Guyana News

Eighteen youths from various communities in the North Rupununi were recently engaged in a UNESCO-sponsored workshop to produce material for the community radio station there.

Police in hot pursuit of a prisoner who escaped from the Sparendaam lock-ups yesterday mistakenly shot a Guyana Telephone and Telegraph labourer under his chin.

The three British security officers who are here to fast-track the three million pounds Sterling ($1.05 billion) security sector reform project have begun work on setting up an anti-crime unit in the Guyana Police Force, Commissioner of Police (ag) Henry Greene has said.

Several entities in the agriculture sector have had new boards of directors installed.

Students in Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) are continuing to benefit from the Guyana Micro Projects Programme (GMPP), a government/European Union programme, in the form of food assistance, a library and completing their school-based assessment (SBA) for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CESEC) examination.

With a good internet connection and basic computer knowledge, a secondary school student in need of extra lessons can now access support online at a rate that is competitive on the market.

The Youth Mentorship Endeavour (TYME) hosted its first camp at Madewini last month to equip youth with communication and other skills as they transition into adulthood.

Grace Kennedy sub-agents handed over more than 250 tickets to GuyExpo to secondary and primary school students to allow them to attend the trade fair.

Chairman of Barama Company Limited Girwar Lalaram has said that the company is seeking to put the proper mechanisms in place to monitor mining activities within the certified areas, with special emphasis on proper environmental practices and strict safety precautions using the roads.

From almost 700 entries Shivtanti Gentle from Norton Street, Wortmanville won a Zongshen 100 cc Motorcycle in the Ansa McAl Trading first drawing of its Sqezy Choose, Wash and Win Promotion held recently.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) in a statement yesterday said that its Council Meeting on Monday called for further reform of the telecommunications sector to push economic growth.

A three-year-old boy was knocked dead yesterday by a mini-bus as he attempted to cross the Blairmont Stelling Road unaided after being dropped home from school.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday expressed solidarity with the oppressed people of Myanmar, noting that the people’s human rights are being flagrantly violated by the military.

Defence counsel for beauty queen Carolan Lynch who has been charged with the murder of her husband, Swiss House Cambio boss, yesterday objected to a statement that was to be tendered in evidence by a woman Detective Corporal at the Preliminary Inquiry (PI).

A man who allegedly had a firearm and 12 bullets at Kitty was yesterday remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

Two motorcycle bandits yesterday made good their escape with some $800,000 after attacking a businessman at Bel Air Park.

Magistrate Chandra Sohan placed 15 persons on $15,000 bail each when they appeared before him at the New Amsterdam Court on Friday, charged with fraudulent diversion of electricity.

A mother would get 21 days of “rest” after her son who admitted to assaulting her when he appeared at the Blairmont Court was “put away” for that time.

Two MMC Security Force guards were killed and two injured after they were ambushed by eight gunmen, who also hijacked their vehicle, at Sheribana Bridge in the Essequibo yesterday.

Rising expenditure, declining employment levels and an aging population are among the concerns that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) will seek to address in 2008, as it moves into a year described as “most challenging”.