Guyana News

A man was yesterday placed before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of exporting birds without a lawful permit.

A man who allegedly stole a woman’s cell phone was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $100,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Inquest finds police liable -justice finally served, says family A jury yesterday found the Guyana Police Force culpable in the death of Ramesh Sawh, who was found hanging in the Enmore Police Station lockups in January 2008.

The roads, recently damaged by heavy rains in the Rupununi, have been fixed, Chairman of Region Nine, Clarindo Lucas says.

– small city protest was ‘wake-up call’ PNCR Leader Robert Corbin yesterday announced the launch of a national campaign to force the government to account for its alleged involvement with drug trafficker Roger Khan, as the main opposition took to the streets in protest.

The Hogstye-Lancaster Ibo group outdid itself last week with a series of activities it put on to commemorate emancipation, which culminated on Saturday.

A salesman and a porter were yesterday charged with giving false information to the police regarding a robbery and were granted bail when they appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson’s mother was awarded custody of the singer’s three children yesterday and his ex-wife Debbie Rowe was given visitation, formalizing an arrangement announced last week.

A woman of Cotton Tree Squatting Area was found dead, hanging from a tree in the backdam in the area around midday yesterday.

A man who drove his vehicle in a dangerous manner was yesterday fined $50,000 or six months imprisonment when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The Taliban have warned Afghans that possessing pictures of “unrelated women and handsome boys” was against Islamic law and owning “shiny new phones” runs contrary to their religious dignity.

ERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won parliament’s support yesterday for a measure to privatise state land, and another law seen as potentially boosting the ranks of his right-wing ruling coalition.

Four armed bandits attacked five workers attached to a contracting company in a camp in the Skeldon backdam about 8 pm on Sunday and robbed them of cash, cell phones and items belonging to the contractor valued $240,000.

“Reflection,” an exhibition and sale of arts and crafts from Sophia, will commence this Friday to commemorate the newly formed Sophia Artists Group.

MIAMI (Reuters) – A Continental Airlines Inc plane hit severe turbulence en route from Rio de Janeiro to Houston yesterday and was diverted to Miami, where more than two dozen passengers were treated for injuries.

A 52-year-old woman was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $200,000 when she appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to two counts of forgery.

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A scheme directed by an American in Israel in which fake income tax returns were filed on behalf of US prison inmates netted refunds of more than $4 million, prosecutors said yesterday in announcing fraud charges.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Several dozen militant backers of Hugo Chavez yesterday stormed the headquarters of an opposition TV station that the Venezuelan president has threatened to shut down amid his crackdown on private media.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee yesterday rejected claims that the administration and Dr Leslie Ramsammy had conspired to burn down the Health Ministry saying that there is no evidence to support such “utter rubbish”.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader endorsed the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a ceremony boycotted by leading moderates in protest at a disputed poll that plunged Iran into its worst crisis since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.