Guyana News

Four persons are in police custody assisting with investigations into the murder of security guard Ronald Cato last Wednesday.

A mason was yesterday sentenced to two years imprisonment at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, after he pleaded guilty to the charge of breaking and entering with intent.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – French police have arrested an  Air France stewardess on suspicion of stealing thousands of  euros in cash, cards and jewellery as passengers slept on long  haul flights, a newspaper reported yesterday.

A break in a sewer line occurred at the corner of Carmichael and New Market streets early yesterday afternoon.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama  and British Prime Minister David Cameron sought to ease  transatlantic tensions over BP Plc yesterday and both men  reaffirmed the much-vaunted “special relationship” between  their countries.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) recently inspected several Upper Mazaruni, Region Seven mining camps to determine whether they were complying with safety regulations as well as to inform them of services aimed at boosting prospecting.

-assures council is working to avoid health crisis A month after garbage collectors suspended their services to the city, Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday said he was “very satisfied” with the efforts of council workers to address the garbage pile up and that the council is working to avoid a health crisis.

KABUL, (Reuters) – Afghan forces should be leading  security operations throughout their country by 2014, an  international conference said yesterday, and they should be  aiming to take over from foreign troops in some areas this  year.

The Ministry of Health is increasing the number of sites that will use the Visual Inspection using Acetic Acid (VIA) method during screening for detecting cervical cancer.

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – Only 10 percent of countries  have HIV prevention programmes that are well matched to their  national needs, leaving millions at risk of contracting the  incurable virus, AIDS scientists said yesterday.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United Nations on  Monday accredited a major gay and lesbian organization that  Egypt, Russia and others had tried to keep out as a group  permitted to lobby at the world body.

The Guyana Police Force honoured 72 fallen officers at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Monument to the Fallen Heroes at police headquarters on Sunday.

– in finance, foreign trade and air transport sectors Guyana and Kuwait yesterday signed five technical cooperation agreements when President Bharrat Jagdeo hosted that country’s Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al Ahmed Al-Jaber Al Sabah and other officials.

-outgoing chargé d’affaires The US Government believes all human rights issues in Guyana should be investigated thoroughly, according to outgoing Chargé d’Affaires Karen Williams, who says necessary steps should be taken to ensure that rights are observed and protected.

A New York-based Guyanese man was gunned down a short distance from his Brooklyn home early yesterday morning.

Former coup leader and convicted drug trafficker Desi Bouterse was yesterday elected President of Suriname by the country’s parliament.

An average of 4,400 Guyanese are granted immigrant visas on a yearly basis by the US Embassy, according to figures provided by the embassy.

– court told Russell Defreitas, an ex-airline employee, had told authorities when he was arrested for plotting to blow up New York’s John F.

-Williams Outgoing US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Karen Williams has said there is no underlying reason for the failure to appoint a new US ambassador to Guyana, saying it is usually a lengthy process.

– minister says misquoted, misrepresented The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) views recent statements made by Local Government Minister Kellawan Lall on a potential health crisis posed by the ongoing garbage situation in the city as a frightening development.