Guyana News

-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.

A five-year-old boy shot his 11-month-old sister dead on Tuesday at Mahdia.

‘I help a lot of people, talk to my patients and you will only hear satisfaction.

The army yesterday an-nounced that a Board of Inquiry has been launched into the circumstances which led to the death of the soldier found floating in the Cuyuni River.

Kumar Sawh of La Grange, West Bank Demerara, who allegedly chopped his reputed wife with a cutlass, was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

– males escape Six schoolgirls were taken into custody yesterday after police nabbed them in an old abandoned church at Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara with five males, who escaped.

The World Bank has approved a US$16M loan for Jamaica to support reforms to the national education system through capacity-building.

The US Military Liaison Office has sent a local army officer to Fort Gordon, Georgia to attend the Signal Officer Leadership Course.

A foetus was yesterday morning found stuck in a koker at the Muneshwer’s Wharf on Water Street and police are awaiting a post-mortem examination to determine the cause of death.

The Canadian High Commission will be closed to the public on Monday November 30.

Pascal Hussein was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $20,000 under the condition that he stays away from the woman he allegedly threatened to kill.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will not be in Afghanistan eight years from now, the White House said yesterday, as President Barack Obama prepared to explain to Americans next week why he is expanding the war effort.

VIENNA – Iran’s demand for changes to a nuclear fuel deal is unacceptable because it could mean Tehran keeping enough enriched uranium for possible use in an atom bomb, the UN nuclear watchdog chief said in an interview.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez used a visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday to brand Israel as a murderous agent of Washington.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Venezuela urged the UN Security Council yesterday to review the long-running military conflict in neighboring Colombia, which Caracas says is threatening peace and stability across Latin America.

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.