Guyana News

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Researchers have genetically  engineered one of the most common bacteria on the planet — E. 

The Weldaad, West Coast Berbice (WCB) mother whose three-week-old baby was drowned in a canal close to her home on Monday was yesterday charged with murder and remanded to prison.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Toppled Honduran president  Manuel Zelaya emerged from months holed up in a Brazilian embassy  compound and flew into exile yesterday, ending a months-long  political crisis as Honduras swore in a new president.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Former Democratic  presidential candidate John Edwards and his cancer-stricken  wife, Elizabeth, have separated following reports that he  fathered a child with a woman who was a former campaign aide.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a boy who is now 17-years-old,  who was charged with carnally knowing a 15-year-old girl when she was 13, be kept in police custody shortly after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A teenage girl was pulled alive from under a collapsed house in Port-au-Prince today, 15 days after Haiti’s devastating earthquake.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – U.S. troops pulled a man  alive from under a collapsed building in Haiti’s capital yesterday as U.N.

President Bharrat Jagdeo says that petitions are routinely made to him and the one that led to the granting of a mining licence to his presidential advisor Odinga Lumumba was a “reinstatement” which benefited from the advice of Prime Minister Sam Hinds.

“Rich” miners have embarked on a $30M campaign to get other miners to oppose the government’s plans for reforms including a six-month notice prior to the commencement of mining.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a 14-year-old girl be kept in police custody when she appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of the murder of another female at Port Kaituma, North West District last year.

The suspect who was held in the brutal killing of Nalini “Nalo” Bhoge at her Line Path, Skeldon home on Monday is still in custody at the Springlands station as police continue their investigations.

Justice Franklin Holder yesterday ordered a stay in the CLICO (Guyana) winding-up proceedings in the High Court until a constitutional writ filed by the company is determined.

-magistrate appalled at  police ‘unpreparedness’ Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday ordered that three boys be kept in police custody when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly beating a woman in her head with a toy gun and robbing her at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC).

Following his recent Middle East trip, President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday reported likely investments in the housing, health and mining sectors, while saying the country would continue to pursue an independent foreign policy.

A ministerial team including agriculture minister Robert Persaud told Region Three farmers that over $385M will be spent from Vergenoegen to Bonasika to improve irrigation and other structures and to rehabilitate 30 bridges.

-primary education dropout rate ‘staggering’ Unemployment among young people in the Caribbean Community is higher than in a large number of developed and developing countries, according to stark statistics in a new study that links investment in youth with economic growth.

Alliance For Change Leader Raphael Trotman has deemed recent attempts suggesting that his party is considering merging with the PNCR, as deliberate bids to create mischief.

A South Korean trade mission is in Guyana seeking to source goods from local suppliers and also investment opportunities.

Minister of Education Shaik Baksh says more focus will be given to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) this year in keeping with the ministry’s five-year strategic plan.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Kellawan Lall and Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon recently met with Chesney, Guava Bush and Belvedere residents and announced that the Albion Road will be repaired.