Guyana News

The two-month-old baby girl, who was born with two additional features to her head, was in a stable condition at the Paediatric Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday.

A 29-year-old fisherman was yesterday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge of attempted murder.

A Parika businessman was robbed on Monday night at Zeeburg, West Coast Demerara by armed bandits, who escaped after the incident.

A Long Creek toddler died after being hit by a car early yesterday morning.

Queen’s College yesterday emerged winners in the finals of the GBTI Annual Inter-Secondary School Impromptu Speech Competition held at the bank’s recreational centre.

Faizul Ali, the owner of Yuppies Taxi Service was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $250,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charges of abduction and assault causing actual bodily harm.

A taxi driver was on Monday remanded to prison after appearing at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court charged with unlawful possession of a grenade.

Following Sunday morning’s fuel leak which was noticed on America and Longden streets, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to meet with several stakeholders, including businesses operating in the vicinity of the two city streets, to determine the source of the spill.

Hindus from various organizations in Berbice came out in large numbers to be part of the first ever Berbice Hindu Milan at the Albion Sports Complex Ground recently.

Guyana will soon benefit from assistance from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to develop and implement a Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFCs) Phase-Out Management Plan.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha recently certified a batch of 18 pandits who successfully wrote the Balbodha examination, one of whom attained a distinction and 14 first grades.

The Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Life Insurance Company Limited (GTM) registered a surplus of $45M for 2008 – down sharply from the $153M the year before.

The National Assembly is continuing to examine the mechanism through which the Parliament Office would begin to employ its own staff.

Twenty-year-old Ryan Paul was on Monday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson for allegedly chopping off a man’s finger shortly after an argument between them.

The Ministry of Housing and Water recently distributed over 200 house lots in Region Five when it hosted its ‘One Stop Shop” at the Blairmont Community Centre ground.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Militants attacked a  hotel popular with foreigners in the Pakistani city of Peshawar  with guns and a truck bomb yesterday, killing five people  including a U.N.

The Guyana government has welcomed the vote taken on Wednesday by the 39th General Assembly of the OAS which paves the way for the reintegration of Cuba into the Councils of the Hemisphere.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – One of Iran’s most senior  politicians accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday of  lying in a televised presidential election debate and called on  the country’s supreme leader to intervene.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Monday ordered that a man, who allegedly used a cutlass to rob another man of a cell phone, be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Two men along with a 15-year-old boy who were allegedly found with a quantity of cannabis in their possession were all granted bail in the sum of $25,000 each when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.