Guyana News

Petty thieves have been wreaking havoc in Kaneville over the last few months but in spite of increased vigilance among residents, one managed to break into a house in First Field yesterday and after terrorizing a woman and her daughter made off with cash and jewellery.

Two children are among four persons who have been left homeless following a fire that swept through a two-bedroom wooden house at Lot 22 Section ‘C’, Number Seventy-nine Village, Skeldon.The

The search continued yesterday for ten-year-old Ricky Ramnarine- who has been missing following a boat accident on the Essequibo River on Monday night in which his father and another man died, but nothing was recovered.

-Minister meets farmers El Nino-like conditions are affecting many areas across the country and the Ministry of Agriculture has been reaching out to affected farmers, a statement from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said.

A 36-year-old man who said tearfully that he was being wrongfully accused of  a theft involving cash and items in excess of $9M was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited has added a new product to its line of services, the ‘Republic VISA One Card’ which according to the bank, will allow customers access to their accounts from anywhere in the world where VISA is accepted, including on-line merchants.

While addressing students graduating from the Cuban Scholarship programme yesterday, President Bharrat Jagdeo issued a challenge to the graduates to participate actively in Guyana’s development.

Zimeena Rasheed of the Anna Regina Library gained 94% in the 12-14 age group resulting in that library emerging the overall winner in the recently-concluded Champion Readers Competition launched by the National Library on April 4.

Richard Sanchara, the 28-year-old Montrose, East Coast Demerara vendor, who disappeared sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning while at sea, was picked up by another boat at about 1:30 pm on Tuesday.

The taxi driver accused of causing 78-year-old Eileen August to suffer a broken leg and hip in a collision was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The tiny Caribbean state of  Antigua and Barbuda, still reeling from the fraud scandal  surrounding Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, yesterday found  a new foreign benefactor in Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. government is covertly  testing technology in China and Iran that lets residents break  through screens set up by their governments to limit access to  news on the Internet.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – Afghan  President Hamid Karzai’s main rival drew a huge crowd to a rally  yesterday but violence still loomed as a threat, with a former  leader escaping an assassination attempt a week before the vote.

TEHRAN – Iran’s defeated presidential candidate Mehdi  Karoubi said on his website yetserday that some of those  arrested after the June presidential election were tortured to  death, but other inmates defended their treatment.

CANBERRA, (Reuters) – Australia’s parliament  rejected a plan for the world’s most ambitious emissions trade  regime as expected yesterday, bringing the nation closer to a  snap election and prolonging financial uncertainty for major  emitters.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – The mystery surrounding a missing  merchant ship deepened yesterday with the vessel’s operator  suggesting piracy and maritime experts suspecting foul play or  even a secret cargo.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, (Reuters) – Millions of sockeye  salmon have disappeared mysteriously from a river on Canada’s  Pacific Coast that was once known as the world’s most fertile  spawning ground for sockeye.

-to test Caricom’s competition body With local producers facing harassment in accessing regional markets, Guyana intends to test the effectiveness of the Caricom Competition Commission.

-crew mates held A 28-year-old man disappeared at sea sometime between Monday and Tuesday night and four men are in custody as police investigate the matter.

The opposition political parties will meet with civil society groups today to explore ways forward to address the allegations linking the Guyana government to drug trafficker Roger Khan.