Guyana News

The main opposition PNCR is questioning the legality and wisdom behind Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Dr.

Investigators last evening surrounded and searched the premises of PPP MP Philomena Sahoye-Shury, after a failed attempt was made to “channa bomb” her house.

Linden businessman Albert Joseph, called “Bolo,” who was shot during a robbery last Monday, succumbed to his injury last evening.

No one has been appointed to lead the prosecution in the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the treason charges against Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol Ann Munroe and ex-soldier Leonard Wharton.

Rudolph London, the man accused of severely chopping his common-law wife who is now clinging to life in the hospital, was arraigned on an attempted murder charge at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magis-trates’ Court yesterday.

Two University of Guyana (UG) students were yesterday fined for detonating an explosive device on the university’s Turkeyen Campus on Thursday afternoon.

Veteran journalist and television personality, Clem David, 63, died on Thursday night at his Eccles, East Bank Demerara home following a prolonged heart condition.

Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD) businessman Majeed Khan, who was shot once in the chest during a robbery at his home on Thursday evening, remains hospitalised in a critical condition with the bullet still to be removed from his body.

Medical Director at Georgetown Public Hospital Dr Madan Rambarran says the institution has a mass casualty preparedness plan and was equipped to handle the influx of patients injured in the recent grenade explosion in the city.

Forecasters attached to the HydroMet Department of the Ministry of Agriculture have benefited from a numerical weather prediction programme which will improve the forecasting capability of the agency.

Elton Todd’s death, days after undergoing surgery at a city hospital for acute appendicitis, stunned his family but they were even more surprised when they found out that the medical team that operated on him failed to remove his appendix.

A family of No. 2 Settlement, Blairmont, West Bank Berbice, on Thursday managed to save their house from a fire that was ignited after the collapse of a rotten section of a utility pole.

The Linden business community received another scare yesterday when a second prominent businessman was robbed by a lone gunman, who made off with an undisclosed sum of cash and jewellery.

All the bills passed by the National Assembly last year received President Bharrat Jagdeo’s assent, according to Speaker Ralph Ramkarran.

Minister of Tourism Manniram Prashad on Wednesday commissioned a “Giants of Guyana” billboard at the head of the Main Street avenue, as part of a bid to promote eco-tourism.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is hosting a two-day International Civil Aviation Organisation training course on Monday and Tuesday.

Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas assumed the Chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on January 1, replacing Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters Life!) – With sickles and   slingshots in hand, farmers in Indonesia are guarding chilli   plants from thieves, after prices for the much-loved spice   jumped five-fold in the past year to boost inflation and worry   the government.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French intelligence services are  investigating a possible Chinese connection in an industrial  espionage scandal at carmaker Renault, a government source said  yesterday.

NAIROBI/KAMPALA, (Reuters) – East African nations  could reap trade and investment opportunities worth billions of  dollars to help develop south Sudan if it splits from the north,  but they will have to compete with bigger rivals like China to  do so.