Guyana News

ATLANTA (Reuters) – Former US President Jimmy Carter called yesterday for direct talks between Israel and Palestinians toward a two-state Middle East solution, but said it would take a dramatic shift in Israeli policy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis killed 150,000 people in 2008 and infects between 400,000 and 500,000 people globally, according to World Health Organization estimates released yesterday.

PARIS (Reuters) – Funding to combat malaria must be more than tripled if the mosquito-borne disease which kills nearly a million people a year is to be fought effectively, health campaigners said yesterday.

Opposition leader Robert Corbin has raised concerns with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) about ongoing preparation for local government polls without the implementation of agreed reforms.

-hip, ribs were fractured An autopsy has revealed that Indramattie Boladass died of a heart attack and also found that her hip was fractured and four ribs broken.

Two officers from the Matakai sub-region Neigh-bourhood Democratic Council (NDC) have been summoned by the regional administration of Region One (Barima/Waini) as an investigation continues into allegations that a former official was advanced some $4.5 million off the books.

A lack of money hinders the National Toshaos’ Council (NTC) from holding further consultations in Amerindian communities about government’s forest preservation strategies, the organisation’s head, Yvonne Pearson says.

Mining company Victoria Gold Corp has entered into a deal to sell its local subsidiary, StrataGold Guyana Inc (SGI).

A total of 31 police cadet officers were certified yesterday and five of them received monetary awards for outstanding performance in the Standard Officers Courses (SOC) 41 and 42 administered by the Guyana Defence Force.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a 52-year-old man pay court costs of $10,000 and placed him on a bond to keep the peace for one year after his reputed wife, whom he had beaten with a cutlass and thrown pepper sauce on, stated that she did not want to give evidence against him.

PNCR-1G MP Keith Scott was hospitalised some time yesterday after he reportedly suffered a stroke.

– also accused in visa, car scams Simone King also known as  Diane De Nobrega  of Lot 101 Phase Two, Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, was sentenced to 12 weeks imprisonment by Justice William Ramlal after a two-day trial in New Amsterdam, Berbice, where she was found guilty of fraudulent conversion of money she received while purporting to be an immigration consultant.

A cutlass-wielding intruder who entered a yard at Prashad Nagar yesterday has been admitted to hospital after he was shot several times by a licensed firearm holder during a scuffle.

A man is in police custody after an unlicensed gun with matching rounds was found in his possession moments after a search was conducted on the car he was driving.

The Passion Fruit will take centre stage on Saturday when Healthy Choices holds its second Market Day at its Robb and Oronoque streets location from 8 am.

Government has started paying compensation to the residents and farmers of Hope/Dochfour who will be dislocated by the proposed construction of the $3.6 billion Hope Relief Canal.

More than three months after the Medical Council of Guyana launched an investigation into police surgeon Dr Mahendra Chand’s treatment of a teenage boy who was tortured while in police custody last year a decision is yet to be issued.

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Red-shirted protesters emptied bottles of their blood outside the home of Thailand’s prime minister yesterday in a symbolic sacrifice after the government rejected calls for elections.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will lead a top-level delegation to Mexico on March 23 to discuss efforts to fight drug cartels, 10 days after three people linked to a US consulate were killed in a border city.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said yesterday the United States would pursue “aggressive sanctions” to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon that could potentially spark a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.