Guyana News

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A powerful bomb placed in a  briefcase outside the High Court in New Delhi killed at least 10  people and wounded 61 today in an attack authorities said  was claimed by a South Asian militant group linked to al Qaeda.

The US Embassy in George-town believed that drug kingpin Roger Khan might have had compromising information that if released could “spell the end” of Bharrat Jagdeo’s presidency.

Management of the Good Hope Cemetery has expressed regret at the shallow grave burials recently discovered and has accepted liability for what has happened, according the Public Relations Officer of the Georgetown Public Hospital Alero Proctor.

The presidential candidate of The United Force (TUF) Valerie Garrido-Lowe yesterday secured an injunction against her party colleagues Manzoor Nadir and Ismail Muhammad preventing them from interfering with her functions.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine–Beharry yesterday ordered the prosecution to launch an investigation and have medical examinations conducted  following claims by lawyers representing six armed robbery accused  that the men were forced to confess to the crime while being subjected to various forms of abuse.

A deteriorated body was discovered three weeks ago at the Bath Settlement sea shore, at West Coast Berbice and relatives of Basmattie Anantram, who disappeared since June 8, are convinced it is her.

Nations University introduced an MBA Programme which will be done in partnership with the Australian Institute of Business on Monday, when it also officially launched its new school complex.

Former US Ambassador Roland Bullen in 2006 strongly believed that his life was under threat by drug kingpin Roger Khan and the embassy wrote to Washington for further security assistance after one of Khan’s bodyguards was seen opposite a building where the ambassador was having a meeting.

Region 4 education officials and parents of students attending the Golden Grove Secondary School will meet today to discuss needed building repairs, which have forced its temporary closure.

Calls by National Insurance Scheme (NIS) inspectors, for charges to be laid against businessman Omprakash ‘Buddy’ Shivraj and workers accused of holding an inspection team captive and assaulting them, have been ignored.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is expected to submit a report today on its findings into last month’s gate crashing incident at Ogle airport along with recommendations regarding the use of fuel at the airport.

US-based Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad may likely face more mortgage fraud charges, US prosecutor Alexander Solomon told Judge Dora Irizarry yesterday when the accused made an appearance before the judge in New York for a status conference.

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Ossafi Kobena Sparman in relation to the murder of Daniel Higgins and his son Daniel Higgins Jnr.,

A woman who was charged for procuring females in Guyana to become prostitutes was yesterday placed on $1M bail after she appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A series of irregularities in the payment of old age pensions have been discovered and the police and members of the Auditor General’s Office and the Accountant General’s department have been called in to investigate.

Reconstruction of sections of the St Joseph Mercy Hospital is set to start on September 19 with Dyrock Constructions undertaking work on the Materials Management Building and Rafik and Sons Construction working on renovations in the north wing.

Police are investigating an armed robbery, which took place yesterday morning in the vicinity of Saffon and Sussex streets, Charlestown, during which taxi driver Andrew David was attacked and robbed by three men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

Kuntiedai Singh’s driver’s licence has been suspended, pending the determination of a causing death by dangerous driving charge that she is currently facing.

A $130 million primary school under construction in the new Diamond/Grove housing scheme is expected to be completed before the start of the next academic year, the Ministry of Education has said in a press release.

The government has given the go ahead for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Kaburi Village road, under the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon announced yesterday.