Guyana News

Teddies Disposable Diapers distributed a number of Mother’s Day hampers to mothers at several city hospitals on Saturday.

Two youths fired a shot at a car as it proceeded along George Street close to D’urban Street on Monday shattering the left side passenger window.

The PNCR says government has severely neglected Leguan Island and residents are plagued by unemployment, substandard sea defences, deteriorating roads and discrimination in irrigation assistance.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Entertainer Lena Horne, a  show-stopping beauty who battled racism in a frustrating effort  to become Hollywood’s first black leading lady and later won  acclaim as a singer, has died at age 92.

Police are seeking a man for questioning in relation to a matter involving trafficking in narcotics.

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief of Staff, Commodore Gary Best has been conferred with Brazil’s highest military honour, the Order of Military Merit, by President Luiz Ignacio Lula Da Silva.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – United Nations human rights  experts added their voices to criticism of a new immigration law  in Arizona, saying it may lead to police targeting people on the  basis of ethnic origin, a violation of international law.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Brazil became the first  contributor to a reconstruction fund for Haiti on Tuesday and  World Bank President Robert Zoellick urged other donor nations  to make good on their aid pledges to help the Caribbean country  rebuild from a devastating earthquake in January.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday ordered that a father of two, who had allegedly thrown a quantity of cannabis in two plastic bottles over the Camp Street Prison fence, be remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud commissioned the Didco Feed Mill at Friendship, EBD on Monday which is expected to be a boon for the livestock industry, providing high quality animal feeds that should reduce the cost of meat.

LONDON, (Reuters) – People working 10 or 11 hours a  day are more likely to suffer serious heart problems, including  heart attacks, than those clocking off after seven hours,  researchers said yesterday.

A trio was yesterday granted bail when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly breaking into the salon/boutique of a woman while she was inside it and stealing a quantity of items valued at over $500,000.

LONDON, (Reuters) – New Prime Minister David  Cameron’s Conservatives and the smaller Liberal Democrat party  struck an agreement last night to form Britain’s first  coalition government since 1945.

LISBON,  (Reuters) – Pope Benedict said yesterday  that the greatest threat to Catholicism came from “sin within  the Church”, one if his most forthright comments so far on a  sexual abuse scandal that has created turmoil in the church. 

President Bharrat Jagdeo recently commissioned a spanking new pavilion valued just over $6M at Wakenaam, while works have already started on the construction of an airstrip at Maria’s Pleasure.

WASHINGTON/PORT FOURCHON, La., (Reuters) –  Executives from BP Plc and other companies involved in a deadly  Gulf of Mexico offshore oil well blowout blamed each other in  Washington yesterday as troops and prison inmates rushed to  shore up Louisiana’s coast against a huge oil slick.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African authorities  busted a pyramid investment scheme yesterday involving a  company offering HIV/AIDS treatments in a country with one of  the world’s highest infection rates.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – A row has broken out over plans by  UNESCO to award a prize for life sciences named after the leader  of the tiny African nation of Equatorial Guinea, whose  government is widely accused of corruption and rights abuses.

Following investigations and advice from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions, grasstrack racer Dwarka Gangadeen was this afternoon charged with the murder of his wife Bridgette and he is expected to appear in court tomorrow.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Gordon Brown resigned as prime  minister of Britain today and said Conservative leader  David Cameron would take over, ending 13 years of rule by the  centre-left Labour Party.