Guyana News

Devon Lyte, the labourer who said he witnessed the March 15 shooting of the three  robbery suspects along the Kingston seawall while working on a Carifesta Avenue building was never on the roof as he claimed.

In a historic step, Guyana today filed its application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) requesting that it confirm the legal validity and binding effect of the 1899 Arbitral Award on the boundary between Guyana and Venezuela.

The cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation is expected to soon begin tapping  a $30B syndicated bond which it has secured from a group of local and regional banks for the revitalisation of its remaining sugar estates.

President David Granger has ordered that the police launch an investigation to determine the circumstances under which three robbery suspects were shot and killed along the Kitty seawall, Georgetown two weeks ago.

Outlining a six-point plan for thousands of laid off sugar workers, including land for them to earn a livelihood, commentator Christopher Ram yesterday waded into the unions that represent them, government, GuySuCo  and the former PPP/C administration for the state of the industry.

Three  men were charged yesterday with a string of armed robberies along the Corentyne coast over the last seven weeks.

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman says that by the time oil production starts in two years a National Oil Spill and Contingency Plan (NOSCP) should be established.

A two-week investigation of the allegations that the Joint Services played a role in the deaths of the eight Lindo Creek miners found dead in 2008 did not yield any results, Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Office of  Professional Responsibility (OPR) testified on Tuesday, while noting that he was unable to even ascertain the source of the claims.

Fidela Corbin-Lincoln was yesterday sworn in as a Puisne Judge and President David Granger said that the integrity of the judiciary requires, in part, that judicial vacancies be filled expeditiously and meritoriously, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said yesterday.

A West Coast Berbice man, Krishna Tulapersaud of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice was yesterday sentenced to a total of 65 years on two counts of rape.

Almost two weeks after the police issued a wanted bulletin for Jamaul John for the offence of causing death by dangerous driving, he was yesterday taken before a city magistrate and charged with the crime.

A US federal judge has ordered Caribbean Airlines (CAL)  to pay about US$272,000 in damages to a Connecticut , US woman injured in a plane crash at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri in 2011.

At the trial of Precision Wood-working’s lawsuit against Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited for alleged breach of contract, its Managing Director, Ronald Bulkan said he sent various correspondences informing the bank of the financial difficulties plaguing the company and at least one purchase offer it had been made for some US$1m, yet the bank placed Precision in receivership.

Guyanese author Imam Baksh has for the third time been shortlisted for CODE’s Burt Award for Caribbean Literature.

President David Granger has told the residents of Tuseneng, Potaro-Siparuni that the region must be promoted as  an investment destination and reducing the cost of transportation was pivotal.

Residents of the Palms Geriatric Institution will benefit from the commissioning of an $18M infirmary and outpatient clinic on Monday at the institution on Brickdam, Georgetown.

Dissenting councillors have been granted more time to scrutinise the proposed new by-laws for the controversial parking meter project following sharp clashes at Monday’s statutory meeting at City Hall.

  Stakeholders in the health sector met on Tuesday for a one-day workshop at the Herdmanston Lodge where attention was focused on the national action plan for Neglected Infectious (Tropical) Diseases (NIDs).

Stalls at the Wismar Municipal Market in Linden which remain neglected could be reclaimed if not utilised soon.

Police Constable Mark Otto who was charged with engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl was yesterday released on bail.