Guyana News

CARICOM Chairman Prime Minister  Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica will lead a fact-finding mission to Haiti today following the catastrophic earthquake on Tuesday.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday urged Guyanese to be generous in helping Haiti which suffered a catastrophic earthquake on Tuesday.

A Guyanese man, who bludgeoned his wife to death in October 2008 in Schenectady, New York, yesterday pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is expected to be sentenced to 15 years in prison next month.

Activist Mark Benschop was placed on self-bail yesterday when he made an appearance in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with the unauthorised use of a wireless radio and obstruction.

In recognition of his sterling contribution to relations between Guyana and Japan, former Foreign Affairs Minister Rudy Insanally was yesterday conferred with the Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese government.

Ex-soldier Oliver Hinckson’s gun and ammunition charge was yesterday dismissed by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, four years after he was charged.

-following parliamentary flap The PNCR is calling on the Auditor General to immediately undertake an audit of the Ministry of Housing and Water following Monday’s fallout in the National Assembly over what it described as “inadequate explanations” by Housing Minister Irfaan Ali regarding the expenditure of the additional $4 billion sought.

By Andre Haynes In an apparent about-turn, President Bharrat Jagdeo has signalled renewed interest in “enhanced collaboration” with the political opposition.

– identified by two victims A man identified as a cutlass-wielding bandit who had committed a robbery at the Plaisance Market yesterday was later shot by the police, as he attempted to escape even as he was ordered to surrender.

-ailing grandma left to take care of four children By Sara Bharrat As Kulmattie Singh’s mother calls for justice police have released the two men they had taken into custody for her murder during the shooting at Safraz’s Bar and Restaurant.

A 29-year-old minibus driver was remanded to jail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday when he appeared in court charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Zaman Deen of 17 Belvoir Court  was chopped by cutlass-wielding men and left lying in a pool of blood  on November 12, 2009.

Police on Tuesday arrested a man at Puruni, Bartica, who was found with an unlicensed .32 revolver with two matching rounds and a spent shell.

The man who was found dead outside the Stabroek Market on Tuesday has been identified as Phillip Rajaram of Public Road, Soesdyke.

A thirty-four-year-old security guard who is accused  of unlawfully assaulting another man on January 7 was yesterday placed on $20,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

Bandits, one of whom had a handgun broke into a house at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara in the wee hours of yesterday and robbed a man of valuables including $200,000 cash.

Opposition Leader Robert Corbin has written to Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir “over his failure to carry out his constitutional duty to intervene in the dispute between the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) and RUSAL’s Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.”

A woman who attempted to take cocaine to Jamaica hidden in a wig she was wearing was nabbed by ranks of the Police Narcotics branch on Tuesday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

A taxi driver who was accused of stealing one Motorola ZM phone valued $32,000 from his passenger was placed on $25,000 bail yesterday by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

Brian Benn, 42, of 40 D’urban Street, Lodge was fined $10,000 or four months imprisonment by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson for behaving disorderly in a public place.