Guyana News

A man who allegedly converted monies to his own use after receiving it for the purchase and export of seafood was granted $600,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brandished at the UN yesterday Nazi-era documents on the extermination of Jews, dramatically rebutting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s denial of the Holocaust.

A taxi driver was yesterday charged with beating and robbing a passenger of a quantity of jewellery, among other items.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The smell of hope has replaced George W.

NEW YORK – A Colorado airport shuttle bus driver has been charged in New York with conspiring to carry out a bombing attack in the United States, accused of acquiring the same bomb-making chemicals used in the 2005 London transit attacks.

Residents of Hague, West Coast Demerara have expressed dissatisfaction over what they call an inconsiderate move on the part of the Ministry of Public Works to have a road in the area constructed of red loam and crusher run and are calling on the relevant authorities to have the road tarred.

-as birthday party ends tragicallyBy Cathy RichardsResidents of Laddersville, Aroaima are mourning the tragic loss of one of their star athletes after his throat was slit at a birthday party in the village on Tuesday night.

Two children of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam sustained second degree burns about their bodies when their bed caught fire around 4 am yesterday during a scuffle between their parents who are both in police custody.

Four teenaged boys and a man were shot late Tuesday night outside the National Gym-nasium on Mandela Avenue after a dispute between two men over a bet at a football match that had been played there erupted onto the street.

The 44-year-old tractor operator of Bush Lot, West Berbice who is accused of murdering a teenager was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Fort Wellington Court yesterday.

It has been three weeks since unknown gunmen unleashed a barrage of gunfire at a car travelling along Savage Street, injuring two of the occupants in the process and police force is no closer to making a breakthrough in the case.

– rescued children of drug addicts This is the fourth in a series of interviews with children who have been rescued by the Child Care and Protection Agency of the Ministry of Human Services being published in recognition of Child Protection Week.

Road works around the country will receive a boost with the acquisition of a new asphalt plant by the Public Works Ministry.

Daily temperatures over the next two to three weeks are expected to be within the range of 32-34 degrees Celsius (89-93 Farenheit) as several parts of the country continue to experience little or no rainfall, the cause being a weak El Nino weather phenomenon which, the Hydromet Department stated recently, is expected to intensify within the next several weeks.

A 30-year-old man who allegedly robbed another man at gunpoint of a gold band, among other items, was granted $75,000 bail yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 44-year-old woman was yesterday admitted a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) nursing severe chop wounds to her head, both hands and other parts of her body inflicted by her husband with whom she had a misunderstanding.

Children from various schools in the city were urged to join the universal call for peace and become role models to peers in countries affected by conflict.

A contract valued $17.3 million has been awarded to Colin Talbert Contracting Services to build a new access bridge for Pigeon Island, East Coast Demerara.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) said the current disruption of water supply on the West Coast Demerara is due to a power shortfall at production sites.

A 29-year-old taxi driver, who allegedly supplied a woman with a quantity of cocaine, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.