Guyana News

– Plaisance and Vryheid’s Lust supply severely limited The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) wishes to advise its customers at Bareroot, East Coast Demerara that water supply to the community will be restored by next Monday.

A 38-year-old truck driver was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) last evening in an unconscious state following a head-on collision between his vehicle and another in the vicinity of the Caricom Secretariat at Turkeyen.

– residents call for lights, police patrols A 24-year-old man, of Lot 3860,Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara is recovering at the Male Open ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital from several stab wounds he sustained on Saturday evening when he was accosted by an assailant as he made his way home.

A 25-year-old woman was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday afternoon by her relatives after she sustained a wound to her right temple ,allegedly at the hands of a another relative following an argument.

Residents of the Tuschen New Housing Scheme are calling for a building constructed to house a health centre to be converted to a nursery school saying that this is a more urgent need and the building has not been used since it was completed.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) recently withdrew the charge against one of the men fingered in the murder of GPL’s Chief Security Officer four months ago after evidence surfaced that he was not picked out of an ID parade.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rapper Kanye West apologized for a second time yesterday after celebrities and fans poured scorn on his hijacking of teen country star Taylor Swift’s moment in the spotlight at the MTV Video Music Awards.

A fourteen-year-old boy and a man, who allegedly had carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old girl, and another man, who had carnal knowledge of a girl when she was 13 years old, appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Singer Whitney Houston said in an interview aired yesterday that life with former husband Bobby Brown descended into a nightmare of drugs and fights, and that at one point he painted “evil” eyes on the walls of their home.

A 32-year-old North Sophia resident was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of robbing a woman of a gold chain at knifepoint on America Street.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City police and the FBI raided homes in the borough of Queens early yesterday as part of an investigation into suspected terrorism, focusing on one man who has been under surveillance, officials said.

A 20-year-old man who allegedly had carnal knowledge of an 11-year-old girl was granted bail when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court last Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama signed an order yesterday extending the law used to impose the US trade embargo on Cuba, despite calls by embargo opponents to follow up his easing of sanctions on the communist-ruled island by letting it lapse.

The US Embassy will host a public forum on press freedom and freedom of information laws on September 23 at the Pegasus Hotel.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warned the American people over their government’s close ties with Israel in an apparently new audio tape posted on an Islamist website yesterday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Patrick Swayze, who went from Broadway dancer to Hollywood star in box-office hits like Dirty Dancing and Ghost, died yesterday after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a 53-year-old man be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly being found with a quantity of cannabis in a bag at the Bartica Police Station.

TEHRAN – Iran and six world powers seeking to defuse a protracted standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme will start talks on Oct.

The post-mortem examination of Nigel Butters, the man found dead in the Stabroek Market urinal was inclusive, his relatives say.

-shotguns, masks found A five-member gang, suspected of committing a spate of armed robberies during the last six months in Berbice, was arrested and a quantity of guns and masks were recovered by the police yesterday afternoon.