Guyana News

– youth leader hopes skills training will help Residents of Moraikobe, Mahaicony Creek are concerned about the prevalence of teenage pregnancy and substance abuse in the area especially among school drop-outs who are not engaged in meaningful activities.

-prosecution seeking key witness Magistrate Hazel Octive Hamilton last Thursday adjourned the trial of Fred Sukhdeo for the US$2 million GuyFlag insurance fraud allegedly committed on the Sacred Heart Church, to allow the prosecution to locate a key witness who is based in Barbados.

Residents of the Onverwagt Compound, West Berbice have lamented the deplorable condition of the streets and drains and are calling for them to be fixed urgently before they get worse.

Six hundred and seventy-nine young people graduated from the President’s Youth Award Republic of Guyana (PYARG) programme as it celebrated its 11th anniversary at a ceremony held two Saturdays ago at the National Cultural Centre.

Search for Aliya continues For a third consecutive day, the search for Aliya Bulkan, who plunged off the Kaieteur Falls on Saturday morning, was unsuccessful.

Colwyn King, president of the Guyana Teacher’s Union (GTU) was further remanded to prison when he made yet another appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Three-year-old Rani Lall who was struck down by a vehicle belonging to the Guyana Prison Service last Tuesday, died yesterday in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Red Cross representatives from several countries the region yesterday began a workshop on capacity building as the organisation and its affiliates work on a new strategy to meet the needs of communities.

Justice James Bovell-Drakes yesterday sentenced Mark Samuels to hang for the murder of his reputed wife.

– defence seeks to block caution statement A mother, who was accused four years ago of murdering her two children, is currently on trial at the High Court before Justice Brassington Reynolds.

A Wakenaam man was yesterday denied bail on the charge of carnal knowledge when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

Parents closed the doors of the St Ignatius Primary School in Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) last Friday because of the lack of potable water.

A two-day Teacher Education Workshop was launched on Thursday to help reform the delivery of teacher education across Guyana in both technical and vocational areas to ensure efficient and effective practices in the classroom.

A truck driver yesterday was not required to plead to the indictable charge of buggery when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A 43-year-old woman who appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charge of unlawful assault before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

BEIRUT – Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri formed a new unity government yesterday that includes two ministers from Syrian and Iranian-backed Hezbollah.

A 35-year-old man who allegedly damaged the door lock of a vehicle was granted $75,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

A construction labourer pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to answer the charge of simple larceny.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The UN General Assembly declared yesterday that Afghanistan’s presidential election was both credible and sound, despite allegations of widespread fraud that led critics to question the vote’s legitimacy.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran‘s Revolutionary Guards, who helped quell protests after the June election, warned the opposition yesterday not to use anti-US rallies this week to stage new demonstrations.