Guyana News

The final two members of the Women and Gender Equality Commission and the Rights of the Child Commission were sworn in by President Bharrat Jagdeo at his office on Friday.

SIRTE, Libya, (Reuters) – Arab states should  prepare for the possibility that the Palestinian-Israeli peace  process may be a total failure and come up with alternatives,  Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said yesterday.

Prices of vegetables at the city markets have risen once again.

BAGHDAD – Iraq election winner Iyad Allawi said yesterday  he was open to alliances with any faction and wanted quickly to  form a government that would build strong relationships with its  regional neighbours.

Despite uncertainty about the holding of local government polls, President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday emphasised that general elections must be held next year.

-Rastas slam harassment, intolerance Police interrupted a Nyabinghi celebration hosted by the Rastafarian Community early yesterday morning and members of the group are alleging harassment and cultural intolerance.

The Brickdam lock-ups were yesterday re-opened after a $14.4M facelift to make it more habitable for detainees, whose experiences led to calls for it to be closed.

The two sugar unions GAWU and NAACIE have written the Guyana Sugar Corporation seeking to have severance pay for 400 workers who were to be transferred from Plantation Diamond to other areas.

Barber Joel Albert was sentenced to five years imprisonment after confessing to a charge of trafficking in narcotics.

The AFC yesterday pledged its support for the renewed push to reform the local government system, while saying it expects good faith and fidelity to the Constitution as the process moves forward.

– education delivery, programmes suffer Lack of coordination between Regional Education Officers (REdOs) and Regional Executive Officers (REOs), Education Minister Shaik Baksh said, has been affecting the delivery of education in several regions.

Travellers on the public purse who have not cleared their advances beware!

The Haslington man shot in his head on Thursday night knows his attacker and during an argument more than a year ago threats were made to his life.

A building contractor on his way to pay workers was robbed at gunpoint of $1.2 million by two bandits on a motorcycle who were waiting for him at the Enmore Estate Road, East Coast Demerara.

The Task Force on Fuel Smuggling and Contraband yesterday condemned the attack on Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) Chief Executive Officer Mahender Sharma and his family on Tuesday.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud is currently in Israel to further discussions on increased cooperation in agriculture.

The US government wants to talk with anyone who has ideas and or solutions to some of the pressing global challenges, but persons interested in the discussion must have access to the internet or a Facebook and/or Twitter account.

Guyana Power and Light (GPL) CEO Bharrat Dindyal said the power company is plagued by electricity theft and illegal connections despite efforts to curb the problem.

-allegedly used runaway girl, 13, for prostitution The owner of the Hollywood-Bollywood Night Club was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail after pleading not guilty to the charge that she allegedly harboured and prostituted a 13-year-old girl who had run away from home.

A block-maker pleaded not guilty to a charge of breaking and entering when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday.