Guyana News

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Amputee Yonette McDonald, 37, who was the lone survivor of an accident on Mandela Avenue that killed two others, two Fridays ago died at the Georgetown Hospital on Thursday.

The AFC is accusing the governing PPP/C and the main opposition PNCR of deliberate efforts to stifle the party’s involvement in the affairs of the Parliament.

When Donetta Jardine graduated from the David Rose School 11 years ago life seemed bleak as she felt the world of work was not ready for her physical disability.

Leader of the Justice for All Party (JFAP) CN Sharma said he is delaying court action as it regards the parliamentary seat his party is reported to have won but is yet to be allocated, in the hope that the matter will be resolved amicably.

The Carter Center is urging that “serious attention” be given to the recommendations in its report on the last elections.

A porter who allegedly stole a bicycle was released on bail when he appeared at the Wales Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

The flag-raising ceremony to observe the anniversary of Guyana’s attainment of independence was held yesterday at Parliament Building A Guyana Information Agency (GINA) release said President Bharrat Jagdeo, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony, acting Police Commissioner Henry Greene and Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force Brigadier Edward Collins were present for the traditional hoisting of the Golden Arrowhead.

Last week a band of sea pirates operating in the Pomeroon River took their attacks to another level; they heated knives and scorched the buttocks of a number of fishermen, telling them that they must always have Yamaha outboard engines and no other brands.

The BK International ship New Horizon that sailed to Guyana with a cargo of fuel destined for a company in the Dominican Republic will not leave any time soon as the vessel has to be fumigated and a new crew might have to be selected.

US officials taped conversations between Guyanese drug accused Raphel Christopher Douglas and a DEA informant and on two occasions when Douglas promised to send cocaine to the US, empty black bags were sent.

Funny that I keep recalling Lord Nelson’s hilarious but insightful calypso, “she saving that for company”, since the “Georgetown Enhance-ment Development Pro-gramme” and all related im-provement operations began.

A woman who was squatting on land and allegedly pretended to be the owner and obtained money from another woman for the property over a year ago was yesterday granted $150,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

A security guard who allegedly robbed the place he was supposed to secure was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Ceil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A man who allegedly had cannabis at his home when the police conducted a search was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A young man who allegedly pretended to be a police officer in order to rob another man of his money was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

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The “blitz” that descended on Guyana last week in the wake of Digicel’s launch of its new cellular service here provided an object lesson in mass marketing that Guyanese are unlikely to forget in a hurry.

It now has to be recognised that man’s capacity for self-destruction could soon outstrip what he is capable of in the practice of war.

A teenaged boy who broke into a woman’s home and stole her Digicel bag and other items will now spend 18 months in prison after he was sentenced yesterday by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.