Guyana News

Former health minister and PNC parliamentarian Dr Richard Van West Charles yesterday handed over copies of parliamentary records dating back to the 1950s and 60s to Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran.

Cabinet on Wednesday signalled its “no objection to” several awards, including two totaling over $850 million for construction of buildings to house technical institutes in Regions 5 and 3, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon says.

An Essequibo Coast man died last Friday night after he lost control of his vehicle, which plunged into a creek, trapping him under water.

The decomposing body of a man was found near a koker at Supply, East Bank Demerara yesterday morning.

A banking clerk of Demerara Distilleries Limited (DDL) was slapped with 16 counts of larceny by clerk or servant when she appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo yesterday at the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Thousands of Haitians  prayed, wept and danced among tent shelters in the capital’s  main square yesterday as President Rene Preval asked his people  to ‘dry their eyes’ and rebuild a month after the catastrophic  earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people.

Four men, Ryan Mohan, Toney Granderson, Shawn Luther and Clyde Crawford, were each placed on $100,000 bail yesterday after they were charged with breaking into a man’s storage bond and stealing over $5.8M in items, including cash.

NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – U.S.-led NATO  troops launched an offensive last night against the Taliban’s  last big stronghold in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, a test of  President Barack Obama’s troop surge strategy.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday sentenced a man to four years in jail for cultivating cannabis, while another man who was found with the drug on his person was sentenced to three years imprisonment.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A high-powered laser aboard  a modified Boeing Co 747 jumbo jet shot down an in-flight  ballistic missile for the first time, highlighting a new class  of ray guns best known from science fiction.

ROME, (Reuters) – Only 8 percent of a $23 million  appeal to help Haiti revive food production after a devastating  earthquake has been funded, the U.N.

The prosecutor and the defence attorneys involved in the New Building Society (NBS) fraud case have agreed to begin one of the two remaining Preliminary Inquiries (PIs) next month, to allow for a speedier resolution of the matter which has been before the court almost four years.

A man who admitted to breaking into a woman’s home and stealing a quantity of items was sentenced to three years imprisonment last week.

A scrap iron dealer shed ‘bitter’ tears, threw himself down and refused to return to the lockups on Thursday after being sentenced for larceny.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., (Reuters) – Three people were  killed and one wounded in shootings at the University of  Alabama at Huntsville yesterday, and the suspected shooter was  in custody, a university spokesman told local television.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs registered over 300 persons when it hosted an outreach exercise in Region Eight aimed at speeding-up registration for birth certificates and identifying the needs of the community.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters Life!) – Move aside Madonna  and watch out Barry White.

The Tourism and Commerce Ministry is finalising plans for a team from Brazil to start a familiarisation tour to Guyana next month.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Fresh controversy is mounting  within the European Union over biofuels and their unintended  impact on tropical forests and wetlands, documents show.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Shah Rukh Khan, arguably  Bollywood’s biggest star, said yesterday he was “scared” and  “hurt” by hardline Hindu party Shiv Sena’s reaction to recent  remarks he made in support of Pakistani cricketers.