Guyana News

“Is the demon tempt meh,” said Mohan Ramkissoon when he appeared in Court One yesterday to answer a charge of simple larceny at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two female suicide bombers killed at least 38 people on packed Moscow metro trains yesterday, stirring fears of a broader campaign in Russia’s heartland by Islamists from the North Caucasus.

– as Port Mourant members receive payout The Ministry of Labour on Sunday paid out over $7.5 million to the 91 members of the Port Mourant United Co-op Society Limited, which had been seized, audited and handed over to a neutral management team following complaints by members over a two-year period.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched a $878 billion programme to upgrade Brazil’s infrastructure yesterday, setting out a major campaign banner for his chosen candidate in October elections.

Dear Editor, Just recently, I travelled to Bartica, first by minibus to Parika which was an experience that should not condemn all minibus drivers but is, from what I understand,  a regular occurrence on our road-ways.

Thirty-three US Peace Corps volunteers, who formed the 22nd batch to come to Guyana have ended their formal training and will shortly take up positions in the health and education sectors for the next two years.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Suspected drug hitmen killed a carload of children and teenagers in northern Mexico in the latest of a rash of attacks on minors that have angered the public as drug gang violence spins out of control.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – As donors are being asked to dig deep for Haiti’s reconstruction, they also need to address the country’s immediate humanitarian need as hurricane season looms and quake survivors face increasing violence, UN officials said yesterday.

Magistrate Faith McGusty yesterday sentenced a 37-year-old man to 12 months in prison after she found him guilty of simple larceny.

Talesh Mahabeer, a taxi driver, was fined $40,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Suddie Magistrate Court yesterday charged with a traffic violation.

LONDON (Reuters) – The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea risks becoming a drug-resistant “superbug” if doctors do not devise new ways of treating it, a leading sexual health expert said.

A Hampshire, Corentyne resident succumbed to gunshot injuries he sustained when four masked bandits stormed his house around 7:30 pm on Saturday and stole almost $1M in cash and jewellery.

Police in ‘B’ Division have arrested a suspected drug dealer and seized two speedboats, 12 Yamaha outboard engines and other articles as they continued their drug eradication exercises in the Berbice River on Saturday.

`When I get out of the hospital I am going to file for a divorce…I am getting this man out of my life’ After an evening out to escape the stress of her life a West Ruimveldt woman was beaten in the head by her husband.

Thirty-five-year-old Orlando Garraway, of Alexander Street, Lacytown, was placed on $45,000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday accused of snatching a woman’s gold band.

Miners in Port Kaituma on Friday expressed concern over the “red tape” involved in new rules which requires them to give notice of their intention to mine but Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn says their operations will not be stopped “no matter how long it takes”.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)  is  working to correct irregularities that currently exist in any private warehouse facility  while also moving  to ensure that all private warehouses operate within  the Customs Act/Customs Regulations and Standard Operating Procedures.

Preparatory work on the site identified for the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Power project is now set to begin, President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Friday.

Pensioners are getting a “raw deal” under National Insurance Scheme (NIS) rules which see benefits ceasing when the person attains 60 years, Senior Counsel, Ralph Ramkarran says.