Guyana News

A domestic who allegedly stole a Blackberry cell phone with charger and $3,000 from her employer was placed on $70,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson last week.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A murder in the neighbourhood can significantly knock down a child’s score on an IQ test, even if the child did not directly witness the killing or know the victim, US researchers reported yesterday.

-seen as fraction of real figure Child abuse reports totalled 1015 for the first quarter this year but that number is seen as just a fraction of the real figure, according to the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) It argued that to effectively tackle this issue, communities need to get onboard and start identifying vulnerable victims.

-Aroaima Trail passenger recalls fearsome hijacking Nearly two years on, a passenger on a bus that was hijacked on the Aroaima Trail days after the Lindo Creek massacre has recalled the fear of coming face to face with a man who called himself Rondell `Fineman’ Rawlins and his declaration that he had been framed for the murder of the miners.

-construction work, bad parking endangering pedestrians A 46-year-old man died late Saturday night after he was hit by a truck while walking along the Soesdyke Public Road, East Bank Demerara near a bridge which is currently under construction.

United Kingdom–based Guyanese writer Wilson Harris has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth, the honour coinciding with Her Majesty’s birthday celebrations this year.

A prolonged power outage last week left hapless Lethem residents in the dark and calling for the intervention of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).

The general membership of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday called for more scrutiny of the financial reports presented by the board and it was decided that all reports must be taken to a finance committee before being presented to the executive.

-Persaud Environmental services provided by Guyana’s forests cannot be sold without the agreement of the government, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud says.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud told East Berbice farmers that critical drainage and irrigation works to the tune of $12M will be undertaken to encourage more cultivation.

A charge against three men for the December 31, 2009 murder of Wendell Tappin was withdrawn on Friday by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson and a joint charge reinstituted against two of the accused in the matter.

A man who pleaded guilty to stealing a gold band from an overseas-based Guyanese was sentenced to two years imprisonment by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Friday.

The Ministry of Health recently held a `gate keeper for suicide prevention workshop’ in Region Six.

The Ministry of Agriculture and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) recently hosted a two-day seminar aimed at improving farm management and operation.

BURAS, La./LONDON, (Reuters) – U.S. President  Barack Obama will press BP executives this week to set up an  escrow account to pay damage claims by individuals and  businesses hurt by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel said yesterday it  would set up its own investigation into a deadly raid on a  convoy of Gaza-bound aid ships, and that its panel would include  two foreign observers.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – A Flemish party that wants to  split Belgium triumphed in a parliamentary election yesterday, a  result that could make it hard to form a coalition quickly and  deliver austerity to contain a rising national debt.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The World Bank will need to  get creative in raising funds to help the poorest countries now  that the richest ones are feeling pinched themselves.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A $5 million prize for former  African leaders who set examples of honest, democratic  government will not be awarded for a second year running, the  sponsor said yesterday.

OSH, Kyrgyzstan,  (Reuters) – Russia sent at least 150  paratroopers to Kyrgyzstan yesterday to protect its military  facilities as ethnic clashes spread in the Central Asian state,  bringing the death toll from days of fighting to 113.