Guyana News

…but health ministry on top of thingsMinister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy is advising anyone with flu-like symptoms to visit their doctor or local health centre and says the ministry will continue to give regular updates as he feels it is only a matter of time before the H1N1 flu reaches Guyana.

A 39-year-old labourer pleaded guilty to using threatening language to a schoolgirl and was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Up to press time last night, a 66-year-old US-based Guyanese who has been missing since Friday following a visit to a family home in Buxton had still not been found.

Handle of knife found by relatives Relatives of Sharmin McKay, who died on Monday after being stabbed, said the suspect boasted before the attack about how he could `get off for murder’ and questions are being raised about the quality of the police probe as the handle of the knife used was found during a clean-up of the house.

Days after he granted an order approving the sale of Clico (Guyana’s) immovable properties and businesses, Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang has recalled the order in the wake of strong objections by attorneys for Clico (Guyana).

Officials of the Guyana Police Force’s ‘B’ division  yesterday met with residents of the Bagotville community located on the West Bank of Demerara  to listen to their concerns on crime.

Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon says plans are in train to build a US$2M home at Onverwagt for street dwellers in order to provide them with medical and material support.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Mourners clashed with U.N. troops after a popular priest’s funeral in the Haitian capital yesterday and a demonstrator was killed by gunfire that witnesses blamed on the peacekeepers.

-complainant asked court to be merciful A woman who had stabbed her partner in his chest pleaded guilty yesterday to the charge of unlawful and malicious wounding and was sentenced to two years imprisonment by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

CARACAS (Reuters) – A Spanish cruise ship hit by an outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus among its crew headed for its final stop at the Caribbean island of Aruba yesterday, the ship operator said.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s Congress overturned two  controversial land laws yesterday that ignited clashes  between police and indigenous protesters in the Amazon rain  forest two weeks ago, killing at least 34 people.

A 52-year-old businessman yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of unlawful assault.

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

With the tragic death of their mother and concerns being raised about their welfare, Child Protection Services yesterday moved to take temporary control of the four young children of accident victim Mary Sandy.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The European Union agreed the  basis of its financial contribution to a global climate change  deal on Thursday, but environmentalists said more was needed to  ensure success at global talks in Copenhagen in December.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Wednesday donated over 30,000 seasonal influenza vaccines to the Ministry of Health.

-lawyer says he was on ‘lock down’ Twenty-one-year-old Rawle Franklin was granted bail in the sum of $50,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson for allegedly wounding an inmate at the Camp Street prison in January  last year.

MOGADISHU, (Reuters) – Hardline Islamist insurgents  killed Somalia’s security minister and at least 30 other people  yesterday in the deadliest suicide bomb attack yet in the Horn  of Africa nation, officials said.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A pilot on a Continental Airlines flight died in mid-flight and the plane landed safely near New York City under the control of two co-pilots, authorities said yesterday.

Several Watooka Day Primary School pupils narrowly escaped serious injury yesterday at Half Mile Wismar, Linden when a speeding minibus crashed into the parked maxi school bus they were in.