Guyana News

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 6.30 am yesterday on the Felicity Railway Embankment, ECD involving motor car PVV 7987 driven by a 50-year-old resident of Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown and pedestrian Reaz Nazir, 37, of 37 Felicity Railway Embankment, ECD (deceased).

The Alliance For Change (AFC) says it is alarmed and horrified by the reports that an arson attempt was made on the home of one of the party’s Local Government Elections candidates,  Rashree Permaul of Bloomfield village, in the Whim/Bloomfield Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).

City Hall owes the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) in excess of $206 million, NIS Debt Recovery Manager, Louise Bryant told the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the city yesterday at the Critchlow Labour College.

All laid off sugar workers of the Guyana Sugar Cor-poration can soon expect to be paid the remainder of their severance as both sides of the House last night voted in favour of  $2.451 B  in supplementary funding for that cause.

Following three separate sets of tests, the foundation on the Supply Health Centre has been declared a failure and the Region Four council says that the contractor will have to redo the work.

Guyana has dropped eight places in the World Bank’s latest rankings for the ease of doing business.

    (Today marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of, Mr David de Caires, the founder and first Editor-in-Chief of the Stabroek News.

A Campbellville resident was yesterday charged and granted bail in relation to discharging a loaded firearm outside the Palm Court club on Main Street last weekend.

The body of a Guyanese man who died while on board a Guyanese vessel which was docked in Grenadian waters, is expected to arrive in the country today.

A week after his alleged accomplice admitted to robbing a man who was about to lend him money, a fish vendor appeared before a city court and denied the same charge.

It was a historic occasion yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court as the first Children’s Court was commissioned, in keeping with the recently passed Juvenile Justice Act.

During the second day of her testimony before the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the administration and operations of the City Council, Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green continued to argue that the laws governing local government do not grant her the power to seek independent legal advice.

The second suspect held for the assault of 21-year-old Romario Baljeet outside of popular night club Palm Court, is expected to be charged today.

Sandy Akra of Westminster, West Bank Demerara, yearns for peace of mind in the midst of what she claims is continued harassment by members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

Owing to a procedural error, Justice Sandil Kissoon yesterday declared a mistrial of the case in which Tyrone Rowe, called ‘Cobra,’ was before the court for the 2010 murder of Troy Collymore.

High Court judge Fidela Corbin-Lincoln is expected to be given a report tomorrow on the timeline by which government is likely to make payouts of outstanding severance to the more than four thousand former GuySuCo workers who were made redundant a year ago.

In view of HDM Labs’ late supply of what was meant to be emergency supplies, the Ministry of Public Health will undertake a review which will help it to determine if the company will be penalized.

A man was yesterday remanded after he was charged with chopping his father in the head with a cutlass.

Two men were on Tuesday rushed to the Diamond Diagnos-tic Centre for medical attention after being attacked by a swarm of bees.

A man was yesterday remanded for having an unlicensed firearm and ammunition during an attempted robbery at Bourda Market.