Guyana News

Guyana’s High Commissioner to the UK has commended the Guyana Law Association (UK) for a shipment of law books, reports and other legal materials to the local courts and UG Law Department.

LONDON, (Reuters Life!) – Bollywood came to London yesterday as Indian cinema’s star couple, husband and wife  Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, hit the red carpet for the  world premiere of the Hindi film “Raavan.”

The Guyana Police Force and the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) have launched an investigation into the 40-pound cocaine bust in New York which originated in Guyana and some suspects have been identified but no arrests have been made, sources said yesterday.

Leaving home late at night with a newly-bought motorcycle for which he was not licensed and speeding around a turn on the Craig Public Road has left 17-year-old Mike Anthony Beepat dead.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday said that all water leaving the Shelter-Belt Treatment Plant is “safe and free of all contaminants” following extensive tests on water samples, almost three weeks after dead fish were first discovered floating in the Lamaha Conservancy.

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.