Guyana News

Children with disabilities who attend the Linden Centre for Disabled Children turned up on Monday morning to the greeted by two spanking new bridges and a newly renovated facility, compliments of the Linden Salvation Council (LSC) and community-minded persons.

-Prashad reiterates Commuters across Guyana should not pay any increased minibus fares once the price for fuel remains under $1,000, Commerce Minister Manniram Prashad reiterated yesterday.

Operations at the Licence Revenue Office (LRO) at Smyth Street were severely hampered again on Tuesday by another power outage compounded by a malfunctioning generator but officials pointed to improvements that have been made at the facility.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Tuesday granted a car washer $50,000 bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to a charge of simple larceny.

Following investigations into a fatal accident on September 17, 2008, Floyd Webb of 3277 Canal Place, South Ruimveldt Gardens has had his driver’s licence suspended after being charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

A 59-year-old man, initially charged with attempted murder, may now face the capital offence after his reputed wife died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Monday night.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s  political future was in doubt yesterday with party rebels  said to be campaigning for him to quit after a second minister  resigned before an expected rout in European and local polls.

FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Search  crews flying over the Atlantic found debris from a crashed Air  France jet spread over more than 55 miles (90 km) of ocean yesterday, reinforcing the possibility it broke up in the air.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Tuesday remanded to prison a man accused of trafficking in narcotics when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama was  sharply criticised by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden yesterday as he held talks in Saudi Arabia on issues including  the Arab-Israeli conflict before a major speech to the Islamic  world.

Owner of VCT Channel 28 Anthony Vieira last evening refused to confirm or deny reports that he is in the process of selling his television station to a local entrepreneur.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – One in nine Americans are  using federal food stamps to help buy groceries as the  country’s deep recession forced another 591,000 people onto the  federal anti-hunger program at latest count.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil approved yesterday  an environmental permit for a hydroelectric dam in the Amazon,  an official said, advancing a project the  government hopes will shore up power supplies but critics call  an ecological disaster.

The Potaro shopkeeper who was accused of shooting another man in his ankle appeared again at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he pleaded not guilty to the summary charges of inflicting grievous bodily harm and discharging a loaded firearm.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – Harvard University is creating an endowed professorship in lesbian, gay, bisexual and  transsexual studies, the first of its kind in the United States  and reflecting a rise in sex-related academia nationwide.

The local government ministry on Friday handed over equipment valued $3.2M to Region Five to boost development.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Iran said it signed a $4.7  billion contract with a Chinese state firm yesterday to  develop a part of a major gas field in the Gulf, replacing  French energy company Total which it had accused of delays.

The United States has officially signed on with the government here to provide tailored assistance to deportees returning to Guyana as part of a pilot project to support their reintegration into the society.

Relatives of four fishermen who went missing over the weekend, had their worst fears confirmed when the bodies of two of the men were recovered yesterday by a search party at the mouth of the Pomeroon River.

By Heppilena Ferguson in Bridgetown, Barbados Very few Guyanese would qualify under an amnesty being offered by the Barbados Government to undocumented Caricom nationals, according to Guyana’s representative on the isle.