Guyana News

Twenty-two volunteers on Thursday commenced a one-year training programme to equip them to deal with persons with disabilities so as to enable them to have equal opportunities to participate in the social and economic life of their country.

Mayor Hamilton Green recently attended the inauguration of the Minetta Foundation in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T).

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is mourning the passing of councillor Randolph Harris and remembers him as unflinching and dedicated to the welfare of the city.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sport Club (RHTYSC) donated a quantity of items to the Berbice Dharm Shala Senior Citizens’ Home at the launching of its 2007 $5M charity programme.

With an estimated 20,000 foreigners expected to traverse the Caribbean region for Cricket World Cup 2007, Government has some concerns about this free movement of people in relation to the country’s hosting of the Rio Summit here, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported Wednesday.

A Yarrowkabra businesswoman was robbed at gunpoint of thousands of dollars in jewellery, cash and other articles early Thursday morning when four armed men invaded her home.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has a roster of activities planned to target youths and encourage their involvement in the arts.

The Guyana Local Organising Committee (LOC) has said that at no time did it share any information with the public or with the media stating that Guyana might not take part in the opening ceremony of the ICC CWC 2007 in Jamaica in March.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says it vehemently condemns what it terms the “unfair, uneven and vindictive act of GINA (the Government Information Agency)”, in withdrawing government advertisements from Stabroek News.

The advice of a Technical Working group on Governance was at the top of a list of priorities for the 18th Caricom Council of Ministers meeting which opened yesterday at the Caricom Headquarters, Liliendaal.

Members of the City Constabulary have recovered three busts that were removed from the Non-Aligned Monument at Company Path Garden, Avenue of the Republic on Thursday.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is to establish a Wide Area Network (WAN) which is expected to boost government’s move to reform its taxation system.

The Committee of Supply of Parliament yesterday voted for a provision that would see the Casique Suites and Banqueting Hall being advanced a sum of $33M, in the same way Buddy’s Hotel received an advance of $168M in the form of room purchases for the Cricket World Cup.

The body of a 14-year-old boy was fished out of a canal at Bagotville, West Bank Demerara on Wednesday after he had apparently gone for a swim the day before and never returned.

The Ministry of Agriculture and the Guyana Revenue Authority are hosting Value-Added Tax sensitisation programmes for sugar industry stakeholders.

Six women from the Diplomatic Spouses Association (DSA) yesterday undertook a house-painting expedition under the auspices of Habitat for Humanity Guyana Inc’s Women Build Project (WBP) at Westminster, West Bank Demerara.

A man who was accused of breaking into a woman’s home and raping her four years ago at Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara was set free on Tuesday after a High Court jury returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan yesterday granted bail to a teenaged boy who allegedly fondled a 12-year-old girl on Christmas Eve day.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan remanded to prison a man accused of robbery when he yesterday appeared to answer to the charge at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Two men appeared in the Leonora Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on a charge of stealing over $270,000 worth of items from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) and were remanded to prison.