Guyana News

Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo refused two men their pre-trial liberty when they appeared at the New Amsterdam Court yesterday, charged with murdering a Hampshire, Corentyne businessman and robbing his wife.

A mission from the World Bank recently began discussions with the government and other stakeholders towards adopting modern legislation that will allow customers to offer assets other than real estate as guarantees for loans.

–but show will go on, coordinator says By Iana Seales Coordinators of the Guyana Artistic Music Awards said politics and “other things” entered the discussions prior to the staging of the show tomorrow night, but despite the lack of support the event is on and will honour a number of artistes based here and overseas.

Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) General Manager Jagnarine Singh is currently in Caracas signing the purchase order for the second shipment of rice and paddy under the recently revised US$21.7M deal.

Harry Kikistra, 39, of the Netherlands and his fiancé Ivana Coria, 34, of Argentina have been touring countries in the American continent since July 2008 and they recently entered Guyana through the border at Brazil.

The Ribbons Series of paintings by Guyanese artist Carl Anderson will be exhibited at the International Visions Gallery from April 29 to June 12.

A fisherman, accused of committing high seas piracy on other fishermen in the Corentyne River, was yesterday refused bail by Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop at the Whim Court.

A Rosignol businessman, whose vehicle reportedly struck down and killed an employee of the Berbice office of the National Communication Networks, was yesterday granted pre-trial freedom in the sum of $490,000 at the New Amsterdam Court.

TCL Guyana Incorporated (TGI) has condemned a recent Commodities Store cement ad, saying it attempted to capitalise on the earthquake in Haiti by linking Pozzolan cement to the collapse of the buildings there.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Leila Ramson and Badrudin Hassan will be honoured on Sunday for their outstanding contributions in their respective fields, as part of the Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) activities to commemorate the 172nd anniversary of the arrivals of Indians in Guyana.

A Nigerian man, who admitted to being in possession of 2.1 kilogrammes of cocaine, was sentenced to five years imprisonment and fined $7.6 M by Magistrate Krishendat Persaud on Thursday at the Springlands Court.

The nude body of an inmate of the National Psychiatric Hospital at Fort Canje was discovered floating in a trench in the compound around 8:30 am yesterday.

Investigators are still seeking the man who cut Ramdass Ramnarine on his neck last Sunday evening.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Last year’s global slump will condemn 53 million more people to extreme poverty and contribute to 1.2 million child deaths in the next five years, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.

The Rotary Club of Stabroek recently handed over a cheque to the Bagotsville branch of the National Library in support of its expansion plans.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Conservatives held their lead in the tightest election race in nearly 20 years after a close-fought second live TV debate, although the vote is likely to end in a stalemate, polls suggested today.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israel’s recent easing of its blockade of Gaza is inadequate but shows restrictions could be lifted further without compromising the Jewish state’s security, the top UN official in Gaza said on Thursday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A series of bombs targeting Shi’ite areas rocked Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 56 people in an apparent backlash after Iraq touted a series of blows against a weakened al Qaeda-led insurgency.

-MPs urged to raise awareness about reforms Sexual legislation reform was unanimously passed in the National Assembly yesterday, almost three years after countrywide consultations on the laws, which were previously criticised for being archaic and failing to protect victims.

A Surinamese helicopter, which was reported missing by aviation officials last evening, was found intact with all persons accounted for.