Guyana News

A 50-year-old housewife accused of threatening behaviour towards two other women appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday and was released on bail.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Thursday remanded to prison a man who was found with a quantity of cocaine and cannabis.

Magistrate Kim Kyte-John granted bail to two men who were charged in separate incidents with indecent assault and indecent exposure when they on Thursday appeared at the Weldaad Magistrate’s Court.

A businessman who took four engines from another man by pretending that he had the money to pay for them, made an appearance yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 53-year-old minibus driver appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving and was released on $100,000 bail by Magistrate Fazil Azeez.

Launching a $1.6B credit facility, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud yesterday said rice producers should not squander the funds loaned to them as happened in the past or use the credit facility to re-finance outstanding debts.

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh last night unveiled a list of 40 more zero-rated items including dried blackeye peas, cooking salt, all locally produced uncooked meats including salted fish, sanitary napkins and local river and air transport.

Three persons died yesterday as a result of the injuries they sustained after being involved in separate vehicular accidents.

Armed bandits on the prowl at Mc Doom yesterday morning robbed an Eccles money- changer of $3M before hijacking his car and escaping.

The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) says the GINA ads cut-off to Stabroek News appears prima facie to be an attempt to stifle free expression and the body along with regional publishers and broadcasters is seeking an early audience with President Bharrat Jagdeo to discuss the matter.

President’s Bharrat Jagdeo’s statement that the decision to withdraw all ministry advertisements from the Stabroek News was a business decision is not credible, David de Caires the editor-in-chief of the newspaper said yesterday.

The government and its creditors have reached an “amicable settlement” on the bauxite bonds issue, President Bharrat Jagdeo announced on Thursday.

Head teachers believe that far too many children are pressured into extra lessons at an early age causing “burn-out” and influencing the high incidence of school dropouts; they want the Education Ministry to take policy action in this respect.

A Werk-en-Rust man appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday charged with stealing 34 pounds of chicken from the Brickdam Police Station where he is employed as a handyman.

Guyana would be obtaining half of its petroleum needs or 5,200 barrels per day (bpd) from Venezuela at a concessionary rate under the Petrocaribe agreement from May 1, 2007, Prime Minister Sam Hinds says.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Kellawan Lall said the country’s municipalities on Thursday received computers to boost their services.

Stakeholders in the North Rupununi Wetlands project on Tuesday took the first step towards identifying hindrances and coming up with programmes to preserve and sustainably manage the rich ecosystem found there.

A New Amsterdam resident who was shot around 11:40 pm on Thursday has to undergo surgery to remove a bullet lodged in his jaw.

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The Guyana Police Force said on Wednesday it retrieved an unexploded grenade that was thrown into an East Bank Demerara yard by unknown persons.