Guyana News

WASHINGTON (AFP)  — President Barack Obama sent greetings on Wednesday on behalf of the United States to pilgrims performing the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, and to Muslims worldwide celebrating the Eid-ul-Adha holiday.

Leader of the Justice For All Party (JFAP) Chandranarine Sharma is extending Eid-ul-Azha greetings to the entire Muslim Community.

GAZA (Reuters) – In the days leading up to Eid al-Adha, Zaid Khadar would usually be buying new clothes for his children and stocking up on traditional foods to celebrate one of the most important dates on the Muslim calendar.

The Guyana United Sadr Islamic Anjuman and the Board of the Shaheed Boys and Girls Orphanages join Muslims across the globe in remembering the “eminence and virtues” of the Prophet Ibrahim this Eid-ul-Azha.

A popular local actor was found dead yesterday morning with his throat slit at the Liliendaal seawall — hours before his latest production was set to open at the National Cultural Centre.

A man died yesterday after he reportedly plunged into the shallow Bamia Creek, close to Linden.

By Ayanna Blair Two new unlawful wounding charges – one regarding the  brutal torture of a teenager – were yesterday read to the two policemen previously charged with battering two prisoners at the Leonora Police Station last month.

– block roads, police sent inBy Cathy Richards Three persons were arrested and later released yesterday morning as striking workers stepped up protest action by blocking the main access roads at RUSAL Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) Aroaima and Kwakwani locations.

Workers represented by the University of Guyana Workers’ Union (UGWU) yesterday staged a sit-in over the non-payment of a 5% salary hike and argued that the “bureaucracy” within the Finance Ministry was preventing them from getting what they deserved.

The Regional Administration of Region Four has moved its administration office from Paradise to Triumph, East Coast Demerara, a press release from the Office of the Regional Democratic Council said.

Geddes Grant has introduced Cruiser, a seed treatment insecticide for use in the rice industry.

-claims false, police say A Mahaicony rancher is accusing police of invading his home, harassing his family and firing shots at his two sons over a report of damage of property on Tuesday evening — charges that Commander of Police ‘C’ Division Balram Persaud yesterday called “false.”

A waiver on water bills, old age pension and free crossings on government ferries are among the services provided for Guyana’s elderly through the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security.

The truck driver involved in the Mahaica crash that claimed six lives on Saturday admitted that he was drunk at the time and was yesterday remanded to prison pending sentencing.

The eight-month-old baby who is among survivors of last Saturday’s fatal crash at Mahaica has been moved from the Paediatric Ward into the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Hospital.

Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday deemed the National AIDS Programme Secretariat’s (NAPS) national testing campaign a success, with preliminary results showing that some 26,600 persons were tested.

-douse victims with diesel In the latest of a series of attacks, a Canje Creek livestock farmer and one of his workers were seriously injured after a group of men attacked them early Monday morning.

-23 cases confirmed Before the end of this year, Guyana would be ready to test for the H1N1 virus and results would be known in a timely fashion, according to Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy.

-cops being probed for enticing victim The police have detained a member of community policing group who allegedly raped a teenage girl while she was in custody at the Springlands Police Station as well as two lawmen who reportedly tried to entice the girl to have sex with them.

A woman was on Tuesday found with over a kilo of cocaine hidden under her wig at Lethem.