Guyana News

Eddie Williams, the 18-year-old murder accused, who reportedly walked through the gates of the Georgetown Prisons on Camp Street on February 21, was on Tuesday brought before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton and remanded to prison on the charge of escaping from lawful custody.

A young man was on Tuesday remanded to prison after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on three charges of robbery under arms, reportedly committed in Georgetown.

The National Trust, the National Museum and water affiliated agencies such as the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Monday hosted observances for International Day of Monuments and Sites under the theme “The Cultural Heritage of Water”.

Eon Andrews was retained as President when the United Minibus Union staged its first Triennial Delegates Conference last Sunday, at Transport House.

An unemployed Agricola resident was yesterday placed on $35,000 bail after he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on an assault charge.

The long-defunct veterinary laboratory at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara will soon be rehabilitated and transformed into a modern facility under the Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB)-funded Agricultural Export Diversifi-cation Programme (ADP).

A member of the Reliance Community Policing Group was yesterday charged with the attack by a pack of dogs on a 14-year-old student at Adelphi, East Canje Berbice.

PARIS/MISRATA, Libya, (Reuters) – France promised  Libyan rebels yesterday it would intensify air strikes on  Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and send military liaison officers to  help them as fighting raged in Misrata, killing nine civilians.

Stakeholders have agreed on the text of the draft agreement on the establishment of a CARICOM Common Fisheries Policy, following eight years of sometimes difficult negotiations, the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen said in a release.

MISRATA, Libya, (Reuters) – Two photojournalists —  Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tim Hetherington and Getty  photographer Chris Hondros — were killed yesterday after  coming under fire in the besieged Libyan town of Misrata.

Two bandits, one of whom was armed with a handgun robbed a businessman of Bush Lot, Corentyne of over $2.2 M around 10 pm on Tuesday at Portuguese Quarters also on the Corentyne.

The Bahamas remains resolute in its commitment to CARICOM, with the newly-accredited Bahamian ambassador pledging to explore avenues for closer participation.

AMMAN,  (Reuters) – Plain clothes security forces  toting Ak-47s deployed in Homs overnight, a witness said yesterday, as the central Syrian city defied a crackdown  following the killing of 21 pro-democracy protesters this week.

The Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk Management (CCDRM) Fund will fund disaster risk reduction projects in vulnerable communities preferably within the range of Cdn$25,000 to Cdn$75,000 and organizations are asked to submit proposals.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egyptians living abroad will,  for the first time, be able to vote in parliamentary and  presidential elections due this year after the ouster of  President Hosni Mubarak, the cabinet said yesterday.

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s results  smashed Wall Street’s expectations after iPhone and Mac sales  scaled new heights while iPad supplies could not keep up with  roaring global demand.

With breast cancer identified as the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the Caribbean, Permanent Representative of The Bahamas Dr Paulette Bethel told a recent UN session that women who play a critical role in development in many instances do not enjoy “the right to the highest attainable standard of health.”

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Cyberspace is likely to be a  key battleground for states in the 21st century but recruiting  those with the technical skills to fight there and retaining  their loyalty will be a tough task.

Mental health will be among the priority concerns of the Caribbean region at the upcoming United Nations High Level Meeting on Chronic Disease Prevention in New York in September, CARICOM has reported.

The Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into the death of 57-year-old Mabaruma, Region One resident Eugene Thomas following complaints by her relatives that the doctor at Mabaruma delayed her referral to Georgetown, which may have resulted in her eventual death from a snake bite earlier this month.