Guyana News

-Williams The government’s decision to fly in a forensic pathologist for the Sangeeta Persaud exhumation may be a sign that families of victims who suffered “mysterious deaths,” would be allowed to have autopsies done independently, PNCR Vice-Chairman Basil Williams said on Friday.

Officials of the sugar corporation and Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) are expected to meet the Labour Ministry this Thursday for conciliatory talks on the issue of the Diamond Estate workers.

Traffic restrictions will be in place on the public roadway from Houston to Providence, East Bank Demerara to facilitate the ICC Twenty/20 Cricket Competition matches at the National Cricket Stadium, Providence.

Armed bandits tied up and later locked a watchman in a toilet at Edinburgh, West Coast Demerara early yesterday morning before escaping with millions of dollars worth of items from an excavator.

– police Police at Corentyne yesterday recovered an unlicensed pistol on a man accused of making threats.

– mother calls for justice The mother of a suspected robber who was beaten to death by angry residents of South Ruimveldt Gardens on Sunday night is crying out for justice for his murder.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry has congratulated President Bharrat Jagdeo on being one of the recipients of the prestigious 2010 Champion of the Earth Award by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) The chamber said in a press release that it acknowledges President Jagdeo’s leadership locally and internationally in advocating for more environmentally conscious practices and for pioneering Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), which has gained tremendous international recognition.

Ralph Hemsingh, one of the drivers involved in the collision along the Linden Highway on Sunday, has been flown out of the country for medical treatment.

A minibus conductor was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson charged with unlawfully assaulting a policeman.

The trial of the Hafeez Khan, who is alleged to have stabbed his friend to death with a pair of scissors in February of 2004, is underway before Justice William Ramlal.

Donnette Ward was stabbed nine times about her upper body, and it was a damaged artery and a punctured lung that caused her death, a post-mortem examination (PME) revealed yesterday.

– attacker in custody An argument over parking space at the Route 47 bus park yesterday afternoon left a driver in critical condition in the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the Georgetown Hospital; his brother was also injured.

A 27-year-old on his way home from a wedding on Saturday night ended up in the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was hit by a vehicle as he was crossing the road at Mon Repos Market Square, East Coast Demerara.

A food vendor was granted $100,000 bail when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson charged with conspiracy to commit a felony.

The part-owner of a taxi service was granted $400,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when he appeared before her yesterday charged with two counts of obtaining money by false pretence.

(Cricinfo) New Zealand’s captain Daniel Vettori knows he will need to play a key role on the slow, low Caribbean pitches for his side to break its habit of falling just short of success in major tournaments.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Naomi Campbell’s love for Russia has inspired the British supermodel to raise money for the country’s underprivileged children, she said yesterday.

Some time before moves can be made locally against traffickers convicted in US -Rohee The US authorities have provided their Guyanese counterparts with a list of names of suspected Guyanese dealers “to watch” but it may be some time before any moves are made locally against the assets of convicted drug traffickers in the US, according to Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Eighteen developing countries have grouped together to ensure that their interests are properly reflected at the United Nations intellectual property body, their coordinator Egypt said yesterday.

-Baksh Minister of Education Shaik Baksh said there is need for stronger partnerships between religious institutions and his ministry to engender moral revival and better academic performances in schools.