Guyana News

Lennox Westford, 17, was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to the charge that he robbed a man of a portable printer at knife-point.

The German government under the Small Grants Scheme of the German Embassy funded the renovation of the buildings of the Joshua House Children’s Centre.

A thunderstorm on Sunday left some residents along the East Bank without power for nearly two days before it was restored by the Guyana Power and Light on Monday.

KIEV (Reuters) – Opposition lawmakers hurled eggs and smoke bombs inside Ukraine’s parliament yesterday as the chamber approved an agreement allowing the Russian Navy to extend its stay in a Ukrainian port until 2042.

The Environmental Community Health Organisation (ECHO) extends congratulations to President Bharrat Jagdeo on being one of the recipients of the 2010 Champion of the Earth award.

Food for the Poor (Guyana) Inc (FFTP) in collaboration with the Roetheli’s Lil’ Red Foundation of the United States, has commenced a third housing project in Region Two, which is set for completion by the end of June.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Brazil has offered to mediate to help end the West’s standoff with Iran over its nuclear programme, Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said yesterday.

The inaugural Rum and Food Festival, aimed at the promotion of local rum and food, is scheduled to be held at the Promenade Gardens on May 1.

PARIS (Reuters) – Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega must remain in prison pending a retrial in France on money laundering charges, a judge ruled yesterday after the convicted drug smuggler was extradited from the United States.

-legal action taken against five defaulters The Guyana Water Incor-porated (GWI) has begun to move against restaurant owners and commercial cooking vendors who have not installed grease traps in their businesses as the solidified fats are damaging its motor pumps.

LONDON (Reuters) – The Conservative party said yesterday it had suspended a candidate just days before the May 6 election after he made “deeply offensive and unacceptable” comments on his website.

Embattled television broadcaster Chandra Narine Sharma made yet another appearance at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday to answer a charge of attempting to obstruct the course of justice and was placed on $100,000 bail.

A traffic policeman was arrested late yesterday afternoon over the flouting of a High Court order and allegedly behaving disorderly, after he was ordered out of a Princes Street house he claimed was willed to him by a now dead great uncle.

– supervisor says Richard Barton, the man shot during a robbery at Lambert’s Enterprise last weekend, was not involved in the crime and was trying to fight off the man who invaded the premises, according to a supervisor at the business place.

Deonarine Mohammed continued to elude lawmen up to yesterday, three days after he set his parents on fire at their Enmore North, East Coast Demerara home.

– court case still pending The government last Thursday withdrew a motion that sought to have Members of Parliament (MPs) make annual declarations of income to the Integrity Commission or face disciplinary action.

The Inter-American Develo-ment Bank (IDB), yesterday launched an online consultation forum which will be used as a guiding instrument as the bank garners support for actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change within Latin America and the Caribbean.

Formation of an independent Firearms Approval Board is likely following administrative procedural changes in the granting of firearm licenses and registration of firearm dealers by the Guyana Police Force.

The trial of Trion Sumner called, ‘Latie,’ and Quincie McLennon, called ‘Killer,’ has started, nearly six years after the men were accused of murdering Odingo Dungham.

– in the face of global changes The roles of engineers in society need to be re-organised within the changing global environment, as legislation to give engineers more recognition is currently being pursued.