Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) Teachers and pupils of the Dayanand Memorial Vedic School in Penal were yesterday locked out of the school compound by authorities who learnt that extra lessons were being held on the compound for a fee.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan,  (Reuters) – A brother of  Afghan President Hamid Karzai and one of the most powerful men  in southern Afghanistan was shot dead at his home today,  apparently by a senior and highly trusted bodyguard, officials  said.

Armed robbers yesterday morning made off with an estimated $10 million in cash and jewellery from a pawn shop at Vigilance, East Coast Demerara.

The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) yesterday announced that it has signed an “historic agreement” with the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) for increase of wages/salary for workers in categories for junior staff which also saw the union accepting 5% increase for its workers for last year and this year.

Police Constable Cleon Moriah was yesterday placed on $300,000 bail when he appeared at the Whim Magistrates’ Court charged with the shooting to death of Terry Wayne Jack at the Orealla Police Outpost, causing dismay among Jack’s relatives.

A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed a two-bedroom house at Brusche Dam, Buxton, East Coast Demerara, leaving a family of five with losses of an estimated $1 million in household items.

The top storey of a Cummings Street, Alberttown house was yesterday afternoon gutted by a fire of unknown origin.

Onika King was yesterday cleared of the fatal stabbing of her husband, Selwyn King, after Justice Roxane George directed that a formal verdict of not guilty to murder and to manslaughter be entered.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 61-year-old Annandale resident, whose body was found yesterday in a drain at Good Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday said that the administration will “spare no effort” in ensuring that those involved in the $196 million Accountant General’s Department fraud are brought to justice.

The first prosecution witness yesterday took the stand at the start of the trial of Marceline Small who is accused of taking a cell phone into the Camp Street Prison.

The two men accused of robbing two Avon employees of in excess of $6 million were yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $250,000 each when they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison when they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry accused of stealing cash and a quantity of cheque leaves valued $9.2 million along with a firearm and a quantity of ammunition.

Police are still looking for the person(s) who murdered Abdul Azeem Haniff before dumping his body in a septic tank and relatives are confident that police will find them.

Grade Six teacher of Novar Primary, at Mahaicony Shamena Charran has produced the most students in Region Five with passes to senior secondary schools at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment.

Education Minister Shaik Baksh on Sunday urged underperforming schools to emulate the academic strides made by the Regma Primary School.

A 41-year-old man  who snatched a woman’s bag that contained items valued at $58,000 was sentenced to 12 months in prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Natasha Johnson, who was severely burnt when her Plaisance home went up in flames on July 4, succumbed to her injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday morning.

The West Coast Berbice contractor who struck down two school children last month killing one in the process was granted $380,000 bail by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang in the High Court on Tuesday last.

A West Bank Demerara (WBD) man had his licence suspended by police pending the outcome of a causing death by dangerous driving matter which occurred in 2008.