Guyana News

MILAN, (Reuters) – A Milan court convicted three  Google Inc executives yesterday for violating the privacy of an Italian boy with autism by letting a video of him being  bullied be posted on the site in 2006.

A huge fire broke out at La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara at 11.40 pm yesterday and at press time three buildings were engulfed and the fire service was desperately trying to save a fourth.

By Tiffny Rhodius The 40th anniversary Mashramani costume band and float parade was a multitude of colours as revellers tramped through Georgetown yesterday, however the long gap between the attractions left many of the onlookers restless.

Three men appeared in a Schenectady, New York court yesterday charged with the Saturday murder of Guyanese Ganesh Ramgoolam and were remanded to prison.

Guyana, Guatemala and Suriname are now members of the Forest -11 (F-11), following the outcome of a Ministerial-level meeting of group members held yesterday in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.

-suicide suspected A 74-year-old businessman of Rosignol, West Bank Berbice was found dead in his house around 2:15 pm yesterday and it is believed that he shot himself in the head with his gun.

A 69-year-old resident of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne was struck down by a pick-up while crossing the road around 8:15 pm on Monday and died while receiving treatment at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

Two ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) were last evening rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital  (GPHC) following a parachuting mishap.

Trotman draws parallel between budget and ‘Mama, I don’t want to be born’ PPP General Secretary Donald Ramotar says government’s fibre optic cable project is aimed at breaking the monopoly controlled by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) in the sector, but he also called on the opposition in Parliament on Monday to see it as a path to job creation.

-taxis implicated Three men are in police custody following an armed robbery at a home at Triumph, East Coast Demerara around 7:30 on Monday evening, in which a family of five was attacked and relieved of cash and jewellery.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud and a team on Saturday reassured rice, cash-crop and livestock farmers at Den Amstel that measures are being intensified to help them to combat the prevailing drought-like conditions.

-court told A 40-year-old female trader was on Monday remanded to prison when she appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton charged with possession of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.

More than six months after the Essequibo River boat incident that left two men dead and ten-year-old Ricky Jainarine missing, tests on paint samples that could determine whether a Coast Guard boat was involved, are still to be done.

Police on the Essequibo Coast are investigating a robbery which occurred around 9 pm at Mainstay on Monday evening during which a farmer and his family were attacked and robbed by three men armed with handguns.

DOHA/KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar  Hassan al-Bashir signed a ceasefire deal with the main Darfur  rebel group yesterday that is intended to lead to a broader  peace deal, a Reuters witness at the signing ceremony said.

The U. S.  President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)  will host a contest  to highlight the contribution of outstanding individuals  or organizations in the fight against global HIV/AIDS.

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico, (Reuters) – Cuban  President Raul Castro called for Latin American solidarity yesterday at a summit in Mexico to create a new organization that  could weaken U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp apologized  for letting safety standards slip during a period of fast  growth and vowed to respond more quickly to    consumer  complaints as two days of congressional hearings       crucial  to the automaker’s reputation began yesterday.

– Manickchand Human Services Minister Priya Manickchand says that issues relating to women’s development will be a priority of her ministry for this year.

An 18-year-old will be spending the next 24 months in prison since he admitted to breaking and entering a woman’s home and carting off cash, along with gold and diamond jewellery among several other items when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.