Guyana News

The management of the controversial Cane Grove rice mill at Mahaica on the East Coast of Demerara has been granted a two-week extension to resolve the  dust pollution problem at the milling facility.

Concerned teachers at the Vreed-en-Hoop Secondary School are calling on the relevant authorities to have the school relocated from its present site to an area that is more conducive to learning.

A Garnett Street man was on Thursday granted bail in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court after being accused of a sexual offence against a girl, threatening language, and provoking the peace.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is currently conducting the third cycle of continuous registration which will end on June 18.

One hundred and fifty-three students graduated from the Roadside Baptist Skills Training Centre’s 19th graduation ceremony two Saturdays ago after which the Centre launched its BeMAN programme.

Officials and volunteers from the Civil Defence Commis-sion (CDC) in collaboration with members of the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) on May 12 engaged residents of the Upper Mahaica River communities  of Little and Big Baiboo in testing their readiness for emergency flood operations, the CDC said in a press release.

Strike action by mechanical tillage operators at the Wales Estate continues after management and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) failed to compromise on the beginning of the working day of those workers.

Harris Paints says despite rising costs of materials in the paint and adhesive industries on the world market, it has continued to shield consumers from rising prices while maintaining jobs and is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

Guyana is enlisting Caribbean Export, the region’s leading trade and investment promotion entity, to help it to capitalise on export opportunities in existing and new markets under a new round of European Union (EU) funding.

Caricom Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque commended the management and staff of the Community’s Crime and Security Institution IMPACS on their operations, during his first official visit to Trinidad and Tobago since taking office.

Port-au-Prince,  (Reuters) – Haitian authorities today announced the arrest of 59 uniformed former soldiers and several alleged supporters who staged a series of protests on Friday and yesterday calling for the return of the nation’s disbanded army.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – “I Feel Love”, the 1977 hit by disco queen Donna Summer, shot back into the British charts days after the singer’s death, the Official Charts Company said today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Robin Gibb, who with his brothers Barry and Maurice formed the disco-era hit machine the Bee Gees, has died aged 62, his official website said today.

(WICB) LONDON – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson said winning the first Test against all odds would be a “massive” boost for West Indies on their tour of England.

(Trinidad Express) Acting Chief Justice and Appeal Court Judge Wendell Kangaloo has been warded in a critical condition at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mount Hope.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – West Indies took inspiration from another defiant innings by Shivnarine Chanderpaul to set up the chance of an unlikely victory in the first test against England at Lord’s today.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died of cancer today aged 60, leaving many questions on the attack and its aftermath unanswered.

The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) Economic Crimes is working with Guyana’s financial institutions to build capacity to combat and prosecute money laundering and procedures to better monitor non-bank financial institutions will also be on the radar, according to a US Embassy source.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — Police yesterday reported a major achievement in their crackdown on the lucrative lottery scam, saying that one of the masterminds was among 28 persons arrested during raids in St James and Hanover.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican criminals, including suspected major drug and gang leaders, have found a new route to flee local law-enforcement agencies and make their way to the United States (US) illegally.