Guyana News

Bucket brigade, BOSAI tender help to bring blaze under control An early morning fire yesterday completely destroyed the Black Face hotel, disco and bar at 113 Half Mile, Wismar, Linden and damaged two neighbouring houses.

-had been complained about since January -Contractor says workers bought the wrong ‘nails’ The “roughly constructed” $1.1M bridge at Bobby White Street, Bee Hive North was built in less than a day and a subsequent inspection revealed that the project’s contract had most likely been breached by the contractor.

-four vehicles also burnt Fire around midnight on Saturday destroyed a two-storey building at Good Hope, East Coast Demerara used as a storage bond for vehicles, leaving the owners of the property facing millions of dollars in losses in what is suspected to be arson.

-bag with unexploded Molotov cocktails was found near fence How arsonists gained access to and moved about in the Ministry of Health’s compound without the security guards on site being alerted remains a mystery since there are signs the perpetrators attempted to set fire to the other buildings and this would have taken some time.

Two persons accused of murder had their cases discharged at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court on Friday while on Thursday another murder accused was committed to stand trial for manslaughter.

A Canada-based Guyanese on Friday donated a quantity of towels, bed sheets, pillow cases, medications and toys for the children of the Paediatric Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A woman accused of wrongfully confining a man along with the charge of simple larceny was on Friday placed on bail in the sum of $300,000 when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The University of Guyana (UG) has taken step one towards establishing its quality assurance system with the assistance of the University of the West Indies under a new phase of collaboration between the two.

The Kuru Kuru Training Centre on Friday concluded its Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training 2008-2009 class with a graduation ceremony.

Major repair works to the East Bank Berbice public road should get underway next month and $18M was budgeted by government for this in addition to funds usually granted for remedial work.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, (Reuters) – Honduras’ deposed  President Manuel Zelaya and the de facto government that ousted  him in a coup failed yesterday to end the country’s political  crisis as two days of talks collapsed.

A man was on Friday sentenced to two years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to the charge of robbery when it was read to him by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia has sent a copy of a  video, in which a leftist rebel says the guerrillas supported  the presidential campaign of Ecuadorean leader Rafael Correa,  to the OAS and Interpol, the government said yesterday.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Uganda will lose its entire  forest cover in the next 50 years if the government does not  embark on immediate efforts to halt rapid deforestation, a  forestry expert warned yesterday.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson remanded a sailor accused of embezzlement after he admitted using $10,000 from a sum of money entrusted to him by his boss to “sport” with his friends on his birthday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Harry Potter cast a spell  over moviegoers worldwide as the sixth entry in the fantasy  franchise set a new opening record of $396.7 million, a clear  sign that the lucrative franchise has lost none of its magic.

A woman from Mocha who allegedly unlawfully and maliciously wounded her partner was on Friday put on a bond to keep the peace for two years when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – The 15th century Vinland  Map, the first known map to show part of America before explorer  Christopher Columbus landed on the continent, is almost  certainly genuine, a Danish expert said on Friday.

A teenager accused of committing two counts of simple larceny was on Friday placed on bail in the sum of $50,000 when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

– fires firm, demands answers The ruins of the two burnt Ministry of Health buildings are still being assessed by investigators in the wake of Friday’s fire, but preliminary confirmation of security breaches have resulted in the ministry immediately switching security firms and demanding a full explanation for what occurred.