Guyana News

Four days after the commissioning of the $427.5M Leonora Technical and Vocational Training Centre, the image of it bustling with students will remain a mere thought as it will not be operable until January 2012.

The $293.5M Leonora Secondary School was on Wednesday commissioned by Minister of Education Shaik Baksh and is expected to accommodate students from January 2012.

The government yesterday commissioned the first fire station for the East Coast of Demerara at Mahaica, where Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said that the unveiling on the eve of elections was a mere coincidence.

CLICO’s gargantuan office building at Lots 200-201 Camp Street has been sold to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) for $600M.

There is a low prevalence of trafficking in persons in Guyana and government continues to sustain programmes to respond to any cases, according to the report of the ministerial task force on trafficking in persons released yesterday.

A top Guyana Goldfields executive has said that the company has signed confidentiality agreements with six parties interested in buying the company and its Aurora gold project here.

The National Communi-cations Network (NCN) yesterday expressed deep concern and disappointment at the characterization of the network as the “national criminal network” by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) at its Vreed-en-Hoop meeting.

The PPP/C has said it is a “breach of principle” for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to use advertising agency Tagman Inc to relay election results since APNU is also utilizing the services of the “partisan” firm – statements at which the company expressed surprise.

Kenneth Joaquim walked out of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court a free man after illegal possession of firearm and ammunition charges against him were dismissed on Wednesday.

The GTUC has said it does not support calls to have November 28 declared a national holiday since public transportation draws to a halt and this would affect a sizeable portion of persons who depend on such transport.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday called on all minibus operators to ensure that they are available on Monday to transport electors to and from polling stations.

An election observer mission from the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) has arrived in Guyana and will be monitoring elections on Monday together with the other local, regional and international observer groups.

A number of streets in Kingston closed to vehicular traffic from yesterday to facilitate arrangements for Monday’s elections.

A Greenwich Park, East Bank Essequibo man was killed in a motorbike crash on Thursday night.

(Barbados Nation) REDjet is at the crossroads in its operations. It needs an Bds$8 million injection now to allow it to keep fulfilling its investors’ mandate to provide affordable air transport for Caribbean people – otherwise, the future of the airline could be in jeopardy.

(Trinidad Express)  A 13th suspect was arrested by police in downtown Port of Spain yesterday in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and three members of her Cabinet.

(Trinidad Express) “Hysterical political expediency!” That was Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley’s response to Government’s actions arising out of an alleged assassination plot against the Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and three members of her Cabinet.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s government could  change trade union laws to curb workers’ ability to strike, a  minister was quoted in the Daily Telegraph newspaper as saying  today, days before the biggest walk-out in decades is due  to take place.

Fresh from concluding a final deal with the Guyana Government, Guyana Goldfields Inc says it has signed confidentiality agreements with six parties interested in buying the company and its Cuyuni/Mazaruni Aurora gold project, Chief Operating Officer Claude Lemasson told the Bloomberg news service.

The police say that four men were today charged and placed before the court following investigations into an incident that occurred on November 23, 2011, at Non Pariel, ECD, during which three youths were assaulted by residents.