Guyana News

Cyrus Clarke, 27,  and Clayton Vanhersal, 27,  both of West Watooka, Wismar, Linden were remanded to prison on Tuesday on the indictable charges of  indecently assaulting a juvenile and having carnal knowledge of a juvenile, respectively.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – One student was killed and nine  police officers injured on Monday in the Venezuelan city of  Merida in violence linked to protests over the suspension of a  TV station opposed to President Hugo Chavez.

The man, who was shot in the shoulder while resisting robbers on Monday, is recuperating in hospital and recalled that during the attack one of the gunmen said “is you we want”.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – U.S. troops pulled a man alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Haiti’s destroyed capital today, two weeks after a massive earthquake rattled the country.

The body of a 43-year-old mother of three was discovered at her home at Line Path, Skeldon, Corentyne, Berbice around 10 am yesterday with chop and stab wounds and a close relative is in police custody assisting with investigations.

A porter, a driver and a salesman of Survival Supermarket were yesterday jointly charged with stealing six cases of Guinness when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

The body of a three-week-old baby was fished out of a canal at Weldaad, West Coast Berbice (WCB) around midday yesterday after his 30-year-old mother threw him in alive around 6 am.

A city businessman was shot in the chest during a robbery at his Sherriff Street business last evening.

The World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) has disbanded the Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) review teams for Suriname and Ghana and local forest expert Dr Janette Bulkan, who was a member of the panel reviewing Suri-name’s Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP), is among those affected.

Canada will be providing an additional $80 million in humanitarian assistance for Haiti supplementing that government’s initial $5 million contribution to immediate humanitarian assistance.

US Embassy chargé d’affaires Karen Williams yesterday waved-off President Bharrat Jagdeo’s recent criticism of Washington’s role in Haiti, emphasising that the earthquake-ravaged state has a functioning government.

Woman burns husband with porridge Police are looking for a woman who burnt her husband with a pot of porridge last Saturday, after she grew fed up with what she says has been years of mental and physical abuse at his hands.

As part of this year’s 40th republic anniversary celebrations, pictorial enthusiast Godfrey Chin, who has returned home from the USA “to continue recording Guyana’s cultural and social history,” will hold an exhibition featuring glimpses of yesteryear.

Two years on, survivors of the Lusignan massacre still shed tears when they recall the brutal murder of 11 of their loved ones, while still awaiting the police station and the monument for the victims promised to them.

Jason Montgomery, the Australian who was shot by gunmen during the recent robbery at Safraz’s Bar and Restaurant, has been hospitalised again.

Relatives of 39-year-old taxi driver, Bomeshwar Sukhdeo, who has not been seen since last Tuesday, are increasingly concerned about his disappearance with several searches coming up empty.

Conciliatory talks between the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) over Annual Production Incentive (API) award for sugar workers for 2009 continue to be deadlocked.

Two cooks were yesterday placed on bail on charges of breaching the peace and one on a charge of assault.

A man is nursing gunshot injuries after he put up resistance during an armed robbery at Cul-de-Sac Street, North Ruimveldt yesterday afternoon.

A 32-year-old man pleaded not guilty to breaking and entering the home of his child’s mother and stealing a quantity of items when he appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.