Guyana News

In his first major outing on the campaign trail as the PPP’s presidential candidate, General Secretary Donald Ramotar yesterday pledged a modern Guyana if elected and greater focus on cheaper energy.

Two youths died yesterday morning while several were injured after the driver of the vehicle they were travelling in lost control and slammed into a lantern post at the Airy Hall, Mahaicony turn.

National Insurance Scheme (NIS) payouts for the first eight months of the year exceeded by over half a billion dollars the contributions garnered for the same period.

Former senior PNCR member Joseph Hamilton yesterday afternoon said he has joined the PPP because of the programme it presented and he endorsed its presidential candidate Donald Ramotar.

The AFC plans to engage all parties towards national reconciliation in the aftermath of the polls, according to leader Raphael Trotman, who says that he has accepted that an electoral alliance would not be in the best interest of either the party or the nation.

Broadcaster CN Sharma says he will consider his options including legal avenues after receipt of the letter from President Bharrat Jagdeo suspending his television station from broadcasting which is expected to be delivered today.

Five fishermen reappeared before Magistrate Krishndat Persaud at the Springlands Court on Friday charged with possession of narcotics.

Three Guyanese who were found guilty in Canada on Friday of conspiracy to induce people to enter the United States illegally plan to move for an entrapment hearing.

A 35-year-old labourer of No 71 Village, Corriverton was sentenced to one year imprisonment after he admitted to assaulting his spouse but the sentence was quickly suspended after the woman begged for him.

Caribbean Airlines says that non-stop flights between Guyana and New York will be unveiled for the Christmas peak season.

Exhibitors from all walks of life were granted the opportunity to put their products on display and the curtains of this grand exhibition came down last evening with Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority and Public Relations Officer of GuyExpo 2011, Indranauth Haralsingh declaring the event a huge success.

A 44-year-old man who allegedly inflicted grievous bodily harm to a woman he had shared a relationship with was on Friday placed on $200,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Region Nine Administration says a series of multimillion-dollar works including rehabilitating and building access roads and bridges and installing lighting and other infrastructure in and around the region are progressing well.

How the church deals with domestic violence will be one of the issues discussed when Roman Catholic priests meet in their Clergy Conference this week.

Pastor Daniel Subramani has regained consciousness and had been moved from the Intensive Care Unit to another ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was severely beaten almost a month ago.

Ambassador Irwin La Rocque, Caribbean Community Secretary-General on Thursday expressed satisfaction with what he described as the “keen and earnest approach” which Canada was taking towards the CARICOM-Canada Trade and Development Agreement, the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen said in a press release.

Victoria Resources, a company involved in exploration activity at Matthew’s Ridge in Region One, has announced its corporate adoption of the Matthew’s Ridge community.

At the Springlands Court on Friday a 20-year-old vendor of the Skeldon market was placed on $120,000 bail on a charge of robbery under arms.

The GNBS teamed with the Caricom Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) recently to host a training session with CROSQ members about the ASTM International’s standardization activities.

The Guyana Business Coali-tion on HIV/AIDS (GBCHA) has expressed its delight once again to support the National AIDS Pro-gramme Secretariat’s (NAPS) Fifth Annual National Week of Testing which will be observed from today until Friday.