Guyana News

ROME, (Reuters) – A top Sicilian mafia boss on  Italy’s list of 30 most dangerous men has been arrested in  Venezuela, the interior ministry said yesterday.

KIRKUK, Iraq, (Reuters) – The death toll from Iraq’s  deadliest bombing in more than a year rose to 73, police said yesterday, a day after a suicide bomber detonated a truck packed  with explosives outside a mosque in the north of the country.

MUMBAI (Reuters) – A Mumbai court on Monday remanded Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja to three days in police custody after police charged him with raping his teenaged maid, his lawyer said.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Sandra Bullock achieved her  first No. 1 movie in 10 years at the weekend box office as  moviegoers across the United States and Canada said yes to “The  Proposal,” which also marked her biggest opening.

Frustrated that her case is still to reach the courts more than six months after she was raped, and traumatized by the continued threats of her attacker, an 18-year-old girl drank poison in an attempt to end her life, but doctors were fighting to save her last night.

Tyrone Talbot and another suspect in the New Amsterdam double murder had their names cleared on Wednesday after police received results from blood samples they had sent for testing in Georgetown.

A lone gunman shot and robbed a city businessman at Stabroek Market last night minutes after approaching him.

The reported visit of a UK expert to train drug trafficker Roger Khan in the use of sophisticated spy equipment provides another lead for law enforcement to follow with a view to uncovering details of his operations here.

While the Joint Services have maintained a stony silence on the March allegations of torture, the memories are still fresh for a young Wakenaam resident.

Mining activities are on the verge of recommencing at Lindo Creek as a team of miners was spotted headed for the location complete with equipment and supplies earlier this week.

Even as reports increase about Guyanese being sent home from Barbados as part of that island’s efforts to clamp down on undocumented Caricom nationals, there has been no report of “earth shattering” numbers returning home.

Clifton Wong was a father with a difference who never waited to be treated on Father’s Day.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Egypt’s players returned from their shock Confederations Cup win over world champions Italy to find some of their hotel rooms had been burgled, South African police said yesterday.

The Globe Trust and Investment Company Limited (GTICL) building is up for sale as liquidator Nizam Ali and Company presses ahead with recovering funds from the bankrupt institution.

Puran Brothers Waste Disposal Company was on Wednesday awarded a contract to construct an access road to Le Repentir dumpsite, as well as to provide covers and gas vents to this site, as attempts are being made to close it.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has set up an intelligence and risk management unit to monitor the flow of information it receives from the public on tax evasion, among other issues as part of a new practical strategy.

– former committee members The implementation of agreed constitutional reforms is limping along after almost a decade, raising questions about the sincerity of the political commitment to the process.

Jamaica is the first member state in Caricom to benefit from three special microscopes (colposcopes) donated by the Government of Spain to boost capacity to detect early signs of cervical cancer.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy said that some test results are in for the HINI flu virus and five of the 14 specimens sent abroad have tested negative.

Police discovered the skeletal remains of what is suspected to be a young person at Maikwak, Upper Potaro yesterday.