News

The United States (US) Embassy says under the recently passed Adam Walsh Act all family-based immigrant visa petitions will be screened to root out petitioners convicted of crimes against children.

The Inter School/Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship (IS/IVCF) of Guyana says it is starting this year’s agenda of moral and social development activities with a Thanksgiving Service, in this its 50th year.

A 12-year-old student of Belladrum Secondary School was admitted to the Fort Wellington Hospital in an unconscious state after she was hit behind her neck by another student on Tuesday around midday.

A teenaged boy was yesterday afternoon attacked and stabbed by two other boys as he stood waiting for transportation on the East Bank Demerara public road.

Police in Essequibo have started a hunt to recapture a prisoner who escaped from the Mazaruni prison last December and has been wreaking havoc upon residents in his hometown, Bethany village.

A ten-year-old student of Christianburg Primary School, Linden died tragically on Cholmondeley Hill, Wismar early yesterday afternoon while riding a bicycle which collided with a tractor-trailer a short distance from his home.

Two persons who were attacked by bees in separate incidents on Monday afternoon at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, were treated at the Fort Wellington Hospital.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has found that the noise emitted from the Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets on Mandela Avenue and Vlissengen Road is within the tolerance levels and has brought a long-standing matter between the fast-food restaurant and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to a close.

A DVD titled “I can feel the Vibes” intended to prepare citizens for the Cricket World Cup (CWC) was launched on Friday.

The NCN employee whose body was discovered lying in a drain Thursday night died from drowning and as a result of blunt trauma to his head.

Students of Wiruni Primary School in the Berbice River have not been able to attend school since the beginning of this term because of a shortage of teachers.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will be using the Taxpayer Identification Number to track tax evaders and as an example of this problem it yesterday said it had discovered significant under-invoicing by a major importer of stationery supplies.

The Ministry of Education said it will be investigating claims of extortion by personnel of some primary schools in rural communities.

A Russian businessman who allegedly had a gun and ammunition without licence at a home in Bel Air, Georgetown was on Monday granted $250,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

For a second time, the prosecution has been unable to produce the file for Navin Prashad who is before the court on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.

A man who was allegedly found with 77 grammes of cocaine on his person was on Monday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 31-year-old Albouys-town man was yesterday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan after being accused of raping and fondling a 7-year-old girl.

A 21-year-old man who allegedly had carnal knowledge of a 15-year-old girl was on Monday placed on $100,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The two Jamaica-bound passengers who were nabbed at the airport on Monday following the discovery of cocaine stuffed in the soles of several pairs of shoes in their luggage, pleaded guilty yesterday to their trafficking-in- narcotics charges.

Following vigorous debate the National Assembly yesterday passed a bill amending the Value Added Tax Act to facilitate the Minister of Finance making changes to the list of zero-rated and exempt items and other areas.