Guyana News

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and  eight other top U.S.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The United States transferred  the first detainee from Guantanamo Bay yesterday to stand  trial in a U.S.

The Guyana Justices of the Peace (JP) Association discussed its role in crime-fighting and in community-based mediation efforts for perpetrators of minor offences when it met recently with the police commissioner.

MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s leftist government  has granted political asylum to Peruvian indigenous leader  Alberto Pizango, wanted in Lima on charges he fomented protests  against Amazon oil exploration that killed 60 people.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Bigger-breasted chickens  fattened artificially. New strains of deadly E.

TAIPEI, (Reuters) – A man who tore the wig off a  telegenic Taiwan legislator last year was sentenced to five  months in jail for depriving the MP of his freedom to look  good, a court spokesman said yesterday.

Drug trafficking accused Guyanese Peter Morgan yesterday pleaded guilty to conspiring to import cocaine into the US, an admission that could likely see him spend at least the next 10 years in jail.

Commissioner of Insurance Maria van Beek has recommended that Clico (Guyana) be liquidated now by the High Court saying that the time has arrived for a further order of court to wind up the insurance company.

Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang yesterday afternoon granted rape accused Colin Mack bail in the sum of $250,000 in the High Court and ordered that his passport be lodged at the police station.

– three months of consultations begin A futuristic proposal that would radically transform Guyana’s economy was unveiled yesterday kicking off a three-month consultation process that seeks the input of stakeholders in shaping a Low-Carbon Develop-ment Strategy for the country.

-positively identified by victims Four army ranks, accused of  robbing a mining camp at Five Star, Region One, were yesterday reportedly positively identified at an identification parade and are expected to appear in court shortly, according to a state counsel.

-readmitted to hospital A two-month-old baby girl, who was reportedly born with two additional features connected to the head, was readmitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital last week after her parents complained of the child suffering several complications.

Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital were last night fighting to save the life of a young man who had been shot in the face by an unknown gunman.

A Canadian mining company has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with another company to enable it to acquire up to 100% interest in a mining concession at Mazaruni.

Police have no information regarding the identity of the person who shot Gavin Paul, the chain snatcher who subsequently died on Saturday, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud has said.

– owed $24M Garbage collection in the city has been halted as the two companies contracted by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) have withdrawn their services in the light of a huge sum of money owing to them.

Two persons remain in custody in Suriname and six others are being held at the Springlands Police Station as investigators try desperately to solve the mysterious abduction and murder of Corentyne businessman Fazal Hoosein whose body was found on Thursday.

Four non-governmental organisations yesterday received a quantity of items valued at $280,000 from the Women’s Club of the Indian Cultural Centre.

Revani Satnarine and Orin Jacobs were yesterday awarded as the most outstanding apprentices when the Republic Bank Guyana Limited inaugural youth link apprenticeship programme held its graduation ceremony.

Twenty-two-year-old Carl Halley, the Guyana Defence Force soldier who was stabbed in the region of his chest by his partner, is recovering in the male surgical ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital.