Guyana News

The Carnegie School of Home Economics (CSHE) on Tuesday launched its Nutrition for Dietary Assistant Programme, a diploma course that will explore subjects such as sanitary standards in food handling, and the enforcement of dietary food regulations.

The Opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has declined an invitation from the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) to participate in its anti-corruption walk, citing a series of transgressions by the government and calling on it to `clean its own house’.

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack has been asked to review and possibly discontinue the charges laid against former Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and former head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington.

Taxi driver Steve Hercules, who was held with five others after an attempted break-in at Supply, East Bank Demerara last Tuesday evening, was yesterday sentenced to a total of eight years in jail after he took responsibility for the guns and matching ammunition found in their vehicle.

A man was yesterday afternoon sentenced to 28 years for the rape of a six-year-old girl after a jury found him guilty of committing two attacks on the child.

Accused Bryan Leitch was yesterday afternoon unanimously convicted by a jury for the unlawful killing of hotel owner Joseph Jagdeo, whose bound and gagged body was found under a bed in one of the rooms of his hotel.

The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld a High Court ruling that former policeman Lloyd Lyte had not been wrongfully dismissed by the Guyana Police Force, which sacked him after he absented himself from duty without leave.

Flights to the Yakishuru Aerodrome in the northwest are expected to resume today following the intervention of Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson.

With up to US$900 million in funding available from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has said that he will be looking to tap into the entire amount.

The hiring of the Rose Hall Town Clerk by Mayor Vijay Kumar Ramoo is currently being reviewed by the Local Government Commission (LGC), Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan has said.

Over a year after the discovery that a tax collector embezzled over $20 million from the Golden Grove/ Diamond Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), its Chairman Bharrat Narine has called for the computerisation of the tax collection system used by local authorities in order to prevent fraud.

Armed bandits yesterday morning attacked several employees of Ideal Autos Incorporated as they were about to enter their Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara business premises shortly after returning from a commercial bank.

Puran Brothers and Cevons have submitted a joint bid for the operation of the Lusignan Sanitary Landfill.

The preliminary trial of Matthew Munroe, the man accused of the murder of teacher Kescia Branche, is set to commence on April 27th.

A Brazilian national reportedly bled to death on Sunday after he was chopped on his hand during an argument over a female at a shop in Quartz Stone backdam, Cuyuni.

A 25-year-old man was yesterday charged with attempted murder, following an alleged attack on a man with a broken bottle.

The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) has organised a walk against corruption on Friday, April 20.

The ongoing investigation into the February 23rd fire at Victoria Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, which claimed a life and destroyed three properties, including an apartment building, has found that the origin of the blaze wasn’t electrical.

In keeping with his concerns about the large number of Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) cases that were awaiting legal advice, Irish crime expert Sam Sittlington last week said that since addressing the issue with the Police Legal Adviser (PLA ) and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) the backlog is reducing.

  The suspect in the White Castle fish shop fire on Saturday has been released on bail and proprietor, Jermaine Langevine will temporarily operate on the parapet outside the premises as he awaits the Mayor and City Council’s (M&CC) approval for use of the Hadfield Street Avenue.