Guyana News

Gold exploration company Sacre-Coeur Minerals says it has boosted gold production significantly at its operations here and has been producing over five ounces of the precious mineral per day since the installation of new equipment.

Sean Wilson was yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to break and enter and larceny.

A man who was allegedly found with a quantity of marijuana after police raided his house at Grove, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday charged and remanded to prison.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on Thursday confirmed that the CCTV cameras that have been installed around the city and its environs are functioning and are being monitored by officials at the Central Intelligence Unit (CIU).

Police yesterday announced that the driver’s licence of the minibus driver charged with the deaths of five of his passengers along Homestretch Avenue in July has been suspended pending the outcome of the court case.

Police yesterday issued wanted bulletins for two men wanted in connection with a series of armed robberies.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU)  yesterday expressed elation at the government’s decision this week to increase sugar workers’ pay rise by three per cent and the union also called on the Private Sector to increase their employees’ pay this year in similar vein.

Traffic has resumed along the Mabaura Road at 40 Miles, after temporary relief works were effected by the Ministry of Public Works.

Three longstanding Guyoil Gas Station employees are now faced with the task of finding themselves another job, after their services were unexpectedly terminated.

Chairman of the Implementation Committee of the Mayor & City Council, Keith Burrowes, has been asked by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Norman Whittaker, to manage the disbursement of the $20 million, which was given to the council by the government for the rehabilitation of City Hall.

A batch of 636 youths was yesterday recognized at the National Cultural Centre under the President’s Youth Award Republic of Guyana (PYARG) programme which was themed ‘Youth Development through Voluntary Self-Involvement’.

President’s College is maintaining its tradition of excellence by gaining 100% passes in 22 subject areas at the 2011 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams.

Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at the health ministry Dr Shamdeo Persaud says midwives need to keep abreast with the latest knowledge and skills and advances in technology in order to reduce maternal deaths.

Twenty-five persons with disabilities graduated on Wednesday from a skills training programme hosted by the Open Doors Centre.

Barama Company Limited (BCL) commissioned a veneer plant and craft centre at its Buck Hall, Region Two location at a ceremony it held to mark 20 years of operations in Guyana.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport lauded the contributions of volunteers to development at a ceremony hosted to launch a report it collaborated on with VSO Guyana and UN Volunteers.

The Ministry of Finance presented two sewing machines to the Uitvlugt Side-Line Dam Women’s Group on Thursday, fulfilling a commitment it made two months ago to provide assistance.

Didco Trading Company ahs expanded its special price offer for chicken for November.

The High Commission of Canada says it will be closed to the public on Monday to facilitate observations for Eid-ul-Adha,

(Jamaica Gleaner) The opposition People’s National Party (PNP) yesterday indicated that it would be turning over information in its possession about the admitted breaches of the scrap-metal ban by the Customs Department to the contractor general’s office.