Guyana News

A 38-year-old welder accused of telling a woman he will ‘chop her up’ and ‘put a bullet in her head’ was yesterday fined $30,000 after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A group of forestry experts from the African nation of Ghana last week benefited from a public seminar on chainsaw milling among other aspects of Guyana’s forest sector.

A man accused of stealing a $65,000 gold chain from a woman was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail after he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge of larceny from the person.

A man who pleaded guilty to using threatening and abusive language to his girlfriend was yesterday fined $30,000, when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A new recreational park—the Double Day Fun Park—was on Sunday declared open at Tuschen by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds.

The Health Ministry’s national eye care programme which targets mostly adults is now being expanded to accommodate school-aged children, in collaboration with Eye Care Guyana and the Ministry of Education, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said in a press release.

Through the kind courtesy of AON Inter-national Inc, Miami, USA, the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) received more than 5,000 copies of the Holy Quran in English in both large and pocket-size editions, during 2011 and at the beginning of this year.

The Traffic Department is intensifying its campaign against drivers whose vehicles have heavily tinted windows and slogans and those who breach other road rules, in order to curb recklessness on the roadways.

The Community Action Component (CAC) of the Citizen Security Programme (CSP) hosted a planning workshop for making communities safer, on Saturday.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha’s annual Phagwah Mela and Bazaar will be held at a new venue this year and for the first time the event will feature an Indian Folk Dance festival.

The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has started discussions with Cuba on advancing disaster risk reduction cooperation agreements, particularly on streamlining Cuba’s response and relief support within the Regional Response System.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez will undergo another operation in the coming days after doctors in Cuba found a lesion in his pelvis where surgeons removed a large cancerous tumor last year, he said on Tuesday.

(Barbados Nation) The price tag for the visit by the Earl and Countess of Wessex now stands at Bds$800 000.

(Barbados Nation) The building contractor who allegedly bilked people of thousands of dollars, leaving a trail of bounced cheques at building supply companies, is now in police custody.

(Barbados Nation) Criminal charges have been filed in the magistrates’ court against former executive chairman of CLICO Holdings (Barbados) Limited, Leroy Parris, and current president Terrence Thornhill.

(Trinidad Guardian) The WICB has asked Chris Gayle to make up his mind about his future with the West Indies team.

(Trinidad Express) Popular Carnival band Tribe was yesterday disqualified from crossing the Queen’s Park Savannah stage for going off-route and later declined to parade across the major judging point when it was invited to.

Executive members of the two unions – University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) and the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) – met with the University’s negotiating team at the Ministry of Labour today in an effort to reach an agreement for the resumption of work on the Turkeyen campus, a statement from the unions said.

Police say that investigations are being conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death of Thakoordial Jaisiri, 65 years of Charity Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, which occurred last night.

GuySuCo today voiced concern over strike action by sugar workers saying delayed payment of the Annual Production Incentive was due in part to the difficulty in securing working capital.