Guyana News

Wanatobo Forest Resources Inc. has applied for the transferal of their forest concession to a private businessman, the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) says.

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications today said that cable TV company E-Networks has no licence for the laying and landing of a subsea cable system.

Police are probing a fatal accident which occurred about 9.15 last night on Good Faith Public Road, ECD, involving mini bus BTT 5273 driven by a 59 year old man, and pedal cyclist Ricardo James, 17, a labourer , of Lot 12 Recess Village, Mahaicony, ECD (deceased).

Three years into the 11th Parliament, the opposition People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) yesterday won its first vote in the House after two members of the Alliance For Change (AFC) abstained on a motion to grant two employees of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) duty-free concessions for vehicles at 2000-cylinder capacity (CC).

A vehicular collision along the Bee Hive Public Road, East Coast Demerara, claimed the lives of two young persons on Sunday.

Minister of Citizenship,  Winston Felix, yesterday said plans are in motion for the setting up of a homestead settlement area for the 260 confirmed Venezuelans, who are occupying areas in Barima-Waini (Region One).

Four men were yesterday charged with trafficking over 250 pounds of ganja, which Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) agents intercepted during an operation on the East Coast of Demerara last Saturday morning.

Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Harry Gill was yesterday reprimanded and referred to the National Assembly’s Privileges Committee for criticising the rulings of Speaker Dr.

By a majority vote, a 12-member jury yesterday found former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) member Allister Woolford guilty of fatally shooting his friend, Devon Howell.

Another section of the roof of the Stabroek Market wharf collapsed yesterday, leaving vendors once more in fear for their lives.

Four Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) staffers at Soesdyke are counting their losses after a mid-morning fire razed their housing complex yesterday.

Kennard Jabar, one of the four men charged with the robbery of the Bank of Baroda branch at Mon Repos two years ago, was yesterday freed of the charge.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has lost a significant sum of money, two Sony flat-screen televisions and several documents following  a series of robberies.

Three days after being freed of aiding in the trafficking of 11 kilogrammes of cocaine at Pomeroon, Essequibo River, four Colombian nationals were yesterday fined for overstaying in Guyana.

Following an embarrassing defeat of a motion to grant duty-free concessions to employees of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Chairman of the committee of appointments Dr George Norton yesterday chose to heed the advice of his colleague Cathy Hughes and withdraw a motion to have the members of the Rights of the Child Commission (ROC) approved.

The abandoned car found in Industrial Site, Ruimveldt last Friday morning along with several items, including the driver’s licence of suspected robber Ian Forde, was a rental, according to Commander of ‘A’ Division Marlon Chapman.

The July 8th incident involving Minister in the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes, her driver and two security guards will be discussed at today’s cabinet sitting following which government coalition partner, Alliance for Change (AFC) will be able to give an official statement, the party’s leader Raphael Trotman said yesterday.

The distribution of supplies for Venezuelan migrants in Barima-Waini continued on Friday and Saturday in the communities of Powaikuru, Kamwatta, Imbotero and Smith Creek, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

The body of a 60-year-old man was yesterday  found in a trench near to where he lived in Friendship, East Bank Demerara, the police said.

The International Children’s Heart Foundation (ICHF) has performed another 23 surgeries on infants and adults, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.