Guyana News

The Ministry of Social Protection (MoSP) has been accused of misinterpreting Guyana’s Labour laws in an attempt to bully the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) into accepting an arbitrarily appointed Chair of the Arbitration Panel on the wage dispute between the union and the Ministry of Education (MoE).

Ensuring that the over 7,000 workers laid off by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) receive their severance payments and planning for current and future staff are among the top priorities of newly-appointed Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors John Dow.

Sherwin Apple, one of the two suspects in a rape of a Linden teen that was recorded and circulated on WhatsApp, was yesterday found dead at the Kitty seawall, where he is believed to have ended his own life, while the suspected victim has denied being the person seen in the video.

Indira Outar, the woman who was charged with procuring five persons to murder a Tain mother in February, last year, at her home, was cleared by a court yesterday, one day after one of the women accused of carrying out the killing was also freed.

An East Canje, Berbice man last night died tragically after he slammed into a utility pole just outside of Oldendorff on the Esplanade Road in New Amsterdam.

Ronald Backer, the political advisor to Minister of State Joseph Harmon, has found himself facing a lawsuit for allegedly failing to repay a US$15,000 loan he received from a former friend more than a decade ago while they both resided in the United States (US).

Allan Sim, the man alleged to have murdered George-town Public Hospital ambulance dispatcher Melissa Skeete almost three years ago, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

A dog food vendor is currently admitted at a city hospital after he was shot twice and robbed of his cash and jewellery in an attack on Monday evening along Aubrey Barker Road.

The partially decomposed body of a Bath Squatting Area, West Coast Berbice woman was discovered last evening in her house.

The Customs Anti- Narcotic Unit (CANU) is currently pursuing a known female and her associates for questioning in relation to the recent seizure of a large shipment of cocaine in Canada which originated in Guyana.

The ongoing dispute between the Batavia Village Council and a Bartica miner over two mining blocks in the village is expected to be taken to court for a resolution.

The Guyana Prison Service yesterday said four prison officers have been interdicted from their duties after smuggling a bottle of rum and a pack of cigarettes into the Lusignan Prison on Sunday.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday destroyed 400 Kgs of marijuana which was being cultivated in Ituni, Berbice.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has said that the PPP/C sought to make its selection process for candidates for the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE) as inclusive as possible to ensure a balance across ethnicity, gender, class and other areas.

The three Berbice cash crop farmers who earlier this month moved to the court to challenge eviction from their lands by the Region 5 Regional Executive Officer (REO) Ovid Morrison on Monday secured an injunction against him.

A young Port Kaituma miner was yesterday asked to post $70,000 bail for his freedom after he was charged with wounding a man, who may end up with a disability as a result of the injury.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with stealing and being in possession of a semi-automatic pistol and several rounds of ammunition.

The community of Orealla in Region Six will soon receive a brand new water ambulance, which cost the government in excess of $20M, in order to help transport patients in and out of both the Orealla and Siparuta communities located up the Berbice River.

Two United Kingdom experts, Paul Mathias and Andy Odell, who are on a fact-finding mission, met yesterday with members of the public and regional stakeholders in Region Three, at the ‘D’ Division Headquarters, Leonora, West Coast of Demerara.

Several city councillors on Monday indicated that they will, if it is necessary, present themselves to the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) that is currently investigating the administration and operations of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC).