Guyana News

The Guyana Forestry Com-mission (GFC) says the dismissal of a quality control official followed its loss of confidence in his ability to perform his duties “in a manner consistent with his position as the Assistant Commissioner of Forests-Quality Control.”

As part of Heritage Week activities the National Trust last Wednesday launched Cannons of Guyana documenting a part of the country’s military heritage and building on the work of Major Michael Hartland of the Barbados Defence Force and University of Guyana student Joanne Collins.

TravelSpan announced four winners in its GuyExpo 2007 raffle. In a press release the company said Michelle Williams won the first prize of a return trip to New York; Bibi Baptise won the second prize, a return trip to Trinidad; Giovanni Karioaroma the third prize, a miniature plane; and Omawatee Ramsundar a TravelSpan tee-shirt.

Two persons were arrested following the discovery of an illegal firearm, ammunition and firearm silencers in a house at Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara yesterday.

A Trinidad map company on Wednesday presented Prime Minister Samuel Hinds with samples of elaborately designed maps of the different continents of the world after he had demonstrated an interest in them at GuyExpo.

Head of the Catholic Diocese of Guyana Bishop Francis Alleyne has announced the formation of a fund-raising committee for the building of the new Sacred Heart Church and the development of the site at Main Street, Georgetown, the Catholic Standard reported.

Contrary to what was said in the report captioned ‘Spelling Bee champ’ in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News, it was the Rotaract Club of Georgetown Central and not the Rotaract Club of Georgetown that hosted its first National Spelling Bee competition.

Two men with pending matters before the court who allegedly shot at another man while he was driving were yesterday placed on $125,000 bail each by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys.

A woman who was left as the guardian of a toddler and who allegedly ill-treated the child by beating and leaving him alone in the house was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys.

A couple who allegedly had over 1,000 grammes of ganja at a house at Mahdia was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys.

Despite Euros 2B being dangled in front of their faces, Cariforum countries yesterday held out for a better deal with the European Union (EU) and while some differences were narrowed in a two-day Jamaica meeting talks are to continue on sugar and other thorny areas.

By any measure phlegmatic is a tricky word to spell but Nirvanie Ramnarain of Annandale Secondary rattled it off with ease yesterday to win the Rotaract Club of Georgetown first National Spelling Bee competition.

A man whose pit bulls allegedly mauled a businessman early Monday morning while he was out jogging at Well Road, North Ruimveldt leaving him with multiple injuries was yesterday placed on self-bail by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys.

A carpenter of 130 First Street, Craig, East Bank Demerara fell to his death yesterday afternoon while doing work at a house in the Diamond New Housing Scheme.

The family of Rashley Prass who the police said was killed in a shoot-out in the Canje Creek on Wednesday are still pressing for answers on his death.

Some 150 employees of the Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) location in Mabura downed tools yesterday over wages, bringing operations in the area almost to a standstill, sources told Stabroek News.

Orders came from Office of the President (OP) staffer Kwame McKoy for the placement of the controversial billboards on the maritime tribunal award, the company paid to do the signs confirmed to Stabroek News yesterday.

The Forest Products Association (FPA) is charging the government with displaying a recent tendency to act unilaterally on forestry issues and reacting to attacks on the sector by imposing “wholly impractical restrictions and regulations.”

A small increase was instituted by the National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) in the price of packaged flour on Tuesday and the 45 kg bag of flour on Monday.

The recent killing of two MMC security guards, Rodwell Clarke and Warren Hutson, has been condemned by the People’s National Congress Reform and the party described the attack as yet another senseless killing by criminal elements.