Guyana News

PNCR Leader Robert Corbin has described the recently released findings of a poll conducted by the Caribbean Development Research Services Inc (CADRES) as “instructive” especially as it relates to findings about the public perception of his party and what can be achieved if opposition parties work together.

– PI deferred again The Preliminary Inquiry into witness tampering charges against Chandra Narine Sharma, Ravi Mangar and four of their employees was deferred again yesterday when Magistrate Geeta Chandan Persid-Edmond ruled that the circumstances of the case had changed when Attorney-at-law Sanjeev Datadin was appointed special prosecutor.

– anniversary committee The Walter Rodney Anniver-sary Commemoration Com-mittee says it will make the memorial site in Hadfield Street “a living monument” and it will be used to host lectures, art and culture exhibitions and other activities.

-delivers first set of twins The newly renovated Mabaruma Regional Hospital delivered its first set of twins on Wednesday.

Clinton Bourne, 46, was yesterday remanded by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court on a charge of being in possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

A midnight fire on Sunday at the corner of Wellington Street and North Road has left several persons contemplating their next move as they lost their livelihoods in the blaze of unknown origin.

Sureshdyal ‘Aemron’ Kalipersaud, 28, who was killed in an accident on Saturday evening, had returned for a surprise Father’s Day visit.

The Ministry of Education on Friday launched its 2010 work study programme that will place 350 students at 42 agencies within the private and public sectors for eight weeks of ‘on-the-job’ training.

-family wants second opinion Police announced last even-ing that miner Wilberforce Kendall died by drowning but his relatives refuse to accept the finding and plan to have another autopsy done to dispel lingering doubts.

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud yesterday visited the hospitalised fishermen who sustained burns to various parts of their bodies in Saturday’s trawler explosion as the captain of the ill-fated vessel remains missing.

The World Bank is willing to play a technical advisory role to assist the region in developing a disaster risk management strategy for the agriculture sector.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Pakistani-born American citizen defiantly pleaded guilty yesterday to attempting to set off a car bomb in New York’s Times Square, saying that Islamist extremists would continue to attack the United States.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Plans to build a mosque near the site of the Sept.

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s police arrested seven suspected gang members yesterday accused of setting a city bus on fire and killing 14 people, one of the worst attacks on civilians by violent street gangs.

A woman was placed on $500,000 bail yon friday by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when she appeared before her charged with defrauding the National Insurance Scheme by supplying forged medical claims for payment.

YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Search teams yesterday found the wreckage of a plane carrying Australian mining executives in the jungle of Congo Republic, with all on board feared dead as remains of nine or 10 people were retrieved at the crash site.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has received another fleet of vehicles to help it fulfil its mandate.

The Linden family of six left homeless after an early evening fire last week Friday are appealing for help to get back on their feet.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a test that may help slow the spread of HIV by detecting the virus more quickly in the early period when it is most infectious, the agency said yesterday.

*missing captain was engulfed by flames *vessel had been dubbed as troublesome Leslie Adams, a survivor of Saturday morning’s trawler explosion off the Waini coast recalled awaking to fire and seeing his still missing captain engulfed in flames.