Guyana News

Inpatients at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) are now receiving treatment in an internationally standardized facility.

Members of most of the observer missions are here to participate in the 2011 general and regional elections on Monday next and according to the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) might be fielding a contingent here after all.

Randy Morris, called “Remey”, appeared yesterday before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine–Beharry charged with robbery under arms committed on miner Kenneth Joaquin and two counts of armed robbery in the Bourda Market.

Bibi Sharima Gopaul and her lover Jarvis Small yesterday made another appearance before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for the continuation of the Preliminary Inquiry into the murder of the woman’s teenage daughter Neesa Lalita Gopaul.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday said that the  Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene has assured the Commission that the Force is well prepared to deal with the pre-election, election and post-election period.

The Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore petroleum board (C-NLOPB) has given its commitment to working with the authorities here if oil and gas exploration prospects are realized in the future.

Minister of Education Shaik Baksh yesterday commissioned the newly constructed $427.5 million Leonora Technical and Vocational Training Institute at Groenveldt, Leonora West Coast Demerara.

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for a Tucville man for questioning in relation to trafficking in narcotics.

Businessman Robert Badal has sued the publishers of the Evening News and the Guyana Chronicle for $30 million following the publication of a “scandalous and libellous” article entitled “Robert Badal joins the AFC” earlier this month.

Newly installed head of the European Delegation to Caricom, Robert Kopecky, yesterday presented his credentials to President Bharrat Jagdeo.

Police are still looking for the three gunmen who invaded the Demerara Guyoil Station at Foulis, East Coast Demerara on Saturday night and escaped with more than $5 million in cash and jewellery.

“Betty”, the mentally disabled woman who was found living in a dilapidated house at Dowding Street, Kitty has been identified as 71-year-old Edris Fraser and she is now a patient of the Georgetown Hospital after her condition took a turn for the worst.

“Is remanding a 15-year-old boy to prison because he showed his middle finger [and] the unemployment rate of young people in this country youth development?”

Two years have passed since 16-year-old Vivian Singh Balrup of Reliance, East Canje was brutally murdered and relatives are still saddened that his killer(s) have not been caught and brought to justice.

Valedictorian of the University of Guyana’s 45th Convocation, Vineeta Persaud, who graduated with a degree in Computer Science while maintaining a 4.0 grade point average, says she enjoyed her time as a student although dedicated work was required and believes the ongoing brain drain has to end if Guyana is to move forward.

The Ministry of Education said 55 parents have been charged with neglecting their children, after it stepped up its truancy campaign last year.

The opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), flaying government for a “politically motivated housing programme”, touted an integrated approach that guarantees employment and social services close to communities.

The Disabled People’s Network (DPN) in Region Five celebrated its 4th anniversary with an awareness march from Litchfield to the nearby Seafield Village, West Coast Berbice last Sunday.

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Manniram Prashad on Friday declared the Botanical Gardens a bird sanctuary, at a ceremony hosted as part of this year’s Tourism Awareness month of activities.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon said Cabinet offered no objections to five contracts in the water and security sectors and for infrastructural development, at its November 15 statutory meeting.