Guyana News

The general manager of the dredge in the Barama River which was attacked by gunmen on Saturday, was shot three times a post-mortem (PM) examination conducted yesterday morning has revealed.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told  Congress yesterday “the time for bickering is over” and  called for quick action on a broad healthcare overhaul that  would dramatically transform the U.S.

NEW YORK, (Reuters Life!) – The Kennedy family saga  was already the Greek tragedy of modern American history, but a  book alleging a love affair between Robert F.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A Bolivian-born man  clutching a Bible and claiming a divine mission hijacked a  plane in Mexico with more than 100 people aboard yesterday,  but the incident ended quickly and without bloodshed.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – The German officer who called in  an air strike in Afghanistan that authorities say killed dozens  of people did not have the right to give the order, according to  preliminary NATO findings, a newspaper said yesterday.

FREETOWN, (Reuters) – A boat carrying children in  Sierra Leone back from their school holidays capsized in a heavy  storm off the capital Freetown, killing at least 80 of its 150  passengers, police said yesterday.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Haiti has kept its  promise to build a government but donor nations have failed to  deliver the aid they pledged to the poorest country in the  western hemisphere, Bill Clinton said yesterday.

-after early morning raid The investigation into the Rorhema Dookie kidnapping was blown wide open yesterday when police arrested a man in a shack at the Stevedore squatting area, believed to be the place the young woman was held.

Son-in-law taken into custody Another man was taken into custody yesterday as police continued the investigation into the stabbing to death of US-based Guyanese Motilall Singh at Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara on Monday.

Teachers at the Bishops’ High School refused to teach yesterday until a first-year student, who has failed twice in the same class and has a record of indiscipline, was expelled.

A conflict between residents near the Barama River and those operating a dredge there is now the focus of the police investigation into the shooting on Saturday that left one dead and another seriously injured and according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud this seems to be the motive for the attack.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has launched an investigation into Monday’s incident, in which a student of the Freeburg Secondary School on Norton Street in the city was stabbed by another student following an argument.

A 31-year-old New Amsterdam man, who admitted having seven kilos of marijuana in his possession, was sentenced to five years and ordered to pay a $6.5 million fine, when he appeared before Magistrate Krishndat Persaud yesterday.

– to be replaced by modern sport facility The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), which manages the Caribbean’s oldest cricket venue, took the radical decision to tear down the famous Clive Lloyd and Laparkan stands yesterday and it is said that they will be replaced with a modern sport facility.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday granted bail to a 38-year-old man when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly obtaining a vehicle from Beharry Automotive Limited (BAL) by forged documents.

Cops criticised for response to eyewitness lead Salimoon Rahaman, the woman who is still searching for her 10-year-old son after the Essequibo River boat accident several weeks ago, says that she is not satisfied with the police investigation, noting that she had informed them of an eyewitness but was told she would have to get the man to come forward.

A small blaze of unknown origin in a barrack room just above the Brickdam Police Station’s armory caused some panic last night.

Surujbally being made scapegoat -Ramjattan While Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally considers a response to the government, which has blamed him for the failure to run off local government polls this year, one political leader feels he is being made a scapegoat.

Magistrate to rule on September 23 Magistrate Nigel Hawke yesterday deferred his ruling in the Preliminary Inquiry into the murders of the Kaieteur News pressmen to September 23.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) wishes to advise its customers at Leguan that electricity service to the island is expected to be  restored by tomorrow, as efforts are being made to return the generating set which serves the island to service as soon as possible.