Guyana News

OSLO, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama defended the  right of the United States to wage “just wars” as he accepted  the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday, acknowledging that as a  wartime president he was a controversial choice.

The driver of a taxi and three women were arrested during a roadblock at Weldaad, West Coast Berbice after police received a report that they shoplifted items from a store at Cotton Tree around 12:30 pm yesterday.

COPENHAGEN/OSLO – U.S. President Barack Obama urged world  leaders yesterday to break the deadlock at climate change  talks in Copenhagen, even though many nations accused the United  States of lacking ambition.

…as Norway forest deal kicks in Mining will face increased scrutiny as plans are progressing to greatly increase the number of Mines Officers stationed throughout the hinterland to monitor all operations.

–stock worth $1M damaged, Christmas sales in jeopardy Christmas shoppers no longer have access to Boyo’s Style and Fashion, located on Regent Street between Classic Styles and a property owned by National Hardware, after the store’s roof was dismantled by a group of men claiming to have “a notice”.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal and two men who allegedly robbed a 55-year-old man at his Lima, Essequibo home last Monday, were yesterday remanded to prison when they appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Wakenaam Magistrate’s Court on several charges.

Senior Counsel Peter Britton who was hailed as being among the best criminal law minds in the country has died.

Professor David Dabydeen has denied nominating President Bharrat Jagdeo for the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts on climate change but revealed that he has been reliably informed that a North America-based Trinidadian academic has done so.

-sources Navin Chanderpal is no longer serving as Science and Environmental Advisor at the Office of the President (OP) following a tiff with President Bharrat Jagdeo.

President Bharrat Jagdeo and Executive Director of the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), Dr.

Minutes before Detective Sergeant, Sherlock Houston was presented with this year’s Best Cop Award, Police Commissioner Henry Greene yesterday urged the ranks gathered at the ‘A’ Division annual awards ceremony to stick to the Force’s motto to serve and protect.

Desrey Fox, Minister within the Ministry of Education who was injured in a three-vehicle collision on Tuesday remains a patient of the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

– trade union board Despite indicating its intention to have the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) derecognized, the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) is yet to make a formal application to the Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board.

An eighteen-year-old, who is accused of attempting to murder a man after allegedly robbing a woman of cash and raw gold, and another man, who allegedly had a quantity of ammunition, were remanded to prison yesterday when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday granted bail in the sum of $200,000 to a 26-year-old man when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing a quantity of money from the Guyana Post Office (GPO).

The Douglas DC-3 Museum at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri was commissioned on Monday by Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn in a drive to preserve Guyana’s aviation history, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

At the recent official launching and commissioning of Sky Service Airways to Guyana at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri,  it was disclosed that Sky Service Airlines of Toronto will be the only direct flight coming out of Toronto every Tuesday.

Road fatalities this year have already surpassed last year’s tally with 109 persons dying on the roadways to date compared to 104 for the same period last year, the police say.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s agriculture minister  and 17 other officials are under investigation over improper  handouts of state funds in a scandal that is denting President  Alvaro Uribe’s popularity, an investigator said yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Two leading international  human rights groups gave U.S.