Guyana News

Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys yesterday remanded to prison a woman and her son who allegedly had 52 grammes of cannabis for trafficking.

Four suicides and ten attempted suicides reportedly fuelled by alcoholism among other issues have rocked the hinterland community of Santa Rosa within recent weeks.

Broiler chickens at poultry farms in Regions Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten have now been inoculated in an attempt to tackle a chicken disease detected last year.

Guyana has been vigilant with the trade of its diamonds long before the advent of the Kimberly Process Certifica-tion Scheme (KP-CS), Acting Commis-sioner of Mines William Woolford has said.

The Ministry of Agriculture has been able to complete some 90% of the work it had intended to do in Regions Four and Five, areas severely hit following the floods of 2005 and 2006.

The Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU) said though the past year was a mix of successes and challenges the most disappointing was the government’s proposed 5% increase to workers and that the trade union movement remains divided.

The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) had recommended that Guyana’s tourism product be VAT zero-rated to assist with the development of the industry, saying that bookings for tour packages were made as long as a year ago and could not be now increased by 16%.

A draft of a new money laundering bill is being circulated for comment to eventually replace the six-year-old one which is still to be fully activated and money transfer businesses and planned casino gambling would likely come under sharp scrutiny.

The Mayor and City Council on Friday officially announced that it has privatized garbage collection at Bourda Market, but that workers will not be made redundant.

Region Six Regional Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha says Berbicians need to participate fully in development in the new year.

A 34-year-old gold miner was last Thursday robbed of his gold chains valued over $200,000 by two motorcycle bandits, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

Lawyers for Citizen’s Bank and Willems Timber are arguing whether or not the Commercial Court is within its jurisdiction in adjudicating in the matter of the non-disbursement of a $240M loan.

If efforts are to be scaled up to meet Guyana’s national HIV/AIDS challenges more productive use of present resources is needed in addition to a greater mobilisation.

Ranks of the Joint Services on Friday morning combed a few homes in Buxton, East Coast Demerara following information that a suspect was hiding out in the village and might have had one of the stolen army AK-47 rifles in his possession.

Two teenagers drowned yesterday in separate incidents: one after going for a swim in the Lamaha Canal with friends and one as a result of an occasional illness.

Pirates struck again on Saturday afternoon robbing five fishermen of their engines and other items on the Corentyne Coast and then leaving them to drift to shore yesterday morning.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) says it is taking steps to regularise vending in front of Stabroek Market and added that it is alarmed at the increasing amount of refuse accumulating in different sections of the city.

Six Guyanese charged in the biggest drug bust in Barbados’ history are still on trial.

Five men, including one armed with a handgun last week robbed a 17-year-old in Agricola and police subsequently held two suspects.

An armed bandit robbed an elderly man at gunpoint on Friday at Thomas Street, Cummingsburg of a quantity of gold jewellery and cash.