Guyana News

An employee of Steve’s Jewellery was taken into police custody yesterday following reports that gold jewellery had been stolen from the store.

The three policemen charged with stealing millions they retrieved from suspects held for the robbery and murder of gold dealer Dweive Kant Ramdass yesterday petitioned the High Court for bail and were granted pre-trial liberty by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Thursday granted a vendor, who allegedly used abusive language against a police constable, bail in the sum of $10,000 when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Top U.S. Securities and  Exchange Commission officials were in the dark that staff were  probing Bernard Madoff until the former financier was arrested  in December 2008 for running a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, a  federal watchdog said in a report released yesterday.

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The World Trade  Organization ruled yesterday that European loans for Airbus  were illegal subsidies under world trade rules, U.S.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Wednesday sentenced a cane-cutter to two years imprisonment after he admitted to making use of violence to rob two persons of a cell phone and a quantity of cash.

MONTERREY, Mexico, (Reuters) – Washington is closely  watching Mexico’s recent decriminalization of drugs but  respects its neighbour’s move as a tool in the fight against  drug cartels, two senior U.S.

The IDB along with PAHO and the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases are embarking on an initiative to fight diseases which affect the poorest nations in the Region.

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – A U.S. warplane  summoned by German troops fired on hijacked fuel trucks in  Afghanistan before dawn yesterday, killing as many as 90 people  in an incident that could trigger a backlash against NATO.

Members of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) yesterday staged a protest in front of the office of Education Minister Shaik Baksh, calling for the confirmation of Genevieve Whyte-Nedd, who has been acting in the position of Chief Education Officer (CEO) for five years now.

URUMQI, China, (Reuters) – Five people died in unrest  this week in the far-west Chinese city of Urumqi, its deputy  mayor said yesterday, after a third day of protests which were  broken up by police using tear gas.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Negotiations to tackle climate  change have become deadlocked between rich and poor countries,  but the European Union could offer about a quarter of the money  needed to break the stalemate, an EU paper says.

Magistrate Nigel Hawke, on Thursday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court ordered that the prosecution in the Preliminary Inquiry into the murder of five Kaieteur News pressmen close their case.

LONDON, (Reuters) – It’s long been thought that  broccoli is good for your heart, and now British scientists  think they know why.

Godfrey Chin’s Pictorial Exhibition of 20th Century Guyana now moves to the Conference Room at the National Library from Wednesday, September 9.

The Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to meeting with stakeholders in Region Six to discuss solutions to lessen the effects of the dry season on the rice crop.

GLENDALE, Calif., (Reuters) – Michael Jackson was  buried on Thursday, more than two months after he died of a  drug overdose, marking the last stop for a superstar who spent  most of his 50 years in the public gaze.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – H1N1 flu has killed at least  2,837 people but is not causing more severe illness than  previously and the virus has not mutated, the World Health  Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.

The Meten-Meer-Zorg Islamic Academy said it recorded 85% passes in seven subject areas at the recent CSEC exams.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Wednesday remanded to prison a poultry farmer who allegedly had in his possession a quantity of cocaine and cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.