Guyana News

An intoxicated Canje woman yesterday completely destroyed her one-flat wooden house after she set in on fire sometime around 1 pm.

A number of workers of Wales Estate who were retained after the estate ceased cane cultivation and sugar processing at the end of 2016 are soon to be made redundant.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Alliance for Change (AFC) has called on the government of which it is part to “establish the Integrity Commission as a matter of urgent national priority”.

A 32-year-old La Parfaite Harmonie vendor was yesterday granted bail for allegedly displaying threatening behaviour towards the mother of his child.

A vendor, who was charged in October with cannabis possession, was yesterday granted bail after the prosecution was unable to serve statements.

A labourer was yesterday sentenced to six months in jail, after he admitted to inflicting bodily harm on another individual.

The decomposed body of a Newtown, Georgetown resident who reportedly went missing on Novem-ber 11, was discovered yesterday morning at about 11 am, aback of Brighton Village, Corentyne.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry, on November 17, 2017, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Industry Association (NEIA).

Dear Editor, Fortunately, Guyanese live in a democratic republic. Imperfect though it may be, one can only hope that our country continues to progress along a positive course towards realisation of democratic ideals.

The CARICOM Secretariat last Wednesday officially took ownership of a new web-based Integrated Work Flow System (IWS).

More leaked emails from Alliance for Change (AFC) executives show that several key figures did not agree with President David Granger’s unilateral selection of Justice James Patterson as the Guyana Elections Commission Chairman on October 19.

Chinese companies yesterday dominated the submission of tenders to prequalify for the financing, designing and building of the new Demerara River Bridge.

Coen Jackson, the Bishops’ High School teacher accused of sexually grooming and preying on female students, yesterday denied the allegations levelled against him, while charging that the complaint now being investigated by the Education Ministry stemmed from a personal grudge.

In restructuring its sugar industry, Guyana has the advantage of being able to learn from the mistakes and successes of those Caribbean territories that have already completed the process, according to consultant Sharma Lalla.

A city magistrate yesterday cleared former Roraima Airways baggage handler Kennard De Jonge of a conspiracy to traffic narcotics charge.

Trinidadian national Sawak Maraj, who was charged with faking his kidnapping and conspiring with others to secure a ransom, was yesterday granted his release on $1,000,000 bail.

A group of concerned citizens yesterday staged a protest against the principal of the Bishops’ High School, accusing her of victim blaming after she berated female students for their conduct in wake of allegations that a teacher engaged in sexual predation for years.

A sales clerk is currently hospitalized after she was severely chopped on Sunday night for constantly refusing advances made towards her by her attacker.

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has begun preparations for environmental protection ahead of projected oil production in 2020 as it yesterday received tenders for oil containment booms to tackle any spills.

A policeman yesterday testified that Jermaine Savory, who is on trial for the murder of Melissa Payne during a robbery along the Agricola Public Road, East Bank Demerara, claimed although he was part of the attack, it was his accomplice who shot and killed the woman.