News

Guyana may now be building its reputation as a conference destination but already major hotels with such facilities are netting good gains and are predicting good long-term profit for future and existing facilities.

Magistrate Fazil Azeez last week Tuesday fined a 25-year-old man $20,000 with an alternative of six months imprisonment after the man admitted that he damaged articles valued at over $100,000.

Years of being at the receiving end of domestic violence came to a tragic end on Saturday night for a 45-year-old woman who was stabbed to death in front of her three children at Bladen Hall, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Unable to calm an unstable crime situation where murder topped the one hundred mark for the past three years, police have reported that 83 more people have died so far this year in road accidents than at the hands of criminals.

It had all the ingredients of a good show – quality performances, massive support and mostly clean music – but the highly anticipated Guyana Music Festival clearly lacked the core item of local talent, which was in very short supply.

Flights passing through and leaving Trinidad and Tobago have been affected over the past few days due to a staff shortage at Air Traffic Control on the island.

Residents of La Grange, Old Road, yesterday took to the streets again to protest their continued water woes this time blocking the public road with tyres and bramble and only ceasing their action after water arrived in the village.

A 58-year-old man died on Saturday night after he was allegedly hit in the head with a piece of wood by his drinking buddy with whom he had an argument over a pornographic magazine.

Police in Berbice are continuing intense investigations into the shocking discovery of the decomposing bodies of two males, believed to be of Caucasian descent, which were found at different points on the Corentyne on Saturday and Thursday.

To many people Dr. Gary Stephens is the extrovert, bald-style man with a trademark smile at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) who recently led the medical team in Guyana’s first by-pass surgery.

Bishop’s High School ‘old boy’ Arun Gajraj joined two relatives when he was recently admitted to the bar.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is upping the ante in the protection of biodiversity and the conservation of natural resources with its new draft Wildlife Manage-ment and Conservation Regulations, now being circulated for comment.

The Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud and the Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee yesterday educated farmers on the proposed Pounds Act amendment which is to be tabled in the National Assembly and which will see stiffer fines being implemented for owners of stray animals.

One bill is to be introduced, and two motions are to be laid in the National Assembly when its sittings resume on Thursday, November 1 at 14:00 hrs in the Parliament Chambers after a two-month recess.

A 50-year-old man is now nursing stab wounds to his body at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he went to the rescue of a woman who was being robbed at the Linden bus park and was attacked by the bandit.

Clem Seecharran is a son of Guyana and a true scholar.

The Suddie Diagnostic and Treatment Centre is set for a year-end opening and is expected to service hundreds of residents from the Essequibo Coast.

The Ministry of Home Affairs through the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project has embarked on a mission to help decrease the spread of HIV among the prison population and to help reintegrate infected persons into society at the end of their prison sentence.

Three persons who were detained on Friday last following a narcotics and ammunition bust at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri remain in custody.

The bound, decomposing bodies of two males appearing to be of Caucasian descent were discovered at separate points on the Corentyne yesterday and Thursday and the police were last night contemplating the gamut of possibilities behind the macabre find.