Guyana News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cuba’s President Raul  Castro and his brother, ex-leader Fidel Castro, have sought to  sabotage US moves to improve ties because they fear it will  threaten their power, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said  yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Liberal US Supreme Court  Justice John Paul Stevens announced yesterday he would resign,  and President Barack Obama promised to name a successor  quickly, setting the stage for an expected partisan  election-year Senate confirmation battle.

Magistrate Ann McLennan dismissed a trafficking in narcotics case against a Linden man who is currently serving time for another matter.

-rehab works near complete The Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge is now reopened to the free flow of traffic after undergoing extensive rehabilitation works that began late last year.

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain yesterday approved the  extradition of a Dutch-Argentine pilot to Argentina to face  charges of throwing political prisoners out of aircraft into the  sea under the military dictatorship 30 years ago.

A gunman pumped four bullets into a Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara man last evening, blowing his brains out as he sat alone at his business place.

-breaches uncovered in Region 4 procurement Over $670 million was drawn from the Contingencies Funds during 2008 without meeting the requisite eligibility criteria, according to most recent Auditor General’s report.

-residents angry at ‘sloppy’ police response Two masked gunmen invaded a Clonbrook, East Coast Demerara home yesterday, and terrorised the occupants before escaping with cash and other valuables.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) says it remains strongly opposed to government’s plan to transfer the health services of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to the state.

The suspects in the alleged plot to blow up the fuel tanks at the John F Kennedy International Airport sought funding from wanted Saudi Arabian Adnan Shukrijumah, according to the prosecution in the case.

The National Assembly yesterday passed a Bill that sets out in law the benefits to which the Leader of the Opposition is entitled and the move was hailed as “a step in the maturing of our governance.”

-cops criticised for poor response Burglars broke into the Universal Sports store, in Alberttown during an early morning raid yesterday and carted off some $700, 000 in cash, electronics and sport items.

Over 200,000 public school students will benefit from the School-uniform Distribution Programme this year.

Former President of the Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Sir Joaquim Gonsalves-Sabola died on Monday, plunging the Caribbean’s legal fraternity into mourning.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has endorsed Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Luis Alberto Moreno for another term at the helm, saying that under his leadership the bank has seen tremendous growth and increasing relevance and reliability as a major development partner to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The tipsy captain and crew of the MV Makouria steered off course during the return leg of a trip to Bartica last Sunday, forcing passengers to endure a five-hour delay.

A telethon to secure pledges for blood donation was held for the first time in Guyana by the Berbice Regional Health Authority (BRHA) at the Little Rock Television Station in New Amsterdam on Thursday evening.

Godfrey Stewart, the man who allegedly slit his reputed wife’s throat before setting their Sophia home ablaze, appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman on Wednesday at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court, charged with the capital offence of murder.

Three persons were charged with awaiting an opportunity to commit a felony when they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson Wednesday.

BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan’s self-proclaimed  new leadership said  yesterday that Russia had helped to oust  President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, and that they aimed to close a US  airbase that has irritated Moscow.