Guyana News

The ex-headmaster of an Arau school and three others appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday charged separately with having carnal knowledge of underage girls, and  were all remanded to prison.

…as state unable to produce witnesses Prisoner Justin John, who was detained since 2003 and awaiting his High Court trial, was freed yesterday by Justice William Ramlal after the state was unable to produce witnesses in support of its case.

Retiring Assistant Commis-sioner of Police Paul Slowe said he was shocked and is still hurting over the dismissal of Superintendent Simon Mc Bean last year, an officer he described as young and intelligent with a lot to offer the force.

The police report on the investigations into the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Kelvin Fraser appears not to have been completed as the force remains silent on the matter.

In continued efforts to improve service to the public, the Immigration and Passport Office will be issuing machine readable passports within five working days of the date of application, the Guyana Police Force announced last evening.

A Guyanese man living legally in the US who was ordered to leave the country by an immigration court following three convictions has won a reprieve following a decision by a US Appeals Court.

Vendors who were selling along the street leading to the Skeldon Market looked on in anguish as the Ministry of Public Works and constables from the Corriverton Town Council dismantled and burnt their stalls yesterday.

Jimol Selby, 18, has been missing from his Kuru Kuru home on the Linden/Soesdyke highway since Sunday.

The post-mortem examination (PME) on the remains of Wilberforce Kendall who was found floating in the Mazaruni River has been postponed and during a viewing yesterday relatives noticed what appeared to be several suspicious wounds on the upper body.

A man who reportedly claimed he was in a position to obtain a contract for three persons to be part of a band to perform in Europe was granted  a total of $180,000 bail yesterday when he appeared in Court One charged with obtaining money by false pretence.

–before it’s too late Within days of being beaten and chopped in front of her young children, a 25-year-old woman has returned to her abusive, reputed husband even as her mother pleads with her to leave the relationship before it is too late.

The Lions Club of Bel Air has donated a number of bed sets to the St Joseph Mercy Hospital in the wake of the fire that destroyed a large section of the hospital.

The Region Three Department of Education has acquired a new 15-seater bus which will ease its transportation woes and will be a boost to its truancy campaign.

Two senior officers in the joint services and two permanent secretaries were recently reassigned after these matters were discussed and approved by Cabinet, Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) will be hosting a Validation Workshop today at the Guyana International Conference Centre at Liliendaal, following its  conclusion of strategic assessments involving stakeholders countrywide.

The Ministry of Labour says 12 of its Labour, Occupational Safety and Health officers recently completed a Master Training Programme aimed at “equipping them with the knowledge and skills to plan, support, monitor and  evaluate HIV/AIDS workplace programmes.”

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Under intense pressure from  President Barack Obama, BP Plc agreed yesterday to set up a  $20 billion fund for damage claims from its huge Gulf of Mexico  oil spill and suspended dividend payments to its shareholders.

Five days after the Lethem Power Plant was repaired following prolonged blackouts, it is down again.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – It was an unusual moment in  television news broadcasting: a worried journalist grilling his fugitive boss about whether Globovision’s 400 staff would still  be paid after the latest crackdown in Venezuela.

A man, who was charged with using threatening language to his reputed wife, was yesterday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson after allegations of domestic abuse were levelled against him.