Guyana News

The  Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) says that based on reports from its representatives and supporters in communities, the organisation was being “constantly maligned and blamed by government representatives during their recent outreach to Amerindian communities for the budget cuts and its future negative impacts on Amerindians.”

Members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Air Corps have concluded a specialist training programme in the operation and maintenance of its Chinese Y-12 aircraft, which is expected to boost the unit’s previously-hampered operational capacity.

A drinks vendor was yesterday fined $10,000 by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court when he pleaded guilty to  possession of a dangerous weapon, an ice pick, after he had failed to  offer a reasonable explanation to the police.

Ivelaw Duke who was arrested last Friday at Aranka, Essequibo River and charged with possession of a firearm without a licence was on Monday jailed for three years and fined $75,000 after pleading guilty in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) says it has engaged a loggers association of Upper Berbice operating in Region Ten to find a mutually agreeable solution to the problem of the illegal offloading of logs and loggers trucks crossing at its Kwakwani waterfront facility.

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) on Saturday welcomed 30 hikers from Trinidad and Tobago ahead of their four-day trek to Kaieteur Falls.

Thirty persons from CARICOM member states were recently trained in renewable energy technologies and utilization when they participated in four technical sessions at a workshop that focused on solar cooling and heating systems, photovoltaics and wind energy.

A mechanic of North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $65,000 when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton accused of damage to property and larceny.

The UK Guardian is reporting that debut novelist Rahul Bhattacharya has won the £10,000 Ondaatje award for his “brilliant” rendering of the history, people and landscape of Guyana, The Sly Company of People Who Care.

Police today said that two .243 rifles, one a Winchester and the other a Remington, were today found at about 14:20hrs at a Railway Line, Kitty address by police in Division ‘A’ Georgetown.

Police say that at about 18:30 hours on Sunday, five men, three of whom were armed with shotguns and the others with cutlasses robbed a mining camp at 23 Miles Issano of 7 ounces of raw gold, a firearm, a quantity of ammunition, a radio set, an ATV and $100,000.

Police in ‘E&F’ Division say they are investigating the circumstances which led to the death of Clifton Thomas, age 36 years, a labourer of Baramita Settlement, Mazaruni, whose partly decomposed body was found floating in the Konawaruk River, Potaro about 10:00 hrs today.

The family of Nathan Samuel James, who was found dead at Jacklow, Pomeroon River, earlier this month, says there is evidence of an attempt by investigators to cover-up his murder.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – A shell-shocked Serena Williams crashed to her earliest defeat at a grand slam when she was beaten 4-6 7-6 6-3 by French darling Virginie Razzano in a pulsating first round showdown at Roland Garros today.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Military intervention to end the crisis in Syria cannot be ruled out if it is backed by the United Nations Security Council, French President Francois Hollande said today.

(Jamaica Observer)  A 15-year-old Ascot High student is dead after a bus which was allegedly being chased by a Transport Authority team overturned in Portmore, St Catherine this morning.

(Jamaica Observer) Consumers of patties, the popular Jamaican delicacy, are hopping mad about the new tax to be imposed on the product come Friday.

(Barbados Nation) Political scientist Peter Wickham has suggested that Barbados’ “sexual immaturity” when it comes to same-sex relations is hindering the country’s progress in its HIV/AIDS fight.

(Barbados Nation)  Government is to extend indefinitely what was to have been a temporary 2.5 per cent hike in the VAT rate when the House of Assembly meets today at 10 a.m.

(Trinidad Express) It is still scandalous squandermania. This was stated yesterday by Government Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal in the face of an e-mail from Calder Hart, former executive chairman of the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT), who has denied that a $3 million Tobago house was purchased for him.