Guyana News

(Barbados Nation) A British animal rights organization has been intensely lobbying airlines not to transport monkeys from Barbados and other countries for research purposes.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – Greece has dropped its plans to  hold a controversial referendum on the country’s euro zone  membership, which had threatened to plunge the bloc into a  crisis, the country’s finance ministry said today.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India host West Indies in the  opener of their three-match series on Sunday with doubts over  the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium pitch, which will be hosting a test  for the first time since serving an international ban.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Taming India’s free-scoring  batsmen on their own patch is considered a visiting slow  bowler’s ultimate test and West Indies coach Ottis Gibson  believes leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo is up to the challenge.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday granted approval for an 8 percent across-the-board increase to be paid to Government employees with effect from 1st January 2011, the Government Information Agency said.

The three Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) employees who allegedly stole over $3M in fuel markers were yesterday placed on bail after they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine– Beharry to answer the charge of break and enter and larceny.

Twelve persons were killed in October, representing a decline by one when compared to statistics for the same period last year.

Murder accused Cyon Collier was escorted back to the Camp Street Prison minutes after 9 last night after the jury deadlocked in the court of Justice Winston Patterson.

Facing a somewhat hostile reception last evening in Buxton, senior PPP/C member Gail Teixeira expressed remorse at the crime spree that gripped the village a few years ago and called on villagers to ensure that it is never repeated in Guyana.

Ingress and egress to locations past 40 miles Mabura have been halted for another 48 hours following a breach in the road.

A Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) operation in Berbice has netted 40 kilogrammes (approximately 82 pounds) of cocaine and five suspects, including a Guyanese-Canadian have been held.

Three men yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to face the charge of murder committed on Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris on June 30 at her Robb Street home.

Several persons have fallen ill as residents of the community of Chinowieng in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni express concern about the apparent pollution of a nearby river.

Ex-policeman Otis Grant who was arrested on Tuesday night in connection with the murder of 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris remains in police custody.

After being down for several days, the government’s procurement website is back up although not functioning at full capacity.

Moses Nagamootoo on Wednesday stopped short of saying that he could “deliver” Region 6 for the AFC, but emphasised his belief that Berbicians will listen to his “message.”

Public Relations Officer of the Mayor and City Council Royston King has said that no permission was given for the ongoing expansion of the Celina Atlantic Resort.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday granted a vendor $50,000 bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with having a number of squibs and other explosives in his possession.

Relatives of a Yakusari, Black Bush Polder teenager who was found dead a few days ago believe he was murdered after results from a post-mortem examination showed that he died from a broken neck.

An elderly man was last evening struck down on Mandela Avenue by a John Fernandes Limited shipping container truck and is currently in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.