Guyana News

-as GTU, ministry agree terms of resumption By Abigail Headley Striking teachers are set to return to their classrooms by next Tuesday after the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) reached an agreement yesterday on terms of resumption to end a gruelling strike and talks will continue on June 26 on  a multi-year agreement.

-restates support over border controversy Declaring that these are “unprecedented times for Guyana”, outgoing Canadian High Commissioner, Mark Berman said that its economic growth and transformation is unmatched and he restated Ottawa’s support for this country in its border controversy with Venezuela.

APNU and Member of Parliament Tabitha Sarabo-Halley have called on the PNCR to take seriously allegations of sexual harassment made against its leader Aubrey Norton by party member Vanessa Kissoon.

The Government of Guyana on Thursday announced that Fulcrum LNG has been selected from amongst the companies that submitted the best Expression of Interest to monetize Guyana’s natural gas resources.

As part of its efforts to facilitate the early detection of cervical cancer and in so doing, reduce illness and fatalities, the government yesterday officially launch-ed its  $2.8 billion Cervical Cancer Screening Programme targeting women between the ages of 21 to 65.

Although not formally tasked by the PNCR to investigate the sexual harassment allegations against party leader Aubrey Norton by Vanessa Kissoon, the National Congress of Women (NCW), together with the Council of Elders and the Guyana Youth and Student Movement, have taken steps to launch a thorough investigation.

Thirty-three-year-old Anand Zaimoon of Lot 16 Plantain Walk, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus yesterday at the George-town Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with murder.

On Thursday, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, along with Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, met with stakeholders of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Cor-poration (DHBC) to address issues arising from the increased traffic of vessels in the Demerara River.

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will meet in St George’s, Grenada for their 47th Regular Meeting, from July 03 to 05, with legendary Guyanese and West Indies cricketer, Sir Clive Lloyd, slated to receive an award.The

Two siblings in police custody as the investigation into the murder of the Stanleytown man whose body was found along the East Bank Berbice highway earlier this week continues.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) says that Gavin Adams appeared yesterday before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool at the Sparen-daam Magistrate’s Court, where he changed his plea to guilty to the offence of possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking to wit 3.348 kilograms of cocaine. 

Three men appeared yesterday before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where they were charged with possession of  a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking.

Ryan Subryan, a 32-year-old construction worker from Bartica, appeared yesterday at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate  Teriq Mohamed to answer to the charge of sexual activity with a child under 16 years.

-no word yet from Speaker, GECOM Over three months have passed since A New and United Guyana (ANUG) announced Dr Asha Kissoon’s refusal to relinquish her seat in parliament, and to date, there has been no word from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) concerning the matter.

-urges against knee jerk reaction to sanctions The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has expressed consternation at what it refers to as “hints” of the removal of certain incentives and concessions that it says it has fought for on behalf of the industry, and is urging the government not to engage in a “knee jerk reaction,” a GGDMA release stated yesterday.

Troy Nurse, a 26-year-old salesman of Timehri North, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday charged with receiving stolen articles.

MACORP, the authorised dealer of Caterpillar machinery in Guyana, recently celebrated the sale of its 100th 320 GX excavator, and to commemorate this achievement, the company hosted a customer appreciation event to thank its customers and recognise the company, Chung’s Global Inc, that purchased the equipment, a MACORP release stated yesterday.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) said that on Thursday Odearie Phillips appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, where he was found guilty of the offence of possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking, to wit, 23.2 kgs of cannabis.

Sherwin Hinds, a 37-year-old businessman from Bartica, was charged on Thursday with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Yesterday between 05:30 and 06:00 hrs, Police carried out a ‘cordon and search’ exercise at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, and found 195.9 grams of marijuana in a plastic bag.