Guyana News

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says that the draft design of the East Demerara Water Conservancy relief canal at Hope/Dochfour is available for public scrutiny and comments until January 21, 2010.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A top White House official  said yesterday the plot to bomb a Detroit-bound plane on  Christmas Day exposed errors but he played down the need for a  sweeping overhaul of the U.S.

A man, who allegedly fractured another man’s left jaw “cause he keep calling my phone to trouble my wife”, was on Thursday placed on bail in the sum of $70,000 when he appeared before acting chief magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security will be distributing old age pensions for the month of January from tomorrow, its Assistant Chief Probation Officer Deendayal Singh says.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “Avatar” sped past the $1  billion mark at the worldwide box office after three weekends  in release, making it the fourth-biggest movie of all time,  according to data released yesterday.

Christmas has come and gone most likely along with the one-month bonuses President Bharrat Jagdeo awarded to members of the joint services recently.

A man was last evening rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was injured when a girl reportedly threw squibs at him.

The Supreme Court Registry bounced back into operation shortly after it was channa-bomed last month, but there are a few setbacks in the system which include damage to recent files and records cataloguing a body of work completed in various courts this year.

The police are investigating the death of two men who they believed succumbed to injuries sustained in two separate accidents, one of which is a suspected hit- and-run.

Two men are now in police custody after a quick response by a mobile police patrol to the robbery of an East Ruimveldt resident on Friday night.

Two employees of a timber concession are now in custody after falsely reporting the theft of a lorry belong to the company, police say.

A cyclist is nursing head injuries in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital after he was involved in an accident on New Year’s Eve on the La Bonne Intention Public Road, East Coast Demerara.

Police in Essequibo are investigating the death of young man at Wakenaam who reportedly died after falling over a verandah during a drinking session.

-none printed in the region The fulfilment of a pledge made by President Bharrat Jagdeo during the Carifesta X celebrations to fund the establishment of a regional publishing house in Guyana has so far seen the republishing of 12 books of the Guyana Classics Series, although none has been printed within the region.

-crime chief Although allegations of torture have stalled police investigations into the murder of Ramenauth Bisram, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud says there is still hope.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela reported yesterday  60 tonnes of drugs were confiscated in 2009, an 11 per cent  bigger haul than the previous year, and said anti-narcotics  efforts had improved since it ended cooperation with the United  States.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Rescue crews yesterday  intensified the search for victims at a plush Brazilian beach  resort ravaged by mudslides and flooding that have killed at  least 64 people in three states.

HONOLULU (Reuters) – The Obama administration yesterday zeroed in on al Qaeda as the driving force behind an  attempt to bomb a US-bound airliner on Christmas and promised  again to hold accountable those involved in the failed attack.

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A Somali man armed with an axe  and suspected of links with al Qaeda broke into the home of a  Danish cartoonist whose drawings of the Prophet Mohammad caused  global Muslim outrage and was shot and wounded by police.