Guyana News

A Canadian-Guyanese man’s petition to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, alleging discrimination against him in employment on the basis of race, colour, ethnic origin and age, was recently dismissed.

Following a letter to Norway’s government by a group of prominent Guyanese who said there is no present justification for the release of funds under the forests’ pact between the two countries, members of the Multi Stakeholders Steering Committee (MSSC) have taken “exception” to its contents.

Investigations into a major fraud within the Accountant General’s Department of the Finance Ministry are nearing conclusion and a preliminary report is expected to be completed within the next two weeks.

Director of the Government Information Agency (GINA) Neaz Subhan collapsed while at work yesterday morning and after spending several hours at the Georgetown Hospital he was sent home.

Mikhail Lawrence, Rajendra Lochand and Richie Johnny, the men injured in the collision with a fire tender on Tuesday are recovering in the Georgetown Public Hospital.

After more than six months on the run, a miner who allegedly disfigured the face of the mother of his child and caused her to lose sight in one eye, was caught, charged and released on bail when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The alleged burglar who was killed at a Mandela Avenue house early Saturday morning, died as a result of multiple injuries and a fractured skull a post-mortem examination yesterday revealed, confirming reports that he was beaten to death.

Police have arrested a suspect in the Industry kick-down-the-door, multi-million-dollar robbery and are actively pursuing several leads.

Rehabilitation and maintenance of the Linden to Lethem road may commence shortly, as nine tenders for the segments of the project were opened on Tuesday.

Omeyana Hamilton has appealed the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) decision to terminate her services as a magistrate and is expected to resume duties until the appeal is determined.

Quincy Critchlow continued his testimony as the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the treason matter against Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Major Bruce Munroe,

The preliminary in-quiry (PI) into the witness tampering matter against Chandra Narine Sharma commenced yesterday but was halted because the witness complained of feeling unwell.

Fugitive murder accused Rickford La Fleur, who was allegedly nabbed at a ‘backtrack’ route last Saturday with a quantity of drugs, was yesterday remanded to prison.

Former finance minister Carl Greenidge has lashed out at the PPP/C administration for its treatment of trade unions in Guyana, including the decision to withdraw subventions to the Critchlow Labour College (CLC).

Communities from Surapana to further up the Demerara River are to get much needed relief with a $10.5 million allocation for the repair of their main access road.

Dr Bertie Ramcharan says it is important for any country to implement agreed constitutional changes and he believes that Guyana needs to focus on reforms, while implementing current provisions.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert US government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, government officials told Reuters yesterday.

The knife-wielding students of two city secondary schools who were arrested when they turned up at the Leonora Secondary school to fight, have been released into the custody of their parents, Assistant Commissioner of Police Balram Persaud said.

Eon Andrews, President of the United Minibus Union, yesterday declared that statements made by Minister of Tourism, Manniram Prashad, on Tuesday last are completely untrue.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan called on the world not to impose “unjustifiable” import curbs on its goods as French President Nicolas Sarkozy was due to arrive today, the first leader to visit since an earthquake and tsunami damaged a nuclear plant, sparking the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.