Guyana News

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Tuesday ordered the East Ruimveldt man who said that he had not intentionally exposed himself to his neighbour to pay a fine of $7,500 when he appeared in court.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Washington, DC, subway trains collided during yesterday afternoon’s rush hour, killing six people and injuring 70 in a mass of tangled metal.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A brokerage firm and a Hollywood investment adviser that were key middlemen for Wall Street thief Bernard Madoff were hit with civil fraud charges yesterday, accused of steering new clients into the swindler’s lair as he sought to keep his massive Ponzi scheme running.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Wednesday put an Alexander Street man on a bond to keep the peace for a year after he pleaded guilty to making use of threatening behaviour.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, citing his own struggle to give up smoking, signed a law yesterday giving the US government broad regulatory power for the first time over cigarettes and other tobacco products.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Wednesday remanded to prison a man accused of robbery under arms.

-Minister of Finance announces Low income earners can now access up to $3M from approved mortgage finance companies to build their homes.

An 18-year-old who was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital on Saturday following an attempt to end her life after becoming frustrated at investigations into a rape ordeal was in a stable condition yesterday and her mother is to meet with the police today.

A Guyanese woman who flew to Canada in April to visit relatives is now missing following an afternoon walk on Saturday.

Who sleeps in a church dress and petticoat, prepares sardines and biscuits for dinner, covers their bodies in candle grease, snaps like an alligator and calls immigration in matters of a mate?

The Hadfield Foundation which had been a vibrant aspect of the arts scene and staged novel exhibitions and fashion shows in its heyday is closing its doors at the end of next month.

-focus on non-traditional exports reaping benefits Guyana is still waiting for the large investment dollars in agriculture, as it takes steps to become a key producer in the region’s multi-billion dollar food industry.

The image of a man burying bones in the sand was still on my mind as I engaged in the long and arduous journey out of Lindo Creek.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee last Friday commissioned the remodelled East La Penitence and Brickdam police stations, two of a total of 12 earmarked for modification by the government through the Citizen Security Programme (CSP) with funding provided by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

-customers actually get to pick what they want ‘Shopping for value’ is  among the new catch phrases  for customers in ‘stiff’ economic times and one young Linden entrepreneur is listening -offering customers the choice of determining their product, quality and price.

Lindie Sharpe, husband of the May 22nd Amelia’s Ward accident victim, Enid Sharpe said that he got no assistance from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) for the burial of his wife and was told that the matter is in the hands of the police.

The main opposition PNCR has named its nominees for the special select committee examining legislative reforms for impending local government elections.

-says Guyana mischaracterised as a trafficking haven The Ministerial Task Force on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) has rejected the US State Department’s labelling of Guyana as a “Tier Two Watch List Country” and its continual mischaracterization of the country as a trafficking haven.

Troy De Mattos, the Stabroek Market drink vendor who was shot and robbed on Saturday night, is in stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

-GGMC The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) intends to turn down applications for mining licences in the Rewa and Rupununi rivers, Commissioner William Woolford says.