Guyana News

A young sugar estate employee succumbed yesterday following an accident at De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara, one week after he celebrated his 19th birthday.

PPP member Kwame Gilbert yesterday said education is more accessible than ever and that CSEC results have demonstrated the strides made in education reform, but added that in the light of dwindling literacy rates there is a need to study what is working and what is not.

The National School of Theatre Arts and Drama last evening held its first convocation ceremony at the National Cultural Centre, which saw the graduation of 12 students on two levels: the certificate in Theatre Arts and, at the higher level, the Diploma in Theatre Arts and Drama.

As the city grapples with another garbage crisis, Solid Waste Director Walter Narine yesterday said that his department is not properly equipped to handle the situation, which is being partly blamed on the Town Clerk’s decision to sack two collection services.

Director of Prison Dale Erskine, DSM, has proceeded on pre-retirement leave and there have been several administrative changes as a result.

The ease of doing business in Guyana continues to slide with the latest report ranking this country at 115 out of 189 countries, one place down from its 114 rank last year.

The body of the 13-year-old girl who jumped off a boat she was travelling in on the Berbice River has been recovered.

The performance of High Court judges is very inadequate, Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh said yesterday while noting that timeliness in the delivery of decisions is critical to the judicial system.

A prime plot of land, located between the Guyana Stores and Courts buildings on Main Street, Georgetown is up for sale and the public might soon see another mega store on Main Street as the land is attracting serious interest.

Police are investigating the shooting of 37-year-old Troy Bacchus, who is currently in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The Tucville woman who was stabbed repeatedly by an ex-partner remains in a stable but critical condition in the Georgetown Public Hospital, a relative has said.

Two men were yesterday placed on $80,000 bail each when they appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Charity Magistrate Court.

A police report concerning the death of two-year-old Kimanie Watson has been drafted and sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice, a police source at the Cove and John Police Station said.

As legislative bodies within the Commonwealth group of countries continue to change, they must examine themselves to determine if they are meeting the needs of those they represent and resolve to make changes wherever required, according to Speaker of Guyana’s National Assembly Raphael Trotman.

Relatives of a 25-year-old missing man are worried about the prospects of finding him since it has been more than a month since they last saw him.

Guyana needs to begin frontally discussing sexual and reproductive health issues with children since the reality of not doing so has seen young women losing their lives pursuing illegal abortions.

The rebuilt East Street Nursery School was commissioned yesterday and Education Minister Priya Manickchand boasted that both the new building and the teaching within its walls are meeting international standards.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) says that Guyana’s environmental realities will continue to degenerate unless the Government of Guyana (GoG) produces a comprehensive National Environment Strategy but government says the coalition’s statements are “poorly-advised and partisan”.

Randy Jagdeo, the suspect in the murder of biker Kirk Davis, who managed to evade capture for almost two months, turned himself in to the police today in the company of a lawyer, a senior police official has confirmed.

A multinational team of scientists is now in Guyana under the auspices of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF-Guianas), to gather data on the biodiversity of the South Rupununi, home to over 1400 species of vertebrates, including many highly endangered globally.