Guyana News

-lawyers argue In objecting to the sale of its assets, Clico (Guyana) said that Judicial Manager Maria van Beek closed all of its business offices without a single attempt to operate any line or class of insurance business.

Participants from the central Guyana National Library have once again outshone competitors from the branch libraries, this time in the semi-final round of the Champion Readers Competition. 

-Thomas The David Thompson administration’s targeting of Caricom nationals in its crackdown on illegal immigrants is an act of profiling, which Distinguished Professor Clive Thomas says needs to be met with the strongest possible protest.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony yesterday confirmed that seven inmates of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) escaped from the facility on Saturday.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday remanded to prison a mother of two who was allegedly driving the car which struck down and killed a 57-year-old man at Broad and Ketley streets two weeks ago.

The Stabroek Market drinks’ vendor who was shot and robbed on Saturday night remains in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday granted a 21-year-old and an 18-year-old bail when they appeared before her charged with stealing a quantity of quicksilver valued $1.7M.

Forty medical personnel, who graduated from the Ministry of Health’s Information Technology Training Course yesterday, will now be able to merge their health care skills with technological advances to offer better services.

An 18-year-old is now hospitalised after being shot in the right hip on Sunday night by the man with whom she shares a relationship, a release from the police said yesterday.

The $550M Doppler Radar Tower being built at the CJIA, Timehri is expected to be completed within another two weeks and should be in full use by year end.

A Diamond, East Bank Demerara couple and their tenant were terrorised and robbed of almost $500,000, jewellery and two cellular phone by three men armed with guns.

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) plans to regularize the office of Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court and has advertised the position.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for a prisoner who escaped from the New Amsterdam Prison earlier this month.

Parbattie Ramsundar, the  Guyanese woman who went missing in Canada on Saturday afternoon after going for a walk, has returned to her relatives and is said to be save and in good health.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – R&B singer Chris Brown pleaded guilty yesterday to assaulting his former girlfriend, pop star Rihanna, in an agreement with prosecutors that calls for him to spend five years of probation and attend courses on domestic violence.

PersaudMinister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday underscored the importance of pesticide control in advancing the agriculture sector in the region.

HOUSTON (Reuters) – Allen Stanford, who was arrested in Virginia on fraud charges last week, is in transit back to Texas for a detention hearing in federal court, his lawyer’s office and a federal official said yesterday.

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur on Friday last signed a certificate declaring the GRA’s environs smoke-free zones as part of the agency’s Occupational Safety and Health programme.

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Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud said the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will be engaging the Guyana missions to take legal action against Bedessee Imports for using the ‘Demerara Gold’ brand to market sugar made in the Mauritius.