Guyana News

Denis Marshall, Head of the Commonwealth Observer Group here for Monday’s general and regional elections, said that his team will be coordinating with others with a view to achieving a broad perspective on the polls.

There were no major hiccups during the disciplined services voting on Monday, according to the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB), which says it is prepared to monitor next week’s general elections.

Magistrate Sueanna Lovell yesterday discharged the case against a 25-year-old man accused of stealing his father’s licensed shotgun, after the man declined to give evidence against him.

Some 25 international electoral observers, part of the Organisation of American States Electoral Observation Mission (OAS/EOM), are to be deployed across Guyana later this week in preparation for next Monday’s elections.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday called on the media to be responsible in their coverage of the upcoming elections following suggestions that plans are afoot to rig the polls.

CARICOM is urging the United States to commit to the outcome of the Cancun Climate Change Conference, according to a call by Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque at the accreditation ceremony of new US Ambassador to the Com-munity, Brent Hardt at the CARICOM Secretariat headquarters yesterday.

The PNCR remembered fallen Member of Parliament Winston Shripal Murray as a good colleague and respected worker, as it marked the first anniversary of his death yesterday.

The Ministry of Health is once again appealing to the general public to donate blood as currently the Blood Bank is experiencing a severe shortage.

As E-day draws closer political parties have stepped up their campaigning in the Linden community, with a few confrontations arising to the extent that the police have been called in and persons taken into custody.

Five Social Science students from the University of Guyana recently engaged in a skills training exercise with members of the Plaisance Church of God Youth Group as part of their practical course work.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds on Monday visited the Alliance For Change headquarters to extend condolences to party members and sign a book of condolence opened for the late MP Sheila Holder.

A car slammed into a resident of Wayakabra, off the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, on Monday night.

The Justice Institute of Guyana recently hosted an intensive four-day legal training exercise for Region Eight communities on land rights and governance, among other topics.

The Ministry of Health advised the nation to make healthy lifestyle choices and to know their blood glucose, blood pressure and BMI numbers to stem the prevalence of diabetes, when observances for World Diabetes Day were held last Monday.

The promise of jobs continues to be made at the PPP/C rallies and meetings in Linden and according to Campaign Manager for Linden Andrew Forsythe in the next five years the PPP/C can assure residents of over a thousand jobs in various sectors.

Two Brazilian miners were on Monday robbed at gunpoint of $3.5M in cash in the vicinity of GUYTRAC.

The opening of the $225M Citizens Bank branch in Linden will facilitate inter-sectoral business opportunities in Region 10 and in spite of the current downturn in the bauxite industry, the bank is confident about the prospects of the gold and diamond mining sectors, agriculture and forestry with their respective  capacity for job creation, said  Bank Chairman Clifford Reis.

The Ministry of Home Affairs says 116 Buxton youths recently graduated from its service oriented skills training course hosted through the Community Action Component (CAC) of the Citizen Security Programme.

A 22-year-old labourer who allegedly had 16 grammes of cannabis in his groin for the purpose of trafficking was on Monday remanded to prison after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A West Ruimveldt woman was on Monday placed on $200,000 bail after she appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to answer the charge of larceny.