Guyana News

he Rupununi Rodeo Arena is set to come alive in the first weekend of November when the region hosts the sixth annual Rupununi Expo.

WWF Guianas yesterday launched the second phase of its regional environmental project entitled Guianas Sus-tainable Natural Resources Management Project and signed four grant agreements in the total amount of $86.14M.

Employees of Citizen’s Bank are assisting police who are investigating a multi-million dollar fraud which occurred last month at the bank.

A member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is in custody over the death of a 53-year-old soldier whose body was found in an army barrack at Camp Stephenson on Sunday morning.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) was up to yesterday still trying to determine the origin of the 4,000 carats of rough diamonds it seized on Monday from a Belgian firm that was trying to export the gems to Dubai.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the world is changing in the United Nations’ favour as more people and governments understand that multilateralism is the only path in an interdependent and globalizing world, so going it alone is not a viable option.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) says it will be convening its first full National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on November 3.

The agriculture ministry on Saturday handed over a boat and engine to Region Two to allow for increased patrols at sea to combat piracy in the Essequibo and Pomeroon fishing areas.

Nearly a year after they were convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl at Middle Road and were slapped with ten years imprisonment each, Rocky Gravesande and Sherlock Peters were freed by the Court of Appeal.

Marcel La Cruz, the woman who grabbed a newborn baby from a 13-year-old mother nearly a year ago pleaded guilty to kidnapping in the High Court yesterday and will be sentenced in another few days.

The case against a teenaged boy who is accused of murdering a presidential guard was yesterday put off until November as the magistrate hearing the case is on leave.

A businessman who allegedly hit down a guard who was crossing the Rupert Craig Highway last Wednesday was yesterday remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

A man who allegedly robbed two women at Republic Park and was shot by the police after he attempted to disarm an officer was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

Barama Company Limited has been slapped with $106M in fines for breaches in three concessions, the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) said yesterday.

Amerindian Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues yesterday lamented that the Indigenous People’s Commission is still to be put in place and floods, roads, unemployment and land extensions are among concerns to be raised by village leaders at the National Toshaos Conference.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) yesterday seized around 4,000 carats of suspected smuggled diamonds bound for Dubai following cross-checking of documents which showed irregularities in the paperwork.

Chinese nationals residing in Guyana are being urged to ensure that all their documents are in order to avoid having to face the full penalty of the law, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported yesterday.

A post-mortem examination on the body of Gordon Sayers, the soldier who was found dead in an army barrack at Camp Stephenson, Timehri on Sunday morning showed that he died from cerebral haemorrhage due to blunt trauma to the head.

In light of the horrific road accidents that left 24 persons dead in 12 days, the police have planned a meeting today for the Traffic Officer and Divisional Traffic Heads to discuss ways of intensifying the fight against traffic lawlessness.

Barama Company Limited yesterday made a parting donation of a computer to the school children of St Monica/Kariwab and also handed over a $5.5M building after pulling out of its operations earlier this year when villagers of Akawini, upset by a logging deal, commenced a campaign against the company.