Guyana News

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez said yesterday Venezuela will withdraw from the top human rights body  in the Western Hemisphere, calling it a “mafia” and its leader  “excrement” after a report criticizing his record.

– wins big at Mash parade after four-year hiatus After what many felt was one of the more memorable and colourful Mashramani celebrations, Banks DIH Limited’s return to the parade saw it reigning supreme and Vanilla held on to her Road March crown.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Seasonal rains and hurricanes  spell trouble for Haiti in the best of times, but with hundreds  of thousands of people living in flimsy makeshift shelters after  last month’s earthquake, this year the dangers are much greater.

Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy says the health sector here continues to face challenges in implementing safe injection practices and the disposal of medical waste and he is calling on professionals to be more vigilant.

A 25-year-old mother of three who was charged with receiving stolen property was placed on $100,000 bail yesterday when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

LONDON/OSLO, (Reuters) – Climate scientists must do  more to work out how exceptionally cold winters or a dip in  world temperatures fit their theories of global warming, if they  are to persuade an increasingly sceptical public.

The Linden Food for the Poor Committee has come to the aid of two families of Linden whose homes were completely destroyed by fire while preparations are being made for relief for three other fire-hit families.

LAHORE, Pakistan, (Reuters Life!) – A ban on a  decades-old and colorful tradition of kite-flying has riled  many Pakistanis, but authorities say the sport has killed  people and encourages “immoral” celebrations.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – U.S. authorities indicted six  associates of Colombia’s Cali drug cartel yesterday on  charges they failed to disclose the assets of two jailed  kingpins as set out in a sentencing agreement.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds says that the administration will be moving to have someone fill the post of Ombudsman as soon it finds an appropriate candidate.

The Guyana Water Incorporated is expanding its water supply in hinterland communities by installing a solar-powered water system at St Denny’s/Tapakuma.

ALGIERS, (Reuters) – The chief of Algeria’s national  police was shot dead during a meeting at his headquarters yesterday when a fellow officer fired his pistol in a fit of  insanity, the Interior Ministry said.

WASHINGTON – U.S. regulators are probing how Wall Street  firms like Goldman Sachs helped debt-stricken Greece arrange  derivatives deals that critics say were used to disguise the  size of its budget deficits.

A policeman based in Georgetown is among five men held by the police after they stopped and searched a car in New Amsterdam yesterday and found an unlicensed .38 revolver and one matching round.

The ND&S Furniture Store and its factory were today gutted by a fire of unknown origin that raged for hours as firefighters were severely hampered by lack of water.

By Zoisa Fraser A hearing-impaired elderly remigrant was bound and smothered to death with a pillow by bandits who carted off several household appliances in a brazen episode that yesterday left the East Bank Demerara community of Peter’s Hall in shock.

A 13-year-old boy of Shieldstown, West Bank Berbice had to be rushed to the Fort Wellington Hospital after his father allegedly chopped him on his left shoulder around 2 pm yesterday.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday ordered that a 34-year-old Linden man pay a fine of $8,924,400 and serve four years jail when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for attempting to export a quantity of cocaine to the US in baking powder packets.

A Brazilian man was shot in his face on Monday at Butterfly Backdam in the northwest by a fellow countryman after an argument over money escalated.

By Iana Seales The high-energy soca vibes that are synonymous with Machel Montano were on full display at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground early yesterday morning as the celebrated Trinidadian artiste wrapped up the Mashramani revelry.