Guyana News

Typewriter technician Michael Martin Crawford of Lot 9 Martin Luther Scheme, New Amsterdam, Berbice, was refused bail after two indictable charges of rape were read to him by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo in the New Amsterdam Court yesterday.

A young man was yesterday remanded to prison after Magistrate Priya Beharry read a charge of robbery with aggravation to him at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, accusing him of robbing a passenger in a minibus of a $107,000 gold chain.

Bevon Mc Cloud pleaded not guilty to larceny from the person when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Security at the Diamond Secondary School has been intensified within the last six weeks following two stabbing incidents, including one that left a 13-year-old student hospitalized.

A 41-year-old woman who is accused of stealing over $500,000 from a travel agency in Georgetown was placed on $300,000 bail yesterday by Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Caricom Secretariat intends to use the upcoming bi-annual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet-ing (CHOGM) in Trinidad and Tobago to plug the importance issue of Climate Change, Caricom Secretary General Edwin Carrington disclosed yesterday.

Romix, a South African company which has a new method of building roads has caught the attention of the Ministry of Works resulting in an invitation to further demonstrate the use of the new technology here.

The stepfather of the tortured teen yesterday changed his mind about an identification parade, which was to be held at the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and the police have blamed this on the intervention of Mark Benschop.

A unique collection of Dr Denis Williams’ work including original manuscripts and study materials was handed over to the Walter Roth Museum yesterday, but it will be a few months before the work is accessible to the public.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has called on the press to find the boy caught up in an alleged child solicitation case involving Office of the President Press and Publicity Officer Kwame McCoy saying that the police have tried to no avail.

BEIJING (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama wrangles over trade and currency policy with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao today, with Iran and North Korea competing for attention at the summit of the two global powers.

The Tourism Ministry and the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) on Saturday participated in an enhancement exercise at the Kingston seawall bandstand and its environs.

Sixteen-year-old Sonya Valini Yacoob of the New Amsterdam Multilateral School has earned the distinction of being the best Business Education student at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC).

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said yesterday that al Qaeda remained the biggest threat to US security, as his aides stepped up pressure on Afghanistan and Pakistan to cooperate with Washington’s strategy in the troubled region.

The 76-year-old poultry farmer of Number 70 Village who was arrested after he shot a man who was caught in his chicken pen around 2 am on Sunday remains in custody at the Springlands Police Station.

BEIJING (Reuters) – China yesterday distanced itself from proposals to delay a binding climate pact to 2010, but might be willing to sign up to a “political deal” at climate talks next month if it includes strong commitments from rich nations.

A 19-year-old vendor was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail for possession of obscene tapes when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

VIENNA (Reuters) – The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog is concerned that Iran’s belated revelation of a new uranium enrichment site may mean it is hiding further nuclear activity, an agency report said yesterday. 

A night shelter lodger who is accused of wounding another lodger was remanded to prison by Magistrate Priya Beharry yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

BEIJING (Reuters) – The imperative of greater global currency stability means the world can no longer rely, as it has done since the end of the gold standard, on a currency issued by a single country, the head of the IMF said today.