Guyana News

The Berbice Regional Health Authority appealed to parents to allow their daughters to be inoculated with the Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine when it was launched at the All Saints Primary School on Tuesday.

Technical support, loans and grants are expected to flow here from an assistance programme being conceptualised by the Caricom Development Fund (CDF) in partnership with the Guyana Government.

Guyana was last Thursday presented with a copy of the Tourism Circuit Manual of the Amazon Tourism Trail which focuses on developing integrated tourism among Guyana, Suriname and Brazil, at a workshop convened by the tourism ministry, Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) to discuss its uses and application.

An original digital voice recording was yesterday played in court for the first time when the Preliminary Inquiry continued into the treason charge against Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol Ann Munroe and ex-soldier Leonard Wharton who are accused of treason.

The Guyana Relief Council (GRC) is celebrating 18 years of serving the public with a photographic exhibition on the ground floor of the National Library.

The Ministry of Agriculture is commissioning a $57M pontoon earmarked for drainage and irrigation works in Region Two today.

A 19-year-old man accused of snatching a woman’s gold chain while she was sitting in a car was placed on $20,000 bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

A man accused of having 29 grams of cannabis in his pants crotch at Mahdia was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The new UK Department for International Develop-ment (DFID) in the Caribbean has announced that it will provide £4.9M to enhance the monitoring and evaluation framework at  the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Monday imposed six months community service and a $3,000 fine on a Sophia man who pleaded for mercy after admitting that he had two grams of cannabis in his possession.

The family of Shaffeik Khan remains hopeful about his rescue or the recovery of his body, more than a week after he went missing while on a mission to help stranded co-workers.

CARICOM member states and Chile have committed to intensifying political dialogue and cooperation as part of their efforts towards sustainable development, and the improvement of the well-being of their peoples, the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen said in a press release.

Of the seven Caribbean countries surveyed in the recent United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Citizens Security Survey, Guyana has experienced the greatest loss in human development caused by inequality between the respective achievements of men and women.

(Trinidad Guardian) The system of disposal of used vehicles will change in “due course” and that may be an environmental issue to deal with, Trade Minister Stephen Cadiz said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two men were killed in separate incidents between yesterday and Monday night in Gonzales and Laventille.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) served an official strike notice on Petrotrin yesterday morning and in a surprising twist, it was Government Senator David Abdulah who signed the notice, heralding “90 days of  war.”

Police say that a 14 year-old girl of Handsome Tree, Mahaica, ECD, was today charged with attempted murder stemming from a case where a family was  poisoned.

Police say that at about 1130h today, Accounts Clerk Sarsawattie Singh, 49 years of Foulis, Enmore, ECD, was walking along the LBI Access Road, ECD, when she was confronted by two men.

(Barbados Nation) Pop star Whitney Houston’s funeral service will be held Saturday in the church where she first showcased her singing talents as a child, according to the Chicago Tribune.

(Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni fell just short of pulling off another thrilling run chase as his team fought out a dramatic tie with Sri Lanka in the fifth triangular series match at Adelaide on Tuesday.