the area.

Dr Bheri Ramsaran Minister of Health – Dr Bheri Ramsaran Age: 52 Education: Medical Faculty of the People’s Friendship University, Moscow, 1987; Post graduate studies at the People’s Friendship University, Moscow Work experience: Government Medical Officer; Medical Registrar; junior health minister Marital status: Single Children: none

With his appointment as the Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Bishop Juan Edghill yesterday said that he brings a level of fairness, justice and a willingness to work with all the people of Guyana.

The Facing the Future (FtF) civil society coalition, in a press release, said that the election results can be seen as having much historical significance since according to credible observers, it is the first time since 1964 that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has not won the majority of votes cast.

Dillon McLeod, called ‘Black Boy’, was yesterday sentenced to eight years imprisonment after he appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell to answer the charge of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.

A 20-year-old man who pleaded guilty to seven counts of break and enter and simple larceny charges was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Investigators are expected to exhume the bodies of the three Aishalton School students which were discovered in a sandpit in the Region Nine community on Saturday.

Two molotov cocktails were yesterday morning thrown at the home of presidential adviser Odinga Lumumba, causing a small fire which was subsequently extinguished.

An 18-year-old man was yesterday charged with the murder of Lower Kara Kara, Linden man Alistair Crighton, when he appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The top U.S. aviation safety  official, Randy Babbitt, took an immediate leave of absence today after he was arrested on a drunk driving charge over the  weekend, officials said.

Dillon McLeod, 22 years of Victory Valley, Wismar, appeared before Magistrate Ms.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 1915h.

The police say they are investigating an incident that occurred at about 0200h.

AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Rohit Sharma’s  sparkling 95 was in vain as West Indies beat India by 16 runs in  the third one-day international to stay afloat in the five-match  series at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Patel Stadium today.

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today congratulated the new President of Guyana, Donald Ramotar, who assumed office on Saturday after winning the November 28 general elections.

The Cabinet of President Donald Ramotar was this afternoon sworn in at State House and there were few new faces but a lot of portfolio exchanges.

(Trinidad Express) Seventeen men detained by police in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and three Government ministers will likely be released without charge as time runs out on investigators.