Guyana News

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge over the death of schoolgirl Neesa Gopaul continued yesterday and Lance Corporal Jermaine Laundry took the stand to continue his testimony.

World Health Day 2011, observed yesterday, was dedicated to antimicrobial resistance, a major threat to patient care and disease control throughout the world.

TOKYO (Reuters) – A major aftershock rocked northeast Japan yesterday and a tsunami warning was issued for the coast devastated by last month’s massive quake and tsunami that crippled a nuclear power plant.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A Brazilian gunman killed 11 children at a Rio de Janeiro school and then himself, police said yesterday, shocking the South American nation that has never seen such an incident before.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With time running out, an ideological fight in the US Congress over abortion and environmental issues threatened yesterday to derail an agreement to avert a government shutdown.

AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) – Rebels fighting to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi said five of their fighters were killed when NATO planes mistakenly bombed a rebel tank column near the contested port of Brega in eastern Libya.

LONDON (Reuters) – Lawyers for Britain’s Foreign Office tried yesterday to get a test case brought by four elderly Kenyans against colonial atrocities during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising thrown out on the first day of hearings.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Blackouts hit most of Venezuela yesterday, affecting an oil refinery and the Caracas metro in a growing headache for President Hugo Chavez months after electricity rationing dented his popularity.

Dr Odeen Ishmael CCH was on Tuesday received by His Highness Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, the Amir of the State of Kuwait as Guyana‘s first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kuwait.

A Da Silva Street, Newtown, Kitty man was this evening fatally shot at his home following a confrontation with two men.

The police say they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 0230h today at Wallaba Road, Meadow Brook Gardens, committed on musician Rudy Bishop, 65 years, of $30,000, a quantity of jewellery and some personal documents by two men armed with handguns.

The police are investigating an incident that occurred at about 0215h today at 19th Street, Diamond, EBD, during which gold miner Donald Caiton, 49 years; hairdresser Niomi Singh,19 years; and taxi-driver Mahendra Singh, 29 years, were shot and injured by two men armed with handguns.

Since opening its doors last March, the Princess Casino has seen an average 4,566 clients per month, its manager Philip Svensen says.

The Alliance For Change yesterday expressed concern at what it said was conflicting reports about the preparedness of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for the upcoming elections, while warning against attempts to delay funds to the body.

Drilling is complete at the exploratory oil well in the Rupununi and it is being tested to see if oil is present.

As 13-year-old Steven Behar tried to retrieve a ball from the Lamaha Canal, he fell into the black water and was lifeless by the time a woman hauled him out.

Barama will be restarting its Land of Canaan plywood plant next month and it is examining increased productivity.

Scrap metal dealers and workers yesterday protested the resumption of a ban on the trade, which was prompted by the resurgence of vandalism.

The consortium looking at building a mini-oil refinery here still has to do market studies and clarified that the refinery could take between 18 months and three years to establish.

Male victims accounted for 77 percent (all figures rounded) of the 34 lives claimed by murder during the first quarter of this year.