Guyana

Linden– Patrick Philander of Victory Valley, Wismar, and Rennison Moore, 23 years of Wismar, Linden today appeared before Magistrate Ms. Ann Mc Lennon at the Christiansburg Magistrate Court on charges of trafficking in narcotics.
Rennison Moore pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined $405,000.00, while Patrick Philander pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison.

Georgetown– Secret traffic and machinations out of Guyana led to a
lot of suffering in the 50’s and 60’s which divided the people along ethnic
lines. The President cautioned Guyanese not to become pawns but be driven by
national interest. “Recently I saw an overseas mission here saying that they
have vested interest in the upcoming elections, now you can have interest, we

Georgetown-  The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) commenced a two-day Training Session which was designed specifically for the selection of Managers and Field Staff to work during the Claims and Objections exercise in preparation for the General and Regional Elections – 2011. According to a release from Gecom, the training session, which is being implemented at the Registration Areas level commenced on January 22-23, 2011, and catered for the training of persons to work within the Wismar , Mackenzie and East Bank Demerara Registration Areas.

Industrial site Ruimveldt– Three bandits just after 14hrs. today broke into a vehicle belonging to a Canadian citizen in front of the popular National Hardware Supercentre located at Industrial site Ruimveldt. The car PMM 2832 AT 192 Carina was caught on the company’s surveilance camera, when the men made good their escape. They stole three bags from the vehicle containing bank cheques, the Canadian’s passport and other valuable electronics. Within half hour of the robbery, the Canadian Iqbal Dawud, got a call from a man named Shawn who claimed to be a taxi driver.

Bridgetown Barbados: Barbados Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senator Maxine McClean made a plea to the international community to honour its commitment to provide more support Barbados and other developing countries to pursue their trade agenda.

Senator McClean made the plea at a three day forum on Aid for Trade for the Caribbean at the Accra Hotel in Barbados.

 Georgetown – Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, President Bharrat Jagdeo wants the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to be more aware of the battles at the global level.

 Georgetown – Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud last evening  said that Guyana is recognised as a global player in issues such as climate change, notwithstanding the size of its economy and population. He was at the time addressing members of the National Assembly during then second day of the 2011 budget debate. 

Georgetown – The troubles continue for a Plaisance family at the hands of Denise Monroe who was arrested in October 2010 for torching her home and repeated threats to take her own life. TrakkerNews was at the scene of the fire last year  when relatives told us that  Monroe was suffering from mental troubles after her husband left the home. She was arrested and placed under observation by the authorities who held her in custody for 2 months until her release in December 2010.

GDF Headquarters, Georgetown-  In congratulating the Guyana Defence Force for the progress in efficiency, budgeting and standing orders, the President said his Government will continue to capitalize the army and urged members to examine the growth of expenditure over the past decade. The Commander in chief added ; "We have progressively increased the budget of the army every year and expect that all will operate within the confines of fiscal sustainability".

Camp Ayangana Georgetown- In a statement that puts him on the spot and the media barred from listening in, President Bharrat Jagdeo said that he will not arrest Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, in the wake of wikileaks about his involvement in drug links with convicted Guyanese drug dealer Roger Khan. Speaking at the opening conference of the Guyana Defense Force this morning, Jagdeo commented on the issue following a question from an army personnel.