Guyana News

President Bharrat Jagdeo urged yesterday that more emphasis be placed on highlighting success stories of businesses in the country as a Rituals Coffee, Roti Hut and Nestle ice cream parlour outlet was declared open at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday refused to grant an arrest warrant for Barry Dataram, as she had not received a request from the US government for his extradition.

When a police constable responded to a report from Hampshire Squatting Area on Monday afternoon he was forced to shoot a woman’s abusive cutlass-wielding former lover in the thigh.

Security experts from Guyana and Suriname were yesterday engaged in their second bilateral meeting as the two countries attempt to grapple with the emerging crimes that transcend borders and affect citizens of both nations.

Time will never completely erase the horrific memories which still linger for those who lost loved ones during the killings at an Eccles gas station and in Agricola on February 26, 2006.

A man is in police custody after he was found with ganja in a bag he was carrying during a routine check at the Bartica Stelling yesterday morning.

A Charlestown man appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton on Monday charged with five counts of robbery under arms, two counts of possession of firearm and ammunition and one count of possession of narcotics.

A suspect in last Wednesday’s robbery-murder at the Cool Square Bar, which left an overseas-based Guyanese dead, has been arrested and is to be charged today, according to police.

Minister of Education Shaik Baksh has called for improved performances by both students and teachers in Region Six.

-probe still ongoing Investigators are treating last Thursday’s Eping Avenue deaths as a murder-suicide but they are still exploring all possible angles.

Winners in the Region Six Mash 2010 contests were awarded with cash and other prizes at a simple ceremony hosted in the region’s boardroom last Thursday.

The Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) says it will help conduct voter education at various places of worship, where the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will lead the sessions.

The Ministry of Education has welcomed the move by the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) in implementing its recommendations to discipline errant teachers in the school system, the ministry said in a press release.

A Wismar shop owner had the scare of her life on Monday night when a gun-toting bandit robbed her of her takings for the day.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters yesterday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favoured by the United States.

The Labour Department of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security will today begin a four-day outreach in Region Six.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged quake-stricken Haiti yesterday to hold legislative elections “as soon as appropriate,” saying new polls were key to the stability and legitimacy of the Haitian government.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican said yesterday it was wrong to focus blame for child abuse on the Catholic Church and denied accusations it had sought to cover up paedophilia by its clergymen around Europe.

The Mayor and City Council hosted a training seminar on HIV/AIDS in the workplace, as part of its programme to boost capacity and customer service.

VIENNA (Reuters) – Motorists under the influence of drugs are a growing threat on US roads, while the number who drink and drive has fallen thanks to education and law enforcement, a top US drug control official said yesterday.