Guyana News

The Parfaite Harmonie Access Road is once again riddled with potholes despite undergoing maintenance and patchwork a little over two months ago by contractor Gaico Construction Service, which has assured that the road is sound.

The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has taken possession of the property that houses Caricom Cement Factory after the accumulation of more than $100 million in owed rent.

Founder of the Doobay Medical Centre, Dr Budhendra Doobay says his vision for the facility would see it transformed into a mini-hospital providing specialised services in areas such as cardiac care and neurosurgery.

The police in ‘C’ Division are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was discovered in a trench at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, yesterday morning.

Residents on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) have been assured of adequate preparations for flood prevention during the upcoming May/June rains.

Twenty-nine companies yesterday submitted million-dollar bids under the Ministry of Public Infrastructure to carry out infrastructural works in Regions 2, 3, 4 & 5.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) which was established six and a half years ago, says its constituents are committed to contesting this year’s local government elections as a united body.

Guyana is preparing to host the 24th Congress of Ministers and high officials of tourism in March.

In the last Sunday Stabroek in the feature story ‘The Ramsaroop sisters: Continuing a proud tradition of service to the poor’ it was inadvertently stated that the home receives a monthly subvention of $1M from the state.

Attorney, Dr Arif Bulkan is to be sworn in as an acting Justice of Appeal tomorrow.

GPL says that some of its customers on the West Coast and East Bank of Demerara experienced unusually lengthy power cuts as a result of heavy winds and rain last evening and early this morning.

Alliance for Change (AFC) leader Raphael Trotman yesterday said the diversion of billions to the security sector after the destruction of the Camp Street prison was partly responsible for the government not budgeting the full sum for severance payments to laid off sugar workers.

  The police were up to yesterday afternoon still working to ascertain the motive behind the murders of Ambrose Baharally and Martin Godette, the Pomeroon farmers who were shot dead on Sunday and a potential witness was taken into custody to assist with the investigation.

Former President Donald Ramotar has accused the current government of accepting loans from India that he initiated except those pertaining to the rehabilitation of the sugar industry but State Minister Joseph Harmon says he is unaware of the claim and has urged that the former head of state prove it.

Omadat Persaud, who was on trial for raping a five-year-old girl in 2015, was yesterday afternoon sentenced to 45 years in jail after a jury unanimously convicted him of the crime.

The mother of Marlon Fredericks, the mentally-challenged vendor who was fatally shot by a member of the city constabulary on Sunday, yesterday called for justice for her son, while saying that an autopsy found that he died of a gunshot wound to his chest.

Jermaine Savory was yesterday morning sentenced to 15 years in jail for the murder of Melissa Payne, the woman who was fatally shot in a robbery on the Agricola Public Road in 2008.

Commissioner of Police (ag) David Ramnarine is currently overseas on duty and Crime Chief, Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Williams will temporarily hold his post.

Restoration of the Kitty Market should resume next week, following the signing of a $25 million contract yesterday between the Ministry of Communities and BML Architects and Engineers Consultancy and Construction Services to have the first phase of works completed.

Domestic Airways Incorporated became the first airline in two years to enter the local market after receiving its operator’s certificate from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) yesterday.