Guyana News

–file went missing, judge rules secondary evidence inadequate The longstanding fraud case against Dr Abu Bakr Bari failed to make it to trial in the High Court after Justice James Bovell Drakes ruled yesterday that the secondary evidence before the court was not satisfactory for a jury trial.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Iranian security forces armed  with batons and tear gas clashed with supporters of the late  dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri in two  cities yesterday, opposition websites said.

FORT COLLINS, Colo., (Reuters) – A Colorado couple  who riveted America with a bogus claim their son had floated  away in a balloon received a 90-day jail term for the father yesterday, and both face thousands of dollars in restitution.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a 31-year-old Brazilian be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly being found with a gun cartridge.

Minister of Education Shaik Baksh urged graduates at the University of Guyana’s Tain Campus to pursue higher education to make themselves more marketable, at its recent convocation exercise.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A Brazilian family said  they will return a 9-year-old boy at the centre of a  cross-border custody battle to his American father by today,  ending a legal saga that strained ties between the countries.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said  yesterday he has terminated trade benefits for Guinea,  Madagascar and Niger, three African countries where democratic  progress is threatened by political turmoil.

The Pacific Clipper has been loaded and will set sail for Venezuela with the first consignment of paddy under a landmark US$18.8M deal.

GuySuCo has found temporary relief to its cash flow problems and is expected to pay sugar workers their outstanding salaries for this week, on Monday. 

Casio Crawford was yesterday ordered to pay a fine of $25,000 or spend three months in prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for smashing the glass windows of a man’s house for the second time in four months.

FLORENCIA, Colombia,  (Reuters) – The murder of a  Colombian governor by suspected Marxist rebels drew  international condemnation yesterday and raised doubts about  the success of the government’s U.S.-backed

On Monday 266 early school leavers and single parents graduated in various fields from the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) programme.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said  yesterday that disappointment over the outcome of the  Copenhagen climate change summit was justified, hardening a  widespread verdict that the conference had been a failure.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Senate Democrats cleared the  last 60-vote hurdle on U.S.

Australia is giving AUS$1M to the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF). A release on Tuesday from the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown said that the money is intended for the CDF’s capital fund.

-hunt on for passenger Just before midnight on Monday the partially nude body of a woman was discovered at Foulmouth; just above Makouria on the Essequibo River.

Government’s job placement agency found employment for more than 2000 persons over the year, Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir has revealed.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that two men be remanded to prison when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl.

-Conservation International The “Copenhagen Accord”, while providing hope for the future, has not adequately addressed issues such as deforestation and adaptation and has failed to create a legally binding framework for nations to address climate change, Conservation International (CI) says.

Thirty-four-year-old Mark De Abreau of Lot 66 Broad Street, Charlestown was yesterday placed on $10,000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly behaving in a disorderly manner while being at the scene of a shooting incident last Saturday.