Guyana News

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) has instituted disciplinary action against 21 employees for negligence in the $1million Money Order Fraud which was discovered late last year.

Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt assumed the Chairmanship of the Caribbean Community on January 1, 2010 and is expected to serve in this position until June 30.

Bail payments at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court were delayed for hours yesterday because of a reported directive from the Ministry of Finance, resulting in the detention of a string of persons who were arraigned.

-Chand The current negotiations between GuySuCo and GAWU over the payment of the Annual Production Incentive (API) to sugar workers is likely to go to conciliation under the chairmanship of the Labour Ministry.

As the investigation of the murder of Edward Winfield continues, three persons, including his girlfriend, have been detained while the home of his mother was searched by police.

-police ID suspect Hours after being shot to the head by an unknown assailant, Bascal Johnson succumbed early yesterday morning.

A 72-year-old pedal cyclist died two days after she was involved in an accident with a motor cyclist on New Year’s Day on Main Street, New Amsterdam.

Police have arrested and since released three persons on station bail in connection with the fatal chopping of an Albouystown resident on New Year’s Eve.

City residents yesterday morning experienced disruption in their water supply because of an electrical failure at Guyana Water Inc’s (GWI) Shelter-Belt Water Treatment Plant on Vlissingen Road.

Teddies Diaper distributed hampers to seven mothers who gave birth to babies on New Year’s Day at hospitals across the city.

Ansa McAl Trading continued its tradition of ushering in the New Year by presenting mothers who gave birth to the first babies of 2010 with hampers.

The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) urges all workers to join unions in 2010 to participate in the struggle for betterment.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai opened the world’s tallest structure in a glitzy ceremony meant to put a brave face on crushing debt woes, leading some to wonder whether the tower is the emirate’s crowning glory or its last hurrah.

The Justice For All Party (JFAP) urges Guyanese to embrace justice and conservatism to ensure the future health and happiness of the nation.

Three women including a manager at Household Plus appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday following a brawl at the Regent Street store last week which was reportedly triggered by a dispute over rugs.

MADRID (Reuters) – An unidentified hacker briefly hijacked Spain’s official website for its presidency of the European Union, inserting a large smiling picture of comic character Mr Bean, an official said yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said instability in Yemen posed a global threat and pledged yesterday to plug any holes in US security procedures after a Christmas Day airline bombing attempt.

Seventeen-year-old Junior Allen was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Roberston on a simple larceny charge and according to the police, break-ins and petty crimes in the East La Penitance area have decreased since his detention.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Threats against US judges and federal prosecutors rose almost 12 percent in fiscal 2008, the government said in a report released yesterday hours before a man opened fire with a shotgun in a Las Vegas courthouse.

-non-performing loans dropped from $725m to $580m Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) registered an after tax profit of $818m – 10% above last year’s figure – while loans and advances jumped by 29.85% over 2008.