Guyana News

The Ministry of Health yesterday coordinated a health fair at the Enmore Polyclinic on the East Coast Demerara (ECD), which was observed under the theme ‘Good Health Adds Life to Years’.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) says the restrictions on vessels that can traverse under the bridge’s high span are intended to ensure public safety and avoid damage to the facility.

The Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has said it dismissed 164 teachers last year for breaches of conduct, including sexual and verbal abuse and indulging in improper relationships with students.

A teenager, who was on trial for rape at the Berbice Assizes, was freed yesterday after the mixed jury returned a majority verdict in favour of his acquittal.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court delivered an 18-month jail sentence to repeat offender Sheldon Forde, who admitted to stealing telephone cable belonging to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T).

Kitty resident Norman Sadichar, guilty of using abusive language to, yesterday received a three-month suspended sentence from the acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

New Amsterdam prison inmate Kenneth Richardson, who is currently serving a 21-year sentence for manslaughter, escaping from lawful custody and larceny, was jailed for an additional three years after he pleaded guilty yesterday to narcotics trafficking.

Twenty-year-old Jemison Williams was remanded to prison by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court yesterday after he was charged with carnal knowledge of a girl under 15.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court refused bail to a porkknocker who was charged with assault and unlawful possession of an unlicensed shotgun with matching cartridges.

Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali gave Mahdia arcade vendors six weeks to regularise their businesses, in accordance with the specified construction agreement, at a meeting in the Regional Democratic Council office on Monday.

Residents of Number 3 Village, West Coast Berbice are concerned that the main drainage canal is hardly being cleared and that the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary/ Agricultural-Development-Authority (MMA/ADA) does not remove weeds after chopping them.

As 27 new ranks recently graduated from the Richard Faikall Police College in Essequibo, Region Two, even as government continues to support the Guyana Police Force’s review of its operations to decentralise its recruitment and training sessions.

Several University of Guyana (UG) students are set to undergo training through a partnership with One World Youth Project (OWYP) to facilitate a global competence curriculum in Georgetown secondary schools and to link grade schools with classrooms abroad via the use of technology platforms.

Personal income tax – The personal income tax allowance will be increased to $600,000 annually or $50,000 monthly, representing a rise in the threshold of $10,000.

(Barbados Nation) The Ministry of Finance and the Financial Services Commission (FSC) only received the controversial Deloitte Forensic Audit Report on CLICO International Life two weeks ago – four weeks after its contents were published in the media.

(Trinidad Express) Southern Division Homicide are investigating the shooting deaths of two men in separate incidents in South Trinidad on Thursday night.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is standing firm and does not intend to accede to the demands of Prakash Ramadhar, political leader of the Congress of the People (COP), to appoint a member of his party to be the Mayor of San Fernando.

(Trinidad Express) REDjet airline licence to fly has been revoked by the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (TTCAA), Transport Minister Devant Maharaj disclosed yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) Defending four-day champions Jamaica were dismissed for 196 on the opening day of the regional semi-final match against Guyana at Sabina Park.

1. Introduction   1.1              Mr. Speaker, I rise to move the motion for the approval of the Estimates of the Public Sector and the Budget for the Financial Year 2012 and, in so doing, I wish to indicate that, pursuant to Article 171 Paragraph 2 of the Constitution, the Cabinet has recommended that the National Assembly proceed upon this motion.