Guyana News

A 21-year-old horse cart operator yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of unlawful and malicious damage to property.

The UK Department for International Development (DfID) has established a Trust Fund for 5 million pounds at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to assist Caricom and Cariforum states to boost growth and reduce poverty through trade and regional integration.

Child Protection Services has rescued Mary Sandy’s two-month-old baby following her death by accident on Wednesday, and is currently monitoring her other three children who are temporarily in the custody of a neighbour.

The National Blood Transfusion Service has set its target for this year at 8,000 units of blood, which is 1,000 more than the level set and attained last year, as 70% of the units collected by the department came voluntarily from the public.

The Georgetown City Council recently received two new vehicles valued $3m.

Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon has announced that Guyana will host the 18th Meeting of the Council of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) in June.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Days before Allen Stanford’s  business empire came crashing down in February, the top  regulator in the Texas billionaire’s Caribbean banking base of  Antigua and Barbuda blithely declared that his flagship bank there  had passed a “satisfactory” test.

A 27-year-old minibus operator on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit a felony when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, accused of tendering a forged driver’s licence.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is to sign a contract on Tuesday with a team from Brazil for the maintenance of the army’s flagship GDFS Essequibo.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – The final vote on a bill aimed  at letting popular Colombian President Alvaro Uribe seek a  third term next year was postponed yesterday, decreasing  chances it will pass in time to allow him to run.

The Guyana Defence Force has confirmed that Second Lieutenant Duane Rigby was dishonourably discharged from the force for being out of barracks beyond 18:00 hrs on the day two soldiers died following a boat mishap in the Cuyuni River.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s cocaine production  fell to its lowest in a decade last year as demand declined and  crackdowns reaped rewards, but rose in Bolivia and Peru, the  U.N.

OSLO, (Reuters) – A 13-year-old Norwegian girl is in  hospital with serious injuries after a bizarre road accident in  which she was dragged 4 km (2.5 miles) under a car before being  discovered, still conscious, and rescued, police said yesterday.

– US study NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Active compounds in green tea  may slow down the progression of prostate cancer, researchers  reported yesterday.

(Antigua Sun) – The police are investigating two homicides that occurred within hours of each other on Thursday; the first was in All Saints and the second in Fort Road.

(Trinidad Express) – The outrage continued on Thursday night in a country still reeling from the murder of ten-year-old Tecia Henry, with the discovery of another dead girl–suspected shot and body dumped at the roadside in Central Trinidad.

(Antigua Sun) – A full emergency was declared at the airport on Thursday evening after the starboard engine of a cargo plane burst into flames while going down the taxiway.

By Vishnu Bisram in New York Thousands of Guyanese yesterday bade farewell in New York to Shri Prakash Gossai, the popular Guyanese bhajan singer and interpreter of the Hindu scriptures.

–court hears A 24-year-old teacher, who allegedly told one of his students to pay him $10,000 if she wanted to pass her exams, was yesterday remanded to prison until July 4.

With effect from Monday the government lowered the excise tax on gasoline from 50 to 30 percent while the tax on diesel was lowered from 40 to 30 percent, and there is still no tax on kerosene.