Guyana News

Essequibo taxi driver Gavin Marks, and Suriname residents Victor Okechukwu-Ozokwe and Emeka Udoye made appearances before two magistrates at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday to answer charges relating to trafficking in narcotics and were subsequently remanded to prison.

By Oluatoyin Alleyne One year after she died following the electrical shock she suffered while attempting to turn off a switch at the Secret Villa Guesthouse where she worked, the children of 58-year-old Beulah Browne are calling for justice.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was poised to end a troubled US visit yesterday with little sign he had settled a dispute with the White House over Jewish housing construction in East Jerusalem.

Marvin Ramsammy of Smythfield, New Amsterdam, was placed on bail in the sum of $180,000 when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of forging a passport.

Santa Rosa residents are upset that National Toshaos Council Head, Yvonne Pearson has characterised their land problem as an internal one.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – China now has more people with diabetes than any other country, a new report shows, making it clear that the nation’s soaring economic growth is taking a toll on public health.

A man was arrested after police discovered a quantity of marijuana in a house at Tabatinga, Lethem on Monday night.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday the timing was still not right for reconciliation with senior Afghan Taliban leaders, acknowledging military pressure had yet to weaken the group enough.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday denounced the human rights situation in communist Cuba as “deeply disturbing,” underscoring continuing tensions with Havana despite his pledge to recast relations.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – An Irish Catholic bishop who was personal secretary to three popes yesterday became the latest and biggest casualty in the child sexual abuse scandal that is convulsing the Church in Europe.

PARIS (Reuters) – A Frenchman has been arrested for hacking into the Twitter account of US President Barack Obama, French police said yesterday.

A huge Brazil trade delegation continued talks with local officials and businessmen yesterday and heard the Brazilian ambassador identify the road to Lethem and a reliable power network in the area as pivotal to deeper ties between the two neighbours.

A dredge owner shot himself in the head with his licensed firearm on Monday night, leaving relatives with no clues as to why he wanted to end his life.

Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire ended days of drama yesterday when she facilitated the release of a murder accused who was previously granted bail in her court but had been detained by prison authorities.

Residents of West Berbice are concerned about the growing number of drug gangs in their villages and have called on the police to take action.

Bahamian police are looking for a Guyanese man wanted for misconduct while teaching at a private school on the small Bahamian island of Eleuthera, according to The Eleutheran.

Government and the IDB on Sunday signed a US$24.8 million Road Improvement and Rehabilitation Loan Agreement aimed at enhancing urban and suburban mobility to support economic diversification.

By Cathy Richards The day before the burial of Cheryl Allsopp, who died of a heart attack suspected to have been induced by news that her niece was brutally murdered, relatives received a call from the ‘slain’ woman, who is in fact alive and well.

The Guyana  Agricultural  and General Workers Union (GAWU) has charged that GuySuCo’s practices have been responsible for millions of losses annually, in wake of the recent allegations surfacing after the dismissal of materials manager Asroodeen Shaw.

The body of Parika boat captain Vasdeo Persaud was recovered late Monday at a Venezuela beach.