Guyana News

COPIAPO, Chile, (Reuters) – The first of 33 trapped  miners was pulled toward safety in a capsule barely wider than  a man’s shoulders last night, an emotional breakthrough  as their two-month ordeal inside a Chilean mine neared its  end.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – A decade ago, they were a  small group of elite Mexican soldiers who saw a chance to make  a lot more money working as hitmen for powerful drug cartels.

Two men accused of a $2.1M theft were yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $250,000 each when they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

COPIAPO, Chile, (Reuters) – The first of 33 trapped  miners was pulled toward safety in a capsule barely wider than  a man’s shoulders tonight, an emotional breakthrough  as their two-month ordeal inside a Chilean mine neared its  end.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has ordered an inquest into the case of Godwin Maxwell who jumped into the Mahaicony River to escape the police.

Chaitram Singh, a 45-year-old Herstelling fish vendor was this afternoon sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for stabbing his wife Eileen Lall to death on February 6, 2007.

Police are trying to ascertain the identity of a man who was found in a trench at Block E South Sophia this morning with a suspected gunshot wound to the back of the head.

Dexter Marshall, the brother of Steve Jupiter, was yesterday charged with murdering Mark Caesar also known as `Lil Mark.

-mother accused of endangerment Three young children have been hospitalized because of their malnourished conditions and severe rashes, just hours after they were reunited with their mother who temporarily lost custody when one of them was burnt on his face three months ago.

– after they fail to attend court Arrest warrants have been issued for the teen, whose genital area was set afire by police last year during a murder investigation, and two other men who were allegedly wounded during the investigation.

– resident says no explanation offered An East Bank Demerara mother of one got the shock of her life yesterday after two van loads of police officers mistakenly searched her house while no one was at home.

– Sankies says many questions remain unanswered about company’s track record Synergy Holdings Inc continues to face scrutiny about its capacity to build the Amaila Falls access roads even as the company has received the requisite permission from the Ministry of Public Works to commence the work.

New York police are continuing investigations into the burning to death of 22-year-old pregnant Guyanese Omadevi Megbaran-Saran called ‘Annie’ in Queens, New York last Saturday.

More wanted men were detained yesterday while police arrested three other persons for questioning about recent executions.

Sheema Mangar’s parents say that they are dissatisfied with how the police are conducting the investigation of her murder, almost a month after.

– Judge Robinson President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, Judge Patrick Robinson of Jamaica yesterday called on Caribbean governments to move in the direction of accepting the CCJ as the region’s final appellate court.

– as Unite campaign launched By Iana Seales in Barbados The Caribbean launch of the United Nation’s Secretary General’s Campaign ‘Unite to End Violence Against Women’ kicked off yesterday in Barbados amid concerns about government involvement in ending the scourge and the lack of outrage against the high levels of violence against women in the region.

A 69-year-old market vendor was assaulted and robbed by two bandits armed with a gun as she and her husband were opening their stall for business yesterday morning at the Bourda Market.

The US Embassy Humani-tarian Assistance Programme (HAP) has donated $2 million worth of education and sport supplies to three schools in the outlying communities in Region 10.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has urged the suspension of the Hope/Dochfour Canal project, saying it is short-sighted and not the best flood solution.