Guyana News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Secret Service is investigating how an uninvited couple was admitted to US President Barack Obama’s White House state dinner, penetrating layers of security and mingling with VIP guests.

Fogarty’s store launched its traditional end-of-year promotion on Saturday where its customers can win millions of dollars in gift certificates and other prizes.

– commissions EDWC projects Government is proceeding with the Hope Canal project and expects to receive the final design in two weeks, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud says.

–foul play suspected The search for a missing soldier ended yesterday when his decomposing remains were found in the Cuyuni River, about 11 miles from the army’s Eteringbang border location were he was based.

A 20-year-old excavator operator, attached to Correia and Correia Limited (CCL), was crushed to death yesterday morning while on duty.

A 24-year-old man of 123 East Canefield Canje, Berbice lost his life when the car he was in plunged into a trench around 8.30 pm at Gangaram; the driver who was under the influence of alcohol is in police custody.

Magistrate Priya Beharry yesterday ordered that a US national, who initially admitted having cocaine in his luggage at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, and another man at whose home he allegedly stayed, be remanded to prison when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The liquidators for Globe Trust and Investment Company Limited (GTICL) will likely have to request an extension on required court filings which are approaching owing to the continued poor response from debtors.

Justice Winston Patterson yesterday imposed a five-year jail sentence on George Moore, who had confessed to killing an intruder.

Passengers travelling in a speedboat to Bartica were stranded on the Essequibo river for a short while yesterday after the boat encountered engine trouble.

A 22-year-old man, who along with two women allegedly robbed another man of a quantity of cash and a cell phone, was granted bail yesterday in the sum of $70,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A native of the Dominican Republic was sentenced to three years imprisonment yesterday afternoon for the role he played in an assault meted out to hotelier Rahit Ally, on August 1, 2008, at Corriverton, Corentyne.

A 16-year-old boy was granted bail in the sum of $100,000, while a man was remanded to prison when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with breaking and entering another man’s home and stealing a digital camera and a portable DVD player.

In observance of International Education Week (IEW) earlier this month the US Embassy held several outreach sessions at Georgetown and Berbice secondary schools which aimed at sharing information about studying in the US with over 100 students.

The Republic Bank Steel Band Arrangers Workshop concluded with a small closing ceremony yesterday where participants received certificates and special prizes.

The Human Services Ministry recently donated several pieces of equipment to the Home Economics Department of the Mahaicony Secondary School.

A man, who admitted to obtaining a quantity of money from three persons under the pretext that he would give them supervisory and cashier positions at a business he was purportedly opening, was ordered to pay a fine of $25,000 or spend three months in prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Four persons travelling in a minibus yesterday sustained injuries after the bus collided with a RAV 4 jeep on Lamaha Street.

– sentencing deferred The Guyanese man, who was charged in September this year with trafficking in narcotics in New York after excreting 44 pellets of cocaine, has pleaded guilty to the charge.

A stolen car was yesterday discovered abandoned at Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara with a punctured wheel and a man has since been arrested.