Guyana News

-Corbin urges gov’t The main opposition PNCR has charged the government with gross neglect of  East Bank Berbice, citing the  deplorable state of the East Bank Berbice Road as “the greatest evidence of this” and so  Opposition Leader Robert Corbin is calling for repairs to be effected immediately.

The long-awaited Takutu Bridge, linking Guyana and Brazil will finally be opened on Friday.

-union says others being victimized The National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) worker, who was incarcerated over the weekend returned to work yesterday but union leader, Kenneth Joseph said yesterday that several other workers, who had taken industrial action, and participated in a walk-out on Monday, are being “victimized”.

A man who allegedly had in his possession a quantity of cannabis was on Monday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Faced with a delay in both the start of ID card production and the completion of legislative reforms, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has ruled out the possibility of holding local government elections this year.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday sounded an alarm about political influence over security operations, while expressing concern that the prominent involvement of the military has given rise to excessive cruelty.

Archie Poole, who police said they wanted to question in relation to the Ministry of Health fire, was arrested at a Linden-Soesdyke highway location yesterday.

-two men charged with assault A Burrowes School of Arts teacher was placed on self bail yesterday after pleading not guilty to the charge of unlawful assault before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

An 83-year-old man died yesterday after being hit by a minibus which was reportedly speeding on the Liverpool public road.

A 29-year-old man is grateful for his life and is calling for justice after surviving a hit-and-run accident at Number 71 Village, Corentyne, Berbice on Monday.

-aggravated robbery accused tells magistrate A man yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to answer to the charge of robbery with aggravation at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The   Federation of Independent Trade  Unions of Guyana (FITUG) says that after careful deliberations and analysis it is not in support of government selling off its 20% shares in what it described as the “still lucrative, profit-making Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T).”

-Ministry to launch ‘aggressive’ campaign With workplace deaths for the first half of the year already at 11, the Ministry of Labour is to take what it called “a proactive approach” to curb this trend, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said in a press release last Friday.

A 31-year-old mother of two was on Monday remanded to prison when she appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of trafficking in narcotics.

-Food and Drug Department The Food and Drug Department says it was forced to condemn large amounts of rodent-damaged foods during a recent inspection exercise at manufacturing, storage and retail facilities in regions two and six.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – At least 15 Haitian migrants  drowned and more than 65 were missing after their wooden sail  boat hit a reef and sank off the Turks and Caicos islands,  local police and the U.S.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela will withdraw its  ambassador from Colombia and freeze relations with its Andean  neighbour, President Hugo Chavez said yesterday, following days  of accusations over troop buildups and alleged arms supplies.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduras’ coup leaders  came under new pressure yesterday to allow ousted President  Manuel Zelaya’s return to power as the United States revoked  visas for four members of the de facto government.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, (Reuters) – Nigerian President  Umaru Yar’Adua said yesterday that security forces would hunt   down remnants of a radical Muslim sect behind days of clashes  which killed at least 150 people and displaced thousands.

– evidence incontrovertible, Rohee says The fire which destroyed the Ministry of Health’s main building was well orchestrated by a ring of “intellectual authors, planners and actors”, all working within an established network, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said yesterday.