Guyana News

A man who allegedly sold 32 grammes of cannabis to an undercover police officer also had another narcotics charge levelled against him and his wife when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Georgetown leg of the annual Children’s Mashramani Competition opened yesterday with the calypso and dramatic poetry segments at the National Cultural Centre (NCC), where some showed nerves while others went all out to impress the judges.

Swift action by the regional administration and the Department of Education of Region Ten averted another protest planned by the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of the Kwakwani Secondary School, which will now benefit from two additional teachers, with another two to be added to the staff by weekend.

(Trinidad Guardian) Principal and proprietor of Maraval-based Blackman Private School Arlene Blackman yesterday appeared before a Port-of-Spain magistrate accused of assaulting two of her pupils.

(Trinidad Express) A 17-year-old girl was chopped to death and her boyfriend seriously injured when several men stormed their Valencia home early yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Express) Just two days after launching a campaign to petition support for the resumption of the death penalty, Government Minister Jack Warner yesterday suspended the initiative saying he does not want to “endanger” the Government.

The ex-chief financial officer for Texas tycoon Allen Stanford’s businesses says the financier squirreled away millions of dollars from investors to a secret Swiss bank account that he used to pay for personal expenses, bribes to regulators and employee bonuses, according to the Associated Press.

The Ministry of Agriculture this evening said that flooding in the Pomeroon is at a critical level.

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced that it has taken a decision to move the Third Digicel Test which was originally scheduled to be played at the Guyana National Stadium.

The Guyana Police Force wishes to inform the general public that the following streets of Georgetown have been made one-way with effect from January 31, 2012: First Street                                                      West, between Cummings Street and Albert Street   Second Street                                                  East, between Cummings Street and Albert Street   Third Street                                                     West, between Cummings Street and Albert Street   Fourth Street                                                   East, between Cummings Street and Albert Street   Fifth Street                                                      West, between Cummings Street and Albert Street   Sixth Street                                                     East, between Cummings Street and Albert Street   Sendall Place                                                   North, between Croal Street and Hadfield Street   Robb Street                                                     West, between Orange Walk and Albert Street   Albert Street                                                   South, between Regent Street and North Road   Light Street                                                     North, between Regent Street and North Road   Cummings Street                                            South, between Church Street and Lamaha Street   Peter Rose Street                                            North, between Lamaha Street and Laluni Street   Alexander Street                                             North, between Barr Street and Sandy Babb Street      

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has announced that Guyana’s third and fourth round matches in the Regional 4 Day Tournament will be held in St Kitts and Antigua respectively.

The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into the financial affairs of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee disclosed today.

(Reuters) – India ran out four Australian batsmen in a brilliant fielding effort before surviving a late attack of nerves to win the second Twenty20 match by eight wickets with two balls to spare today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police on Thursday night charged the principal of a prestigious Maraval primary school with cruelty against a child under the Childrens’ Act.

(Trinidad Guardian) Cabinet has approved almost TT$100 million for Carnival 2012.

(Jamaica Observer) A Police sergeant who has been implicated in perverting the course of justice and uttering forged documents has fled the island leaving Commissioner of police Owen Ellington, wringing his hands.

PARAMARIBO – Late February, the School of Mining and Mineral Processing will start its first bachelor-level course in mercury-free gold mining in Snesi Kondre (Langa Tabiki).

(de Ware Tijd) BRUSSELS – Suriname has been expelled from the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) for failing to pay its contribution in the past eight years.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Close to half of Red Stripe’s beer manufacturing capacity is now idle, and the plant at Spanish Town Road has cut production time from seven days to five amid falling sales.

(Barbados Nation) The private sector has warned Barbados’ international trade negotiators to tread carefully when it comes to entering deals with Canada.