Guyana News

Hindu organisations in the country are calling for a thorough investigation into the death of Sangeeta Persaud, the 14-year-old who died after an ‘exorcism’ last month, saying it is a matter of great urgency because of a certain allegation which has been raised.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday sentenced 42-year-old Sunil Singh to two years imprisonment for breaking and entering the storeroom of a man and stealing a quantity of items.

Shawn Morgan of Dowding Street, Kitty, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of being found with a gun and a quantity of ammunition in his possession.

The unavailability of human resources is seen as the main factor in the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) not being able to manage its finances independent of the Ministry of Agriculture.

A 15-year-old boy was yesterday remanded into police custody when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly pelting his mother with a brick and threatening to chop her up.

Economic activity in the country expanded by 3.3 per cent in 2009, which demonstrated that the country weathered the impact of the global crisis well by regional and global standards,” the Executive Board of the IMF says.

Relatives of Troy Koster called `Baccoo’ and ‘Shine Rice’ yesterday questioned what could have sparked his brutal murder on Sunday and have denied reports that he was a thief.

Seven Guyanese students have now accepted the offer to travel to Mexico on scholarships and the numbers may increase as the date for the commencement of classes has been pushed back, according to personal assistant to the Mexican Ambassador Marisoli Flores.

Executives from the Linden Chamber of Commerce outlined their plans for Linden Expo, scheduled to be held from April 30 to May 2, at a press briefing at Go Invest yesterday.

– driver charged Rudolph Joseph, the man who was hit by a speeding vehicle while on his way to a shop, will be laid to rest today as the driver of the vehicle made an appearance in the court last week charged with death by dangerous driving.

A 20-year-old man charged with assaulting a woman was on Wednesday placed on $10,000 bail and a bond not to interfere with the virtual complainant after his mother appeared and pleaded on his behalf at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Flights from large parts of Europe are set to resume today under a deal agreed by the European Union to free up airspace closed by a cloud of ash hurled into the sky by an Icelandic volcano.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s top two leaders in Iraq have been killed, officials said yesterday, in a strike the United States called a “potentially devastating blow” but whose impact analysts said may be limited.

Rawle Doris of Lot 15 D’Urban Street, Werk-en-Rust, was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for throwing a bag with a quantity of cannabis over the fence of the Camp Street prison.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The senior Syrian diplomat in Washington was summoned to the State Department yesterday to review “provocative behavior” regarding a potential transfer of Scud missiles to Hezbollah, a State Department spokesman said.

A Brazilian miner met his demise on Saturday when a tree fell and crushed him at a mining operation in the hinterland.

BEIJING (Reuters) – The official death toll from an earthquake on China’s remote Tibetan plateau has climbed to 2,039, state media said yesterday.

Armed bandits yesterday robbed a Chinese businesswoman at Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara of cash, jewellery and electronics before fleeing.

HAVANA (Reuters) – The leader of Cuba’s Catholic Church said Cubans were impatient for change to get the country out of what he called a “very difficult situation” in an unusually blunt interview published yesterday.

A not-guilty plea was entered for Mark Daniels when he was charged in absentia with simple larceny by Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Christianburg Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.