Guyana News

-escape with cash and jewels A normal workday for a building contractor turned to a harrowing near death experience yesterday when two armed men invaded his work site, tied him up and made off with $100, 000 in cash as well as jewellery.

A band of six bandits looted a Linden storage bond of $2.3M worth of items last weekend after tying up the security guard.

The relatives of Ramesh Sawh, who was found hanging in the Enmore Police Station lockups in January last, have sued the Commissioner of Police Henry Greene and Attorney General Charles Ramson for in excess of $10 million as compensation for the man’s death.

Cortours is collaborating with the Tourism Ministry to start the first ever Berbice Regatta scheduled for Saturday at the Amerindian community of Orealla.

-two suspects on the run Three persons are likely to be charged today in relation to Tuesday’s murder of Land of Canaan fireman Patrick Daly but the two main suspects remain on the run.

No evidence was led in court during the trial of security guard David Chesney that Oneil Adams had been handcuffed when he was shot at the KFC Stabroek Outlet on February 25, 2005.

Landline and cellular service to several Region 10 communities were affected yesterday following yet another attack on the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) cables on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

– was charged with attempted murder last year A 19-year-old girl, who was last year charged with attempting to murder another girl, appeared on Wednesday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of attacking another girl with a knife.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday scrapped a Bush-era missile defence plan for Europe that Russia had bitterly opposed and offered what he said would be faster, more flexible defense systems to protect against Iran.

The Mexican Embassy on Tuesday night celebrated El grito de Independencia or the Cry of Independence at the Pegasus Hotel in commemoration of its 199th Independence.

AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan’s King Abdullah called on Israel yesterday not to block moves to relaunch Middle East peace talks by continuing to build settlements in the West Bank.

As Victorine Ifill surveyed the ruins that she called home only a few days ago, she vowed not to give up.

KABUL (Reuters) – President Hamid Karzai defended Afghanistan’s disputed presidential election yesterday after preliminary results showed he won, and a suicide bomb attack on Italian troops tested the resolve of a major NATO ally.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson remanded a 30-year-old construction worker to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday accused of having a quantity of cannabis.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said power supply on the West Coast Demerara has improved since Sunday when it returned a fifth generator to service.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Washington acknowledged yesterday that Iran’s long-range missile programme posed less of a threat to the West than previously thought.

Two persons were killed yesterday morning when a car headed to Berbice lost control, slammed into an electricity pole and flipped into a ditch along the public road at Unity, Mahaica East Bank Demerara.

Five men, alleged to be members of a gang which terrorized Berbice since May, appeared before Magistrate Chandra Sohan at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court yesterday, charged with 19 counts of robbery under arms and were remanded to prison.

By Cathy Richards Hours of torrential rains in Linden yesterday have left families and businesses at both Mackenzie and Wismar in discomfort and with extensive damage.

The main opposition PNCR yesterday urged Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy to resign while renewing its call for an international probe into alleged links between the Bharrat Jagdeo administration and confessed drug trafficker Roger Khan.