Guyana News

-President President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday ruled out any probe into the alleged link between Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy and confessed drug trafficker Roger Khan without factual evidence.

-fleeing bandit shot at pursuer The two Castello Housing Scheme residents who were shot in separate incidents on Thursday night are recovering from the gunshot wounds they sustained.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday fended off criticism of the benefits for former Presidents, saying they have been enshrined in law to ensure transparency about the entitlements, almost all of which had been enjoyed by his predecessors.

– court hears An 18-year-old man who allegedly attempted to commit a felony was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 16-year-old boy who was jointly charged with another person over a house break-in was on Wednesday ordered to remain in police custody when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 30-year-old father of four who was charged with the offence of robbery with aggravation was on Wednesday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 35-year-old contractor who allegedly forged a Certificate of Compliance was granted bail on Thursday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

– boyfriend missing A 14-year-old, who succumbed to burn injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Monday, had reportedly set herself ablaze two Fridays ago after an argument with her boyfriend.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Declared “persona non grata”  by the United States nine months ago, Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez’s envoy returned to Washington yesterday, calling for  more oil cooperation and the extradition of an ex-CIA agent.

A mural paying homage to Wilson Harris for his celebrated work, ‘Palace of the Peacock’ was on Thursday unveiled at the University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz  Inacio Lula da Silva signed a law granting more than a million  people land titles in huge chunks of the Amazon, aiming to end  decades of legal chaos in the world’s largest rain forest.

More than 2000 Linden school students are set to benefit from the human services ministry’s annual school uniform programme where vouchers were recently distributed for parents to redeem for uniform and other supplies.

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

A team including ministers Priya Manickchand and Robeson Benn resettled 44 roving street dwellers at the La Penitence Night Shelter earlier this week.

Phyllis Carter, widow of Guyana’s poet laureate, Martin Carter, was the guest of honour at a ceremony inspired by students and held early yesterday morning at her husband’s graveside at the Place of the Seven Ponds in the Botanic Gardens in Georgetown.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Doctors completed an  autopsy on the body of Michael Jackson yesterday but said they  could not immediately establish a cause of death for the “King  of Pop” as speculation centred on his use of prescription  painkillers.

A man was remanded to prison after he appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s court on Thursday on a charge of robbery under arms.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Financier Allen Stanford will  remain in a Texas jail at least until Monday as a federal judge  reconsiders his $500,000 bond at the urging of prosecutors who  say the accused swindler is a flight risk, according to a  ruling on Friday.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Leftist Honduran President  Manuel Zelaya yesterday pressed ahead with his effort to extend  presidential terms as opposition lawmakers, saying he had  overstepped his authority, moved to oust him from office.

Speaker Ralph Ramkarran on Thursday warned the National Assembly about the impact of continued deferrals on the conclusion of crucial parliamentary business.