Guyana News

A street vendor was yesterday placed on $125,000 bail after he denied battering and robbing a woman of her gold chain at the Stabroek Market.

Junior Minister of Local Government Norman Whittaker says that there have been noticeable positive improvements since personnel changes were made at City Hall.

The newly-appointed Slovenian Ambassador to Caricom His Excellency Bozo Cerar yesterday presented his credentials to Caricom Secretary General Irwin LaRocque, who identified the post-2015 development agenda, the ongoing global climate change negotiations and the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as key areas for potential cooperation.

Caricom Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque has welcomed the news that Dominica has taken further steps to formally recognise the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final court of appeal.

The Linden Chamber of  Industry, Commerce and Development has issued an official press release, stating that it is not in agreement with the proposed shut down of Linden in protest of tomorrow’s visit to the town by President Donald Ramotar.

Camex Restaurants Inc, Franchisee of Church’s Chicken, Mario’s Pizza, Quiznos and Juici Patties today announced the opening of their fifth Franchise, Dairy Queen from the United States of America.

At about 2100h. last night, the police say that security guards Mortimer Maynard, 45 years, and Trevor Fraser, 42 years, who are attached to a private security service, were in the North Sophia area.

In a surprise move, Local Government and Regional Development Minister, Ganga Persaud yesterday tendered his resignation, citing personal issues and other responsibilities as the reasons.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has said that the recent revelations involving two young women implicate a wider range of agencies and individuals in alleged irregularities and brutality in the Colwyn Harding case than originally thought and warrant an independent inquiry.

Minister of Culture and Sports Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday told the National Assembly that enquiries he directed into the claims that goats were slaughtered at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall proved them to be untrue.

The file with the police’s complete investigation into allegations of baton rape and physical assault made by 23-year-old Colwyn Harding, is presently at the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), its chairman, retired Chancellor of the Judiciary Justice Cecil Kennard confirmed last evening.

Investigations of aircraft incidents should be done independently of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), operators say and they have renewed a call for the GCAA to hire a qualified flight operations inspector.

Equipment to aid in the disposal of obsolete guns, ammunition and explosives was yesterday handed over to the Government of Guyana by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC).

Over $1.4 billion in supplementary funds already spent from the Contingen-cies Fund were yesterday approved by the National Assembly but not before government members were called upon by their opposition counterparts to justify the spending.

By Jeff Trotman The Linden Chamber of Commerce is attempting to lift its image and to be more effective as the representative body for the private sector within the town of Linden.

The Linden IMC passed two resolutions by majority vote at its first statutory meeting for 2014 on Wednesday to be taken to Parliament by the Region Ten Parliamentary Representatives as motions.

Agreements of sale for immovable property, such as land or buildings, are going to be upgraded to bonds or leases, to help stamp out fraud due to multiple sales.

A Linden woman is suffering from a broken neck after an altercation at the Linden Foundation Secondary High School led to a fight minutes later at the Mackenzie Arcade market on Tuesday.

A man who threatened to chop his brother to death with a cutlass, forcing him to jump into a trench to escape, was yesterday fined $15,000 or a week in jail if he is unable to pay the fine.

A West Ruimveldt teen was yesterday remanded to prison by the Chief Magistrate after pleading not guilty to illegal possession of a firearm charge.