Guyana News

Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai has disclosed that the doors to the new dormitory at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, are expected to be opened by April 2010 to facilitate students of the hinterland scholarship programme.

The Guyana Association of Bankers (GAB) says that the decision of the Guyana government to increase the ceiling for low income mortgage loans reinforces the administration’s commitment to affordable housing.

Six of the 10 persons who survived the horrific smash-up between a minibus and a SUV on a lonely stretch of road in the North Rupununi Savannahs, Region Nine are now recovering at the Georgetown Hospital.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday remanded to prison a nineteen-year-old when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old schoolgirl.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has established an organising committee in an effort to expand and improve career/knowledge fairs aimed at empowering youth.

A 36-year-old  labourer was remanded to prison yesterday by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after he pleaded not guilty to inflicting bodily harm on another man.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday announced the posting of several senior officers to various command positions in Divisions countrywide.

A 24-year-old man, who allegedly dealt another man several blows to his head with a glass bottle, was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $30,000 when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Police ranks at the Demerara Harbour Bridge who responded promptly to a robbery report managed to capture two suspects, one of whom had a stolen cellular phone in his possession.

Thirty-two-year-old Christopher Cozier of ‘D’ Field Sophia was granted bail in the sum of $100,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing a quantity of cash and two cell phones from a man while he was asleep.

The updated version of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) is yet to be released despite a commitment by the Office of Climate Change (OCC) on November 15 that this would be done within two weeks.

The Benn Street man who was shot in the abdomen during a foiled robbery on Princes Street on Sunday night sustained damage to part of his lungs, kidney and liver.

WEST POINT, N.Y., (Reuters) – President Barack Obama  said last night he is sending 30,000 more U.S.

A security guard who suffered from a medical complication was yesterday morning found dead in a guard hut outside an East Street, South Cummingsburg house and the body bore no signs of violence.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia will join any consensus on  more sanctions against Iran, a senior Russian diplomatic source  said yesterday after Tehran declared it would expand nuclear  activity in defiance of a U.N.

The driver of the car which plunged into a trench at Gangaram Settlement, East Canje on November 23 resulting in the death of a passenger was on Monday charged with causing death by dangerous driving and released on bail.

LONDON, (Reuters) – London’s High Court ruled against  the British government yesterday over the use of secret  evidence to deny terrorism suspects bail in what campaigners  called an “historic” judgment.

Sergeant Narine Lall of the Leonora Police Station was on Monday read the charge of unlawfully and maliciously wounding the 15-year-old boy who was burnt in the genital area while in custody at that station.

SEATTLE, (Reuters) – A man accused of gunning down  four police officers was shot and killed by authorities yesterday in a case that could affect a potential 2012 U.S. 

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The top U.N. rights official said  yesterday Switzerland’s ban on building minarets was deeply  divisive and at odds with its international legal obligations.