Guyana News

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is urging the public to be careful when purchasing cut fruits being sold in plates wrapped in plastic, saying it might not be fit for human consumption.

A duo appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday, charged with possession of ammunition and firearms without being the holders of licences.

Collin Josiah, a father of 11, was on Wednesday remanded to prison for allegedly being involved in an accident on Valentine’s Day that left a man unconscious until his death several weeks after.

A Diamond, East Bank woman, who is alleged to have fraudulently converted money she was entrusted with to her own use and also reportedly stole money from her employer, was placed on $50,000 bail when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

A barber and an office assistant were each placed on $10,000 bail on Monday, after being charged with assaulting each other.

Korner Kick Sports Bar owner Terry Gittens appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, to answer to a noise nuisance charge.

The Sea and River Defence Unit of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications is expected to embark on a programme to re-establish groynes along the Coastland as part of the mangrove restoration project.

Coast guards while returning to Parika from a routine mission on Wednesday discovered about four pounds of marijuana aboard a vessel north of the Hoobu koker.

JERUSALEM  (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday he must work to repair relations with Washington after a debacle over Jewish settlements that has undermined US efforts to mediate new peace talks with the Palestinians.

A Corentyne hire car driver had his driver’s licence suspended after he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol when he appeared before Magistrate Krishendat Persaud at the Number 51 Court yesterday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya yesterday underlined its strong opposition to any move to lift a ban on trading ivory ahead of a meeting on endangered species.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday the United Nations needs more women in top positions as it strives to raise the profile of women’s issues and fights gender-based violence.

– Faerber tells ‘Operation Care’ workshop Region Three Chairman Julius Faerber said everyone has a role to play in protecting children and it is vital that persons recognise the signs of child abuse and respond immediately to curb it.

LONDON (Reuters) – The euro zone has agreed a multi-billion euro bailout for heavily indebted Greece as part of a package to support the euro, the Guardian newspaper reported today.

LAHORE, Pakistan – Two suicide bombers targeting the Pakistani military killed at least 45 people in Lahore yesterday, officials said, in a challenge to government assertions that crackdowns have weakened Taliban insurgents.

-crew member in ICU A fuel boat exploded early yesterday morning at Bartica, leaving a man battling for his life.

Torture and mistreatment of suspects and detainees by security forces, killings by police and poor prison and jail conditions were among the most significant human rights abuses committed in Guyana during 2009, according to the US State Department Human Rights country report on Guyana.

– as El Nino scorches Rupununi Government is purchasing Brazilian peanuts to boost the upcoming crop in the Rupununi.

Armed bandits struck at the Agricola Post Office yesterday morning, where they held staff and customers at gunpoint before escaping with cash.

Alliance For Change MP Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday asked that the first reading of the Broadcasting Bill 2010 in the National Assembly be deferred after he received notice that the government was not prepared to support the piece of legislation.