Guyana News

A Guyanese deportee has been refused a visa to attend his wife’s funeral in Canada.

-drivers The area along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, where Kuru Kuru farmer Rudolph Joseph was killed on Sunday, did not have reflectors before the accident.

-witness threatened The failure by police to make a prima facie case against Gladston Blair, also known as ‘Cross Eye,’ resulted in his acquittal yesterday.

A second businessman held in connection with the murder of salt fish exporter Rajendra Motilall Sonilall was released from police custody yesterday.

The United Nations has designated 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent and the government of Guyana plans to announce a national programme to celebrate the contributions of people of African descent to the country.

-marijuana, shotgun seized Anti crime operations by the police in Berbice yesterday led to the arrest of three people and the recovery of a shotgun and marijuana.

Davanand Rambarran of Vriesland, West Bank Demerara yesterday pleaded not guilty to trafficking in narcotics when he appeared before Magistrate Nayasha Williams-Hatmin at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrates’ Court.

Yurong Paru recently commissioned its village shop and a newly-built Village Council office, both of which were constructed with funds from its $1M annual Presidential Grant.

The young woman who was allegedly responsible for the death of a Lethem resident after the vehicle she was driving struck him down on February 19, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving and was granted $75,000 bail after she pleaded not guilty.

The Ministry of Agriculture last Saturday dispatched a quantity of supplies to Region Nine to assist communities that have been severely affected by the prevailing El Niño phenomenon.

Two students of Bush Lot Secondary School, in West Berbice, were presented with laptop computers after they were successful at an essay competition sponsored by the Aditya Kids Trust Fund Foundation.

-in protest of neglect The University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) has called on the student body to demonstrate its frustration with the persistent neglect of issues facing students by boycotting all economic activities on the Turkeyen campus today.

The Preliminary Inquiries into the charges against four men, accused of involvement in the February, 2008 Bartica massacre, has been shifted to the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Two men, who allegedly robbed the Esso Gas Station of over $3M in cash and items at gunpoint last week, were remanded to prison yesterday.

Compton Henry, also known as ‘Worm bait’ was fined $50,000 by Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Christianburg Magistrates’ Court yesterday, after he was found guilty of simple larceny.

Udesh Ragubar, the two-year-old Edinburgh, East Bank Berbice boy suffering from a heart defect, underwent open heart surgery at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) Monday afternoon and he doing well in recovery.

Republic Bank Guyana has appointed two new general managers. Patricia Plummer, who the Bank says exemplifies career banking, was appointed General Manager for Credit, effective March 22, 2010. 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Barack  Obama pressed for bold, swift sanctions on Iran yesterday but  acknowledged China has concerns about the economic impact and  said negotiations are difficult.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Georgia said yesterday it  had foiled the attempted sale of bomb-grade uranium on the  black market in March, the latest in what it said was a series  of such cases over the past 10 years.

-Nadir Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir told a workshop on strategic planning that the private sector should consider establishing flexible work hours, particularly for female employees, in order to boost productivity.