Guyana News

The High Court has issued an interim order quashing a decision by the Food and Drug Depart-ment to deny entry into the country of a container of condensed milk and the Department and the revenue authority have to show cause why this order shouldn’t be made final.

Following the conclusion of a five-day ‘Training of Trainers’ programme, 24 persons from villages in the Mabaruma sub-region are expected to return home as trained facilitators of the Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) programme.

The newly rehabilitated Main Street in Hopetown was re-commissioned by Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally on Sunday afternoon at a small dedication ceremony hosted at the location.

First Lady, Sandra Granger, on Monday launched the Self Reliance and Success in Business Workshop in Bartica at the Regional Democratic Council Office.

Three persons, including one of the prime suspects who surrendered to the police on Monday afternoon, hours after a wanted bulletin was issued for him in relation to the lobbing of a grenade outside the Kaieteur News office, are expected to appear in court tomorrow.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC –Head coach Phil Simmons says the West Indies Cricket team is “moving in the right direction” after a comprehensive four wicket win over world champions Australia in the Tri- Nation series on Monday.

Team Legacy, which holds two seats on the 30-person City Council today expressed concerns about the controversial deal for parking meters in Georgetown and accused Town Clerk Royston King of acting independently of the council.

– but waters rise in Mahaicony Creek Flooding is receding in West Coast Berbice and Moraikobai, but the Mahaicony Creek is experiencing an increase in the water level.

Two siblings were yesterday charged over the discovery of cocaine in   frozen fish at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) last week and a third person was charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice after he allegedly attempted to secure the release of the drugs.

City councillors yesterday expressed dismay at not being privy to the details of the contract signed between City Hall and National Parking Systems for parking meters to be installed around the city.

A construction worker was electrocuted on Sunday morning while working on a Robb Street building.

In less than a week, the police have issued a second wanted bulletin for a Turkeyen resident for questioning in connection with the lobbing of a grenade outside the offices of the Kaieteur News.

Four persons were yesterday charged in a city court with possession of over 76 kilogrammes of marijuana which was discovered during a police raid last Thursday at Versailles, West Bank Demerara.

Two men were yesterday jailed for four years and fined $1.5 million after they were found guilty of conspiring to traffic cocaine at Guyana’s main international airport.

A Guyhoc Park resident was yesterday remanded to prison after facing a charge of attempted murder at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has rejected an appeal from a man who claimed breach of his constitutional rights and sought damages over 91 acres of state land on the Corentyne from which he was removed in 1998.

Workers of the Wales estate are disappointed that they have not received their severance pay more than one month later and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) continues to blame the delay on an interim injunction granted by the High Court.

Concluding that the senior prison staff apparently lack the ability to negotiate with aggressive prisoners, the Prison Commission of Inquiry (CoI) has recommended that there be a structured training programme with special courses that will see this deficiency being addressed.

Almost half-way into the year, the David Granger administration is yet to engage the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on wages talks and as the frustrations of workers rise, the union said it is significantly worried by “the absence of dialogue.”

Local entrepreneurs are preparing to tap a US$226,195 grant that the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has given to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) to enhance “export readiness of enterprises in creative industries, particularly music, arts and craft and agro-processing.”