Guyana News

The two teenaged girls who vanished since Tuesday were found in an isolated area behind the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Timehri at around 10:30 last night, after they were released by their captors.

A 17-year old Unity, Mahaica girl was allegedly being held against her will last evening and her parents were inconsolable as they carried out search efforts to locate her.

The PPP has written to the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) requesting that it considers some measure to facilitate the registration of eligible persons who have not yet done so.

A decision has not been made on who will be the PPP/C’s prime ministerial candidate, but whoever is chosen will come from the Civic group, presidential candidate Donald Ramotar says.

David Granger will lead the Joint Opposition Political Parties (JOPP) into the upcoming general elections under the banner of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), which will present a single list of candidates.

Farmers at Cane Grove, Mahaica on the East Coast Demerara (ECD) are expected to benefit from the recent rehabilitation of the electrical pump station in the community.

The 5 megawatts (MW) Wartsila power generating set at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Skeldon Factory is not working after encountering electrical problems.

A mother and her three children are now homeless after their drunken father set their Friendship, East Bank Demerara home on fire on Thursday night.

Dwarka Gangadeen was yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court for the murder of his wife, Bridgette Gangadeen.

Contractor Mahendra Ramanan was yesterday charged with the death of schoolgirl Jaswattie Ramnauth, who was struck and killed on the Cotton Tree Public Road on Monday.

Irate relatives of a 12-year-old student stormed into the Charlestown Secondary School and attacked teachers with cutlasses yesterday, resulting in three teachers having to seek medical treatment.

The Ministry of Education said 25 teachers countrywide have completed initial training in sign language while another set has undertaken training in Braille, as it seeks to provide education for all groups of learners.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) said yesterday that Justice Roxane George’s ruling in the teenager torture case now challenges the Medical Council of Guyana to review its treatment of the matter.

Regional Councillor and Pastor of the Fruits of Calvary Assembly of God (AOG) church Renis Morian has issued a call for heavy vehicles to utilize bypass roads in Linden to avoid risking the lives of pedestrians especially children.

The Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) Steering Committee last Wednesday approved the project concept note (PCN) for the institutional strengthening of the agencies involved in the implementation of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).

The process for Amerindian communities to ‘opt-in’ to the Low Carbon Develop-ment Strategy (LCDS) has not yet started, Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai disclosed last week.

Information on the billions of dollars the government receives in aid from its eight international development partners has now been published on the website guyanapsu.org.gy,

The World Bank is providingUS$5.6 million for Grenada and St Lucia to establish the Eastern Caribbean Energy Regulatory Authority (ECERA) which will allow their energy consumers to benefit from improved electricity service from greener sources.

The Guyana Red Cross Society has partnered with the French and Canadian Red Cross societies and the EU to launch two initiatives for water and sanitation and comprehensive disaster management aimed at boosting the lives of hinterland residents.

Acting Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday acceded to a request from the defence and transferred the Cuyuni cocaine bust case to the Bartica Magistrate’s Court.