Guyana News

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Suriname keeps refusing the other CARICOM-member countries access to its fishing grounds.

A man died last evening after a dilapidated house on D’Urban Street, in the city crashed down on him.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday approved the release of $216 million to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), to pay garbage contractors and city’s workers and enhance the capital.

The AFC has written to the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Dr Steve Surujbally requesting information on a possible date for the holding of general elections.

A Linden businesswoman is counting her losses while singing praises that her life was spared, after she was held at gunpoint yesterday morning and robbed of a quantity of cash and jewellery.

The United Nations and the Guyana Government yesterday signed a new United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), which focuses on sustainable human development.

A mother of ten will be spending the next two years behind bars, after she was found guilty of possession of narcotics for trafficking.

Cabinet has granted its no objection to a $134.5 million contract for the remodelling and rehabilitation of police stations along the coast aimed at making them “victim friendly” and addressing concerns about their inadequate configuration.

A fire in Berbice has left a young family without a home, just before it welcomed a new addition.

The radio serial Merundoi, which was pulled from the state-owned National Com-munication Network (NCN) airwaves on Tuesday reportedly over a storyline that dealt with voter education, is expected to return on air on Monday, according to Head of the Merundoi local office Margaret Lawrence.

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) says its website www.cxc.org now offers electronic commerce functionalities which will boost the efficiency of its Transcript Request service.

Leeta Henry, a 35-year-old mother of nine, was yesterday charged with stealing a gold chain, which her lawyer said belonged to a man she has spurned.

Members of a National Insurance Scheme (NIS) inspection team say they were held captive by almost two dozen men for about 20 minutes until businessman Omprakash ‘Buddy’ Shivraj arrived at the New Providence, East Bank housing development site, a source said yesterday.

A batch of 85 students of the Sophia Training Centre yesterday graduated from the Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training Programme (YEST), after completing a six-month course which has guaranteed them a skill.

The Old Students’ Association of the Bishops’ High School (BHSOSA) yesterday launched the third in a series of directories on the school.

Residents of Ketting Village, West Coast Berbice are outraged at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Company’s billing demands, which saw some private residents receiving charges amounting to over $350,000 on their power bills with only a two-week period to clear the debt.

APNU official and WPA executive Dr David Hinds has urged Corriverton residents of African heritage to be proud of their heritage and to use education and civic engagement to ensure successful futures.

A woman accused of fraudulently converting $2M entrusted to her by her mother was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $200,000 when she appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

A US-based couple here to facilitate consultations focusing on women’s issues met President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday at the Office of the President to discuss the project aimed at empowering persons to deal with their problems.

A man was on Tuesday sentenced to six months imprisonment for the theft of a cellular phone.