Guyana News

The Housing and Water sectors are expected to be further expanded this year, with a total $5.5 billion allocation in this year’s national budget.

This year’s budget will see $21.4B being channelled into education sector, with the implementation of the Education Strategic Plan continuing to be a priority.

A husband was placed on $15,000 bail for allegedly assaulting his wife, while his wife was placed on self-bail for reportedly assaulting her husband’s girlfriend.

A vendor and a salesman were placed on a total of $20,000 and $30,000 bail respectively for unlawfully assaulting each other, among other charges, yesterday.

A self-confessed drug addict told the court, “what the charge say that is exactly what I do” when he pleaded guilty to breaking and entering with larceny, attempted felony and escape from lawful custody in court yesterday.

A pregnant mother of two was granted her pre-trial freedom in the sum of $50,000 when she appeared before Magistrate Nigel Hawke at the Blairmont Court yesterday charged with receiving stolen articles.

The health sector has been allocated $13.3 billion this year and of this sum $2.7 billion will be spent to procure drugs and medical supplies for the public health care system.

Some $5.8 billion have been allocated to the Power sector in this year’s national budget, with the administration placing emphasis on the development of renewable energy sources which according to the budget will provide viable alternatives to the costly import of fuel.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – International pressure for new sanctions against Iran grew yesterday after Tehran announced plans to make higher-enriched uranium and add 10 nuclear sites in a year, raising Western fears it wants to develop atom bombs.

Two bandits on a motorcycle committed a daring robbery on Thomas Lands yesterday morning during which they used a haversack to stop a car and relieved the driver of some $170,000.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs recently handed over a John Deere tractor/trailer to serve seven communities in the South Central Rupununi District, Region Nine.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing yesterday whether to free or prosecute 10 US missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she trusted in God they would be cleared and released.

A 29-year-old man who was burnt by his sister says he will not proceed with legal proceedings against her if she “just support me”.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson’s doctor yesterday pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the sudden death of the pop star last year from a lethal cocktail of drugs.

At the Blairmont Court yesterday Magistrate Nigel Hawke granted bail in the sum of $150,000 to a 35-year-old father of eight who is facing charges of raping a 17-year-old female.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will send to Congress late yesterday a bill aiming to crack down on companies that bribe public officials, the president’s office said.

A mechanic is a patient of the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital with head injuries after his brakes failed him and he ran off the road.

LONDON (Reuters) – The Church of England said yesterday it would go ahead with installing women as bishops, but a delay in draft legislation has left liberals and traditionalists alike uncertain about how the plan will work in practice.

Police are probing the death of construction worker Sooknandan Ramdial who was killed yesterday after a roller machine which he was operating reportedly toppled and pinned him down.

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s state human rights body has hired a lawyer to review the case of a girl whose mother sought her divorce from an 80-year-old man, a move activists hope is a first step against child marriage.