Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar spent last night at the St Clair Medical Centre as a “precaution” after she complained of feeling “unwell” earlier in the morning.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday rejected that there is a major ethnic imbalance among land owners at the new ‘Pradoville 2’ housing development at Sparendaam.

An increase in the projected cost of the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Plant (AFHEP) by more than US$200 million has been attributed by Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon to the “escalation” of associated costs connected with financing and materials for the project.

Although major works on the Lethem trail are slated to be completed within three months, minibus drivers who use the road said earlier this week that no works are being undertaken on pivotal sections even as good weather prevails.

A Corriverton man is being sought by police after he sold a woman’s property to three different individuals under false pretence and robbed her of $600,000 in jewellery.

The price of the daily edition of Stabroek News will move from $60 to $80 effective October 1, 2011.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday said that he only wrote to CNS Channel 6 broadcaster CN Sharma inviting him to a meeting with President Bharrat Jagdeo tomorrow and denied knowledge of a second document which indicated an impending one year suspension of his television licence over violations.

Linden suffered a spate of power outages yesterday that disrupted businesses and angered residents.

The AFC will be engaging all stakeholders to craft a consensus code of conduct for the upcoming polls, party leader Raphael Trotman announced yesterday.

AFC Leader Raphael Trotman says that his party has found no major issues with the revised voters list and has described it as a list of a “higher standard” compared to those compiled for previous elections.

Grade 5 Cropper Primary School student Renee Bisnauth yesterday walked away with the title of National Spelling Bee champion, while winning the hearts of many in the process.

A pilot has been launched for the Parent-Child Alternative Programme (P-CAP), which is aimed at helping students in Linden diagnosed with literacy problems and their parents.

Two Ontario, Canada-based universities are targeting prospective students from Guyana. Brescia University College, Canada’s lone women’s university, and the University of Waterloo have dispatched a two-member delegation to meet guidance counsellors and other relevant officials at schools where students may be interested.

Minister of Education Shaik Baksh said the school drop-out rate is now half that of that recorded five years ago, at a rally for students to honour schools in Georgetown that have achieved a 98% attendance rate.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has taken a decision to constitute the committee to commence reviewing applications for radio licencing, according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon.

Residents of Region Six who have been trained as mediators were yesterday presented with certificates at a ceremony held at Little Rock Suites, New Amsterdam.

The woman charged with causing the death of 62-year–old East Ruimveldt resident Eustace Rodrigues by dangerous driving was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail after she appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Cabinet has offered no objection to six contracts the agriculture, security, housing and water and works sectors, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon said yesterday.

A taxi driver who admitted robbing his passenger at gunpoint was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Two men who allegedly snatched over $1 million in Bourda Market at gunpoint were yesterday remanded to prison after they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.