…at Enmore martyrs observance
The sacrifice of the Enmore Martyrs was remembered yesterday amidst sharp exchanges between President of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), Gillian Burton and President Bharrat Jagdeo on the circumstances of workers today.
Dave Atherley, 39, of 167 Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, who is accused of possession of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking is to return to the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court on July 15 for the continuation of his trial.
Hundreds of Corentyne residents were recently able to benefit from free specialist health care when the eighth batch of the Chinese Medical Brigade conducted an outreach exercise in the area.
A mandir is to be erected in the New Diamond Housing Scheme on the East Bank Demerara and a steering committee will be set up shortly to manage the project.
Scotiabank on Friday announced its ten finalists for the 2009 Change-Maker Challenge contest and a Guyanese has made it through to the shortlist phase of the competition.
Twenty-seven-year-old Royston Noble of Lot 3 Fair’s Rust, Mackenzie, was before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court yesterday to answer a charge of assaulting the mother of his child.
HAMILTON, (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters called for Bermudian Premier Ewart Brown to step down yesterday and accused him of acting like a dictator in allowing four Guantanamo prisoners from China to settle on the mid-Atlantic island.
YEKATERINBURG, Russia, (Reuters) – The leaders of the world’s biggest emerging markets demanded a greater say in the global financial system yesterday at their first summit, but steered clear of any assault on the U.S.
LONDON, (Reuters) – One of Britain’s leading architects yesterday accused Prince Charles of abusing his constitutional powers by “single-handedly destroying” one of London’s biggest luxury housing developments.
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – A Belgian teenager has told police how she emerged from a tattoo parlour with 56 stars over one side of her face, rather than the three she had asked for, prosecutors said yesterday.
Residents demand increased security after rampant robberies
Following a spate of robberies over the past few months, Parika residents are calling on the authorities to beef-up security in the area, saying the few ranks that are stationed at the Parika Police Station are inadequate to cope with activities at the busy port of entry.
– Green protests his innocence
“I stand by my innocence,” Guyanese drug trafficker Wayne Gavin Green said when he and his five convicted compatriots appeared before the No 3 Supreme Court in Barbados yesterday morning.
Less than a week after being stabbed repeatedly, battered and doused with kerosene by her former lover Sharmin McKay, of Bachelor’s Adventure (Bare Root), died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday afternoon.
A corporal in the Guyana Defence Force was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with raping a girl under the age of 16.