Guyana News

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – US and Cuban officials met in the Dominican Republic yesterday to discuss international cooperation on assistance for Haiti after the catastrophic earthquake there, diplomats said.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – MGM Mirage, accused by New Jersey authorities of links to the Chinese mob, has sealed a plan to exit the weakened Atlantic City market in favour of the booming Chinese gambling center of Macau.

A robbery under arms accused was on Tuesday removed from the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court after he verbally abused Magistrate Faith McGusty.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING – China yesterday rejected criticism of its exchange rate policies and said it was being made a “scapegoat” after the US Congress threatened to slap duties on Chinese goods unless it revalues its yuan.

-CANU agents, cop, Roraima employee before court Two months after a pink suitcase with over 50 pounds of cocaine slipped through the Timehri airport, four persons yesterday appeared in court on conspiracy charges but were released on bail after lawyers made certain revelations.

When young re-migrant couple Adrian and Carole Collins opened their call centre two-and-a-half-years ago, they started with just over two dozen employees.

One of the men implicated in the kidnapping of accountant Andre Barnes last Friday, was charged and remanded to prison yesterday.

The Anglican Diocese of Guyana yesterday expressed a “deep sense of sadness” on learning of  the death of the Rt.

PNCR-1G councillor arrested on assault complaint The statutory meeting of the Region Four council was adjourned yesterday amid disarray for the second month in a row over the suspension of PPP/C councillor Kwame McKoy and a PNCR-1G councillor was later arrested on an accusation that she had assaulted McKoy, a charge she denied.

Government is considering building a new market at Mahaica in order to accommodate vendors who encumber the government reserves and those who ply their trade along the roadway adjacent to the market.

-GOIP There were concerns about the scope of government consultations on forest preservation plans, according to the Guyanese Organisation of Indigenous Peoples (GOIP), which said some meetings were “hurried” and that there were more questions than clear answers about policies.

-husband says she fell In January 1981 Indramattie Boladass agreed to an arranged marriage.

A Guyana Defence Force soldier appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with having carnal knowledge of a juvenile and was granted bail.

Several new cassava varieties are currently being evaluated in Region Nine to determine other uses for the tuber to add value and boost hinterland agriculture.

– gov’t team hears Residents of Mahaica, East Coast Demerara were urged to clean their surroundings to facilitate road works, when a team of government officials visited the area last Friday.

While the Inner-Wheel Club of Georgetown may be well known for its annual Easter hat show in the Promenade Gardens, over the years it has also been involved in several charitable ventures which have seen assistance being given to those who would have lost their homes, the elderly, children and even to persons who had difficulty furthering their studies.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) recently installed two solar water pumps at the Parika back dam communities and is set to install a third at Ruby Backdam this week.

-court hears Alister Gonsalves, 29, was remanded to prison yesterday for allegedly threatening to kill his cousin while they were at the East La Penitence Police Station.

Deeraj Sanmogan, the man who sustained burns all over his body after he was trapped inside a fuel boat that exploded, continues to cling to life in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti’s president yesterday condemned “arrogant” U.S. criticism of corruption in  his government, and said the Haitian presidency should have  final veto power over donor-funded reconstruction projects  following January’s catastrophic earthquake.