Guyana News

LONDON (Reuters) – Dozens of Honduran journalists and human rights activists have been attacked or threatened with violence by both the military and supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, a press watchdog said yesterday.

A dredge operator was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital for surgery after being chopped several times about the body by a disgruntled employee yesterday in the Omai area (Potaro-Siparuni).

A 30-minute documentary of the 1763 Slave Rebellion, which was led by Coffy will be aired for the first time on national television today.

-six others pulled to safety An employee of the GuySuCo Staff Club is dead and three persons are in critical condition after a car, reportedly speeding, flipped over and into a trench early yesterday morning on the Manchester Public Road, Corentyne.

Accusing the PPP/C government of severe human rights abuses, trade union leader Lincoln Lewis has urged former Commonwealth Secretary General Sir Shridath Ramphal to intervene.

The main opposition PNCR has organized a protest today, to call for an investigation by Interpol into the administration’s dealings with regards to the cocaine connections following revelations in a New York court.

All of the persons who the police had charged as well as suspected of having participated in the brutal killings of Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh, his siblings and his security guard are now deceased leaving the force at a dead end.

The Cane Grove man, who was badly burnt after beating his wife and allegedly setting their house ablaze, remains in a serious condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

A Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara businessman and his wife were attacked on Thursday and robbed of a cellular phone and $100,000 cash by four men.

The Chicago-based Guyana Community Outreach Fund (GCOF) has come to the assistance of Sonia Hinds, a victim of domestic abuse nine-years ago, with a financial contribution which will enable her to have easier access to water at her home.

Two men, wounded in separate incidents, were admitted patients to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday morning.

A 43-year-old man was on Wednesday ordered to pay a fine of $30,000 or spend 12 months in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of simple larceny when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

-owner fears for her life, protection order had been granted day earlier “I had to evacuate because he is on the loose and I’m afraid for my life and the life of my children and family”.

A man who allegedly promised to get a US visa for another and stole the money that was given to him to get the visa was on Friday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court.

A 27-year-old pork-knocker was on Wednesday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of felonious wounding.

-two employees resign Two employees of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) resigned on Friday after the organization uncovered a suspected fraud in which a substantial amount of Government revenues are unaccounted for.

A 26-year-old man accused of uttering a forged US$100 note was on Thursday placed on $50,000 bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The annual Soiree on Friday at Hopetown Village, West Berbice attracted numerous persons, with some dressed in African attire.

Five persons accused of stealing a quantity of seafood appeared on Wednesday before Acting Chief Magis-trate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer charges of simple larceny and knowingly receiving stolen articles.

Two Jamaicans and a Belizean were selected as winners in the Scotiabank Change-Maker Challenge contest which concluded on July 17.