Guyana News

A 16-year-old was placed on $150,000 bail when he appeared at the Whim Magistrate’s Court on Monday to answer to a carnal knowledge charge.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, (Reuters) – Russia yesterday  published previously secret documents that shed light on a  notorious murder 75 years ago that historians say sparked the  purges of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A home movie showing a relaxed  Marilyn Monroe apparently smoking marijuana has surfaced,  retrieved from an attic some 50 years after it was filmed.

A five-year-old boy is nursing neck and abdomen injuries in the Paediatric Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital after he fell from an iron roller.

An eight-year-old girl is now a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital after she was involved in an accident on Monday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning film  “Slumdog Millionaire” didn’t just garner rave reviews and  worldwide acclaim, it also triggered a change in the way Indian  movies are being distributed.

By Gaulbert Sutherland Three persons, including a toddler, died and over a dozen others were injured in a horrific smash-up on a lonely stretch of road in the North Rupununi Savannahs, Region Nine yesterday.

By  Sara Bharrat A Little Diamond family awoke to a nightmare in the wee hours of yesterday when four men broke into their house and proceeded on a 30-minute reign of terror.

A gang of youth bandits have been driving fear into residents of Princes Street, Wortmanville, attacking and robbing persons on their way home at night while successfully using Le Repentir cemetery as an escape route.

Acting Auditor General Deodat Sharma yesterday handed over the first ever Performance/ Value for Money (VFM) Audit Report of the Palms Geriatirc Institution to Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran, who described it as “a major step in transparency and accountability in Guyana.”

Investigators are looking for a suspect as they continue investigating the murder of local actor Joel Fraser, a senior police source said yesterday.

– cites shrill dismissal of constructive criticism, inaction on personal violence Red Thread yesterday slammed the administration for what it termed “rampant lawlessness and shrill dismissal of constructive criticism” and it also condemned the joint opposition parties for inaction on personal violence.

Cane harvester Kemal Singh, 24, of 247 Clifton Settlement, Corentyne, who was initially charged with the murder of his wife’s uncle, pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter and was sentenced by Justice Winston Patterson at the Berbice Assizes to 15 years imprisonment.

The United Nations (UN), in its World AIDS Day message, yesterday urged “all countries to remove punitive laws, policies and practices that hamper the AIDS response, including travel restrictions against people living with HIV” and called for the support of human rights while doing this.

– Persaud tells Caricom forum Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud said yesterday that time is running out in the Caribbean for stakeholders to seriously tackle the issue of food security, which he said has implications for regional dependence.

Local Government Minister Kellawan Lall yesterday announced that an Implementation Committee would be responsible for spearheading reforms recommended after an investigation of the operations of City Hall.

The two police officers who were charged with unlawfully wounding a 15-year-old boy was burned in the genital area while in custody at the Leonora Police Station appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with wounding yet another prisoner who was in custody at the same station.

A group of six alleged robbers, including two women, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of beating and robbing a lone man who was walking near Regent and King streets.

As the world observes World AIDS Day today, Guyana’s response received another shot in the arm as the US Embassy pledged that over the next five years the United States will place a renewed emphasis on partnering with this country.

Three men who on Monday last were remanded to prison by Magistrate Priya Beharry when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of stealing a quantity of items valued $150,000 and damaging one minibus door valued $25,000 were yesterday set free.