Guyana News

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a 45-year-old Friendship, East Coast Demerara, man be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly attempting to rape a woman.

A former  Swiss House Cambio cashier accused of converting the sum of US$13,000 to his own use was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Twenty-nine-year-old Godfrey Chalmers of D’urban Backlands was placed on self-bail when he appeared yesterday at the George-town Magistrate’s Court for allegedly assaulting and threatening to kill the mother of his child.

A 27-year-old labourer  who resided at the East La Penitence Night Shelter  yesterday admitted  stealing a sum of money and other items and told the court  that he did so  because he wanted to purchase Banko wine and High Wine to drink.

Representatives of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) yesterday picketed the Pegasus Hotel saying it was protesting the “union busting” tactics of the Hotel’s management.

The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) recently completed its investigation into allegations of police brutality at Bartica and has forwarded the file to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice, Stabroek News was informed yesterday.

KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Ugandan police have found an  unexploded suicide vest and arrested six of the more than 20  Somalis and Ugan-dans suspected of planning twin bombings that  killed 76 soccer fans on Sunday, an intelligence source said.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is  facing the stiffest political headwinds he has experienced  since taking office 18 months ago as Americans sour on his  handling of the U.S.

-FITUG conference hears By Mark McGowan The poor organization of workers and the fact that too few of them belong to trade unions are undermining the influence and effectiveness of a labour movement that must play a more meaningful role in nation building, Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran warned yesterday.

MAIQUETIA, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuela handed  over to U.S. officials yesterday Carlos “Beto” Renteria, one  of the world’s most wanted alleged cocaine smugglers, after its  soldiers arrested him with help from British agents.

The agriculture ministry on Monday signed 10 contracts valued $381M under the Agricultural Support Services Programme and the Agricul-ture Export Diversification Programme.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Muslim women could be fined for  wearing full-length veils in public in France under a bill  approved overwhelmingly yesterday by the lower house of  parliament.

A 40-year-old labourer was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of damage to property.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A powerful storm  destroyed about half a billion trees in the Amazon in 2005,  according to a study yesterday that shows how the world’s  forests may be vulnerable to more violent weather caused by  climate change.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela protested yesterday  at what it said were three illegal flights this month by a  Dutch military plane in the Latin American nation’s airspace.

Brazilian experts are here to help boost local capacity to grow corn on a large scale in order to support the local feed industry and hopefully export in time, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud said last week.

-executive meeting told The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is on the verge of financial collapse and the monies in its coffers may not last to the end of this month, sources said yesterday.

A New York-based Guyanese businessman is at the centre of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe into an undisclosed US$40,000 personal loan he gave to US Congressman Gregory Meeks in 2007.

By Gaulbert Sutherland Barefoot, four-year-old Sara and her sister, Varshanie, three, stare forlornly at their water-logged, garbage-strewn surroundings on the Best Village foreshore.

– but concerns about quality persist The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent a global partnership to reduce extreme poverty by setting out a series of time-bound targets, with a deadline of 2015.