Guyana News

The body of a man of Chinese descent was yesterday morning found in a house on America Street.

LUSAKA, (Reuters) – A monkey urinated on Zambian  President Rupiah Banda as he spoke to journalists at a news  conference yesterday.

EDITORS’ NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject  to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or  take pictures in Tehran.

Ann Noel, the fifteenth person charged in the Fidelity Polar beer scam was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $95,000 when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

ATLANTA, (Reuters) – South Carolina Governor Mark  Sanford tearfully admitted yesterday he had been unfaithful  to his wife, likely ending any chance he might be a Republican  contender for the U.S.

Government is appalled at the discrepancy in airfare structures which persons face for travel to the United States (US) and nearby Caribbean territories compared to those charged in other countries, and has vowed to seek explanations from any airline with such an unfair practice.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Operators of an unauthorized  New York airport van service that took five French tourists on  a high speed chase in an attempt to evade police were charged  yesterday with unlawful imprisonment.

Persistent rain over the past two days coupled with a higher spring tide has left several villages along the southern coast of Leguan under several inches of water and residents are blaming the contractors who carried out work on the sea defence sometime ago for doing “shoddy” work.

Howard Watterton walked out of the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday after being freed of a charge of stealing $2.9M in articles, including 500 pennyweights of gold, belonging to Stephen Moore.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Developing countries  had a clear message yesterday for a U.N.

-court hears Sherwin Fields, a twenty-seven-year-old minibus conductor of Lot 44, Fourth Street, Alberttown was on Monday granted bail in the sum of $10,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson for allegedly behaving in a disorderly manner at the Alberttown Police Station.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – A bomb killed 61 people yesterday at a market in eastern Baghdad’s volatile Sadr City  slum, police said, six days before U.S.

(Antigua Sun) – The United States Government has requested that dismissed Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) Administrator and CEO Leroy King be held pending extradition to face charges.

Peter’s Hall businessman Dewan Roshan, who was shot during a robbery at his home two Saturdays ago, succumbed to his injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital around 11:30 pm on Tuesday.

‘Angel’ Deanna ‘took the simplest thing and made it into something special’ Relatives of the three persons who perished in the May 27 boat mishap in the Abary Creek are still finding it hard to cope especially since they witnessed it.

MARACAY, Venezuela (Reuters) – The United States and Venezuela will soon reinstate ambassadors expelled in a diplomatic spat last year, a sign of warmer relations between President Hugo Chavez and what he calls the US “empire.”

-vehicle riddled with bullets A man died yesterday on the UNAMCO trail when the vehicle in which he was travelling came under a hail of gunfire from gunmen.

…following October 08 allegation The ex-cop, who allegedly raped a teenage girl last October, was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Two Canadians were discovered with a quantity of cocaine in their luggage at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri yesterday morning and later confessed to swallowing pellets containing the substance.

Guyanese who were deported from Barbados after being subjected to early morning raids will be able to recount their experience to local authorities as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is setting up a mechanism to facilitate this.