Guyana News

Pizza Hut’s Vlissengen Road outlet was yesterday morning broken into and robbed of a flat screen television while the security guard was clueless until five hours later.

When A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Presidential Candidate David Granger continued his campaign meeting citizens in Georgetown recently, residents  complained about the lack of jobs for youths in their communities and expressed distress over the unhealthy environment and the deteriorating infrastructure.

Minister of Education Shaik Baksh says 300 trainee teachers at the Cyril Potter College of Education will be receiving laptops under the government/World Bank US$4.2M teacher education reform project before year-end.

A 23-year-old conductor who pleaded guilty to wounding the driver of the minibus he was conducting and damaging the man’s spectacles was yesterday fined $40,000 after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine–Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday refused to grant an injunction preventing the holding of the November 28 elections on the grounds that the court has no jurisdiction to do so.

Charity businessman Clement James, who pleaded guilty to a count of manslaughter over a 2006 murder, will remain in prison for the next three years, after a judge took into consideration the five years he has already spent behind bars.

Members of the public continue to grumble about the price of plantain and checks by Stabroek News showed that the local staple is being vended at between $160 and $240 per pound depending on which of the two main city markets is patronized.

Government’s much-vaunted procurement website www.eprocure.gov.gy is still inaccessible a week after Stabroek News first reported on the issue.

The 47-year-old farmer who was reportedly  chopped severely by his nephew on Sunday evening has since been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he is nursing five chop wounds about his hands.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry fined two men claiming to be Brazilian refugees $30,000 each after they pleaded guilty to entering Guyana illegally, when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Post-mortem results have confirmed that 49-year-old Vernon Alexander of 47 Miles, Mabura Road was murdered.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry granted bail in the sums of $25,000 and $50,000 to two men charged with unlawful wounding when they yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

CARICOM Chairman, and  Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) says Deepavali has earned national recognition and is celebrated across cultures as the nation continues to forge unity.

The Ministry of Education says 758 students countrywide recently completed its Secondary Competency Cer-tificate Programme (SCCP) aimed at reducing the school drop-out rate.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday remanded a 39-year-old man who allegedly attacked his reputed wife with a cutlass.

More than two months have passed since the five fishermen from Coren-tyne, Berbice went missing and relatives are yet to hear any news, positive or negative, on their loved ones.

The US Embassy says its EducationUSA Advising Center is promoting its ‘Study in the USA’ programme at the second annual College Fair set for School of the Nations.

The widow of the Enmore Sugar Estate worker who died earlier this year following a factory accident has finally gotten word from the Guyana Sugar Corporation concerning the expected compensation.

The Guyana Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha says that as the nation celebrates the “most glamorous and important” festival of Deepavali by lighting up their lives with kind words and deeds, it hopes that these actions “rekindle and preserve our rich cultural and spiritual values.”