Guyana News

A Friendship resident lost his life on Saturday after being stung by Africanised bees while clearing a patch of land on his farm in the Friendship Backlands, East Bank Demerara.

A three-day parliamentary training seminar for members of the National Assembly opened yesterday with the objective of making Parliament more responsive to the challenges it faces.

The Archer’s Home yesterday received just over $1.5 million from Esso to help with the building of a new sanitary block and rehabilitating the main building.

The ICC/CWC Local Organising Committee (LOC) and the Police Traffic Department are to meet Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) in the vicinity of the stadium to hammer out the permit programme which would give access to vehicles moving in and out of nearby communities.

Far from being cornered, the nine men who overpowered guards at the Mazaruni prison on Friday remained on the loose up to press time yesterday as the joint services continued intensive operations in and around the area.

The perception of rampant corruption in the execution of local government contracts was highlighted as a major cause for concern on the first day of a two-day seminar for regional officials responsible for carrying out such projects.

Following new leads on the startling disappearance of 30 AK-47s from the army’s headquarters last year, a key decision is pending from the authorities relating to a senior GDF official.

Two new hotels currently under construction in the Kitty area are expected to be completed in time to help meet accommodation needs for Cricket World Cup 2007.

The Ministry of Health last Friday hosted a workshop to deliberate on the draft National Strategic Plan for Laboratories which is aimed at regulating the levels of service offered by public health laboratories within the public and private sectors.

Residents of Number Three Village, West Coast Berbice are counting their lucky stars that an abandoned house which went up in flames early Friday morning did not spread to their homes.

Parliament has voted to set up a special committee to look at the steps that need to be taken to enable it to employ its own staff.

While there are no immediate plans to remove Lamaha Street embankment residents in the absence of an official policy on that issue, persons living on government reserves in Sophia and on the East Bank of Demerara are required to move by month end.

The President’s Youth Award: Republic of Guyana (PYARG) says it has a number of projects planned for the year that will involve more than 3000 participants.

Police have issued wanted bulletins for 13 persons, including a woman who is being sought for questioning in connection with four murders committed on the East Bank of Demerara last year and four men for murders.

Dr Rupert Roopnaraine has been appointed as the new principal of the Critchlow Labour College.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds says nearly 450,000 incandescent bulbs were replaced in the bulb distribution exercise.

The Professional Guard Services said several ranks received monetary and other awards at its Fourth Quarterly and Annual Incentive Award ceremonies.

The shooting of four servicemen who were part of the initial search party after Friday’s Mazaruni Prison break was found to be the result of friendly fire, Director of Prisons Dale Erskine said yesterday.

One of the police constables shot on Friday afternoon during a bid to locate the nine prisoners who had hours before staged a daring escape from the Mazaruni Prison, is still in a serious condition and may have to be flown overseas for further treatment.

The business community is spending millions of dollars to beautify downtown Georgetown in time for Cricket World Cup (CWC) and littering will be the biggest focus.