Guyana News

-acknowledges early-morning raids Amid a furore over the treatment of illegals, Barbadian Prime Minister David Thompson says only four Guyanese have been deported since June 1 but he acknowledged that there have been early morning raids against the undocumented.

A 44-year old Meadow Bank resident was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital last evening with two stab wounds in the region of his chest.

A pregnant woman and her eight-month-old baby who were being deported from Canada on Thursday were taken off a flight bound for Guyana after the mother was deemed unfit to travel, according to a report in the Toronto Sun yesterday.

President Bharrat Jagdeo says that had he found any case of fraud at Clico or “even a slight inkling of fraud” the administration would have been first in conducting a full scale Commission of Inquiry.

-man in custody The remains flown to Georgetown on Thursday and suspected to be of 10-year-old Markinson Felix, were discovered at Maikwak, Upper Potaro by a hunter two Saturdays ago.

Pupils of the St Agnes Nursery School, located on Church Street, as well as students of two other nursery schools in the city are expected to move to another facility where the three institutions may be merged.

President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday declined to clarify his public statements about the first reported plea agreement deal struck with the state since the legislation was enacted saying that he “has said enough” on the issue.

– City Council The City Council has given notice that with effect from Friday vendors  will not be allowed to ply their trade on Saffon Street as a result of an intensified enhancement exercise which its engineers are carrying out in the La Penitence area.

The Ministry of Housing and Water, during its ‘One Stop Shop’ outreach to the Essequibo Coast on Friday last, conducted 470 transactions which will see approximately 319 house lots distributed in areas at Onderneeming (250), Charity (53) and Lima (16).

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Thursday ordered 34-year-old Raul Williams to be supervised by a probation officer over the next two years after he allegedly burnt his reputed wife on her leg following an argument.

-one held One man is in police custody following an early morning robbery which occurred at Alness, Corentyne on Saturday.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – The Honduran army ousted  and exiled leftist President Manuel Zelaya yesterday in Central  America’s first military coup since the Cold War, triggered by  his bid to make it legal to seek another term in office.

EDITORS’ NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject  to restrictions on their ability to report, film or take  pictures in Tehran.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Los Angeles police  investigating Michael Jackson’s sudden death said yesterday  they do not consider his doctor a suspect despite having  questioned him about his presence at the time of the pop idol’s  fatal cardiac arrest.

ROME, (Reuters) – Pope Benedict announced yesterday  that fragments of bone from the first or second century had been  found in a tomb in the Basilica of St Paul in Rome, which he  said confirmed the belief that it housed the apostle’s remains.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil had its first death  from the H1N1 influenza, or swine flu, yesterday, after a  29-year-old man succumbed to the virus which he picked up in  Argentina, Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao said.

– deflects question on sloth in setting up commission President Bharrat Jagdeo has strongly denied Cabinet interference in the procurement process, explaining that waivers on tender procedures for contract awards receive “no objections” based on recommendations from the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB).

– police cagey on sloth in probe, charge The long delay in implementing a rape charge against an ex-cop even though it had been recommended by the Director of Public Prose-cution (DPP) has focused the spotlight sharply on why the public is often wary of the criminal justice system, observers say.

A 22-year old man was yesterday afternoon rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, after being stabbed repeatedly about his body by another man.

– miners must gear for change They have been romanticized as lonely men seeking to make their fortune; praised for their contributions to the economy and vilified as destroyers of the environment.