Guyana News

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – England’s Kevin Pietersen   believes the rebellion that led to him losing the captaincy   two years ago had been vindicated by the Ashes triumph in   Australia.

Chancellor (ag) Carl Singh has said that at least one leg of the IDB-funded justice sector reform programme project made significant strides in achieving the targets set though questions remain over the pace of the reform.

On Wednesday night, three armed men forced their way into the home of a city businessman, located near the Alberttown Police Station, terrorized his four children and escaped with approximately $5 million in cash.

The mangrove restoration project is set to expand in 2011 following government’s receipt of the first tranche of European Union (EU) funding.

This year was the “worst” for industrial deaths with over 24 deaths recorded and over half of these occurring in the mining sector, according to the end of year report from the Labour Ministry.

The main sugar workers union said the recently publicized plans for a new industry where operations are mechanized would not work without sugar workers, and is calling for full consultations before anything is finalized.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) will soon unveil a US$5 million credit facility that will allow local businesses to import commodities from almost anywhere in the world with backing from the World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

PNCR presidential hopeful Dr Faith Harding will not be singing “Auld Lang Syne” with the army’s top brass at the stroke of midnight as she usually does now that she is aspiring to political office.

Since his last album R&B star Mario has been in the studio working and waiting to drop “a hot new album”, but he is on a break and has decided to ring in the New Year in Guyana.

A bandit is currently under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he attempted to rob a businessman of a laptop and $1 million.

Deon Braithwaite, who is accused of attacking a tenant with knives on Christmas Day, was on Tuesday placed on bail in the sum of $25,000 after being charged with unlawful and malicious wounding.

Essequibo fisherman Trevor John was on Tuesday admitted to bail in the sum of $50,000, after being charged with having a quantity of cannabis in his possession.

A man accused of breaking into the storage bonds of another was on Wednesday remanded to prison.

The first harvest of pineapples in the hinterland is expected in September with some 76,300 pineapples planted on 21.8 acres of land by 38 farmers, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai said yesterday.

The importer of a quantity of undeclared alcoholic beverages seized by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Christmas Eve was fined for importing the items illegally.

The Housing and Water Ministry will benefit from a further $3 billion in supplementary provisions, after the National Assembly yesterday passed the Supplementary Appropriation Bill (No.

When the hazardous state of Le Repentir landfill was raised yesterday in the National Assembly, Local Government Minister Kellawan Lall absolved the government of any blame, saying that it was the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) which had mismanaged the facility.

A man who told the court that he uses cannabis to treat tuberculosis and other ailments was yesterday fined $3,000 and ordered to serve six months community service for having the illegal substance in his possession.

A Bartica man already on bail for a number of break-ins was remanded to prison on Tuesday, after he was charged with breaking into a businessman’s property and stealing a quantity of cash and items.

A man who broke into another’s house and stole a vacuum cleaner was yesterday remanded to prison.