Guyana News

-as domestic violence casualties grow About a month before she was brutally slashed to death by her former partner, Omwattie Kallicharran and her relatives had made the last of a long list of reports to the police about his threats.

-urges police commanders to act The Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday announced in an advertisement that it has advised police Divisional Commanders to take appropriate action against a number of businesses, residences and houses of worship which have been making noise and have been complained about.

Well-known Hindu pandit, Sri Prakash Gossai passed away this morning in the United States.

Residents of several south Wakenaam villages are calling on the authorities to make provisions for necessities including water and electricity as well as security for schoolgirls who trek several miles along the lonely public road which connects their villages to the central part of the island.

The driver of a truck which caused a four-vehicle accident on the East Coast Public Road in the vicinity of Bachelor’s Adventure on Saturday is in police custody and could provide an early test of the recently assented to breathalyzer law.

As investigations into the alleged sexual abuse of several Linden boys continue, the accused police sergeant at Linden is still on official duty but did not report for work over the past few days.

Dewan Roshan, shot by one of two armed bandits at his home on Saturday evening, was stripped of his pants along with $80,000 and is still in a serious condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

The Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown on Tuesday commissioned several pieces of recreational equipment at the Eccles Nursery School which it had also refurbished.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuban dissident blogger Yoani  Sanchez says the island is headed for “inevitable” change since  former leader Fidel Castro retired, and Cubans have become more  outspoken than ever in their criticism of the government.

A 24-year-old East Ruimveldt man on Friday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of indecent exposure.

KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – At least 40 south Sudanese  soldiers and civilians were killed when tribal fighters ambushed  river barges carrying U.N.

A 35-year-old man on Thursday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to two counts of using abusive language.

The recent actions by the opposition suggest that there are attempts to delay local government polls this year, according to PPP/C General Secretary Donald Ramotar, who says there are no disagreements on “fundamental” legislative reforms.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Novo Nordisk A/S’s  experimental diabetes drug liraglutide was significantly better  at helping patients control blood sugar than an older common  medicine after two years of treatment, according to data from a  clinical trial.

A 29-year-old man on Thursday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charges of assault and malicious damage to property.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Defeated candidate Mirhossein  Mousavi demanded yesterday that Iran’s presidential election be  annulled and urged more protests, while tens of thousands of  people hailed the victory of the hardline Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. 

RAMAT GAN, Israel, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime  Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded yesterday to uncommon  pressure from Washington by finally giving his endorsement —  with conditions — to the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Marlon Britton, the Plaisance man who died on Tuesday morning after being shot in the head on Monday night, died from shock and haemorrhaging.

The leader of the Guyana Justices of the Peace (JP) Association said after a year of laying the groundwork it now has a plan in place which can only be realised with members’ support.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – CIA director Leon Panetta  says it’s almost as if former vice president Dick Cheney would  like to see another attack on the United States to prove he is  right in criticizing President Barack Obama for abandoning the  “harsh interrogation” of terrorism suspects.