Guyana News

The joint opposition parties have called on Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon and the Guyana Agricultural Workers’ Union (GAWU) to “give their unstinted support” to the demand for an international commission of inquiry, saying that it would offer answers to the concerns being raised by both the government spokesman and the union.

Six persons are now the subject of a police investigation after it was discovered that one of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI)’s off site ATM machines was tampered with on several occasions.

Child protection services have taken an abandoned baby into custody yesterday after the child’s mother asked a teenager to hold him and then disappeared.

Cops seek Freeman St man for questioning As investigations into the devastating Ministry of Health fire continue, police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for a Georgetown resident.

Eileen August, the 78-year-old woman who suffered a broken leg and hip after being hit down by a taxi driver, died yesterday in the female surgical ward of the Georgetown Public hospital (GPH).

A man involved in an accident at Regent and King Streets last Friday that resulted in two persons being severely injured was fined $65,000 yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

In an effort to build private sector interest in the University of Guyana (UG), it needs a combination of an entrepreneur and an efficient administrator who could reach out and raise funds, according to immediate past Chancellor Dr.

For Daniel Ram, faith and family continue to provide a shining path to success.

-denies political meddling The police force has denied that the Office of the Commissioner of Police is reluctant to launch a probe into the startling revelations emanating from testimony in the trial of attorney Robert Simels.

Region 10 Chairman Mortimer Mingo is refuting claims by Public Works Minister Robeson Benn that billboards that had been erected along the Linden Soesdyke/Amelia’s Ward highway posed a traffic hazard.

15 year-old freed of murder charge Magistrate Hazel Octave Hamilton recently freed a 15-year-old boy who was charged for killing his school mate, ruling that the prosecution failed to make out a prima facie case against him.

School of the Nations says it has recorded an excellent set of results for its students who sat the Cambridge University O Level, International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and Advanced Level examinations in May/June.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Three men were indicted yesterday for allegedly stealing more than 130 million credit and  debit card numbers in what U.S.

LUSAKA, (Reuters) – Former Zambian president  Frederick Chiluba was acquitted yesterday of all charges in what  was seen as a landmark corruption case against an African former  head of state.

NAZRAN, Russia, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed  20 people and wounded 138 in Russia’s Ingushetia region yesterday, turning a simmering Islamist insurgency there into the  biggest test of Kremlin control of its southern flank.

SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan – One of Afghanistan’s most  notorious militia leaders threw his support behind President  Hamid Karzai at a chaotic rally yesterday, the final day of  campaigning for this week’s election.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Hurricane Bill, the first  hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season, revved up quickly as it  headed toward Bermuda yesterday, while the remnants of Tropical  Storm Ana dissipated without threatening the U.S.

ASTRAKHAN, Russia, (Reuters) – The Russian navy found  a missing cargo ship yesterday in the Atlantic Ocean near the  Cape Verde islands, raising the prospect of solving a mystery  that has baffled maritime authorities for weeks.

-driver flees, held at roadblock Two children were killed yesterday when a car slammed into them in a horrific accident on the Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo public road which saw the driver speeding away before being pursued and held at a police roadblock.

A man and his wife, married for 38 years, died after their motorcycle collided with a pick-up that was reportedly racing on the Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara highway last evening.