Guyana News

The APNU+AFC government will, at the next sitting of the National Assembly, be called upon to answer questions about the decision to rent living quarters for Junior Minister of Natural Resources Simona Broomes at a price tag of $500,000 per month.

Police have confirmed that two mining camps in the Kartuni, Cuyuni River area have been robbed, Commander of ‘F’ Division Ravindradat Budhram said yesterday, adding that the entire area had been searched.

Residents who live around the Pomeroon River say that efforts need to be made to constantly clear the waterway to prevent accidents.

This week Roger Seymour concludes his visit with Guyana’s junior squash team coach Carl Ince.

Councillor Malcolm Ferreira, Chairman of the metered parking renegotiation team, is confident that his team will be able to present a report of its findings by next week’s deadline, although he remains guarded on the contents.

The driver of the minibus which allegedly struck down 17-year-old Seemattie Seodatt and her brother more than a month ago, resulting in her death, is likely to be charged shortly, Traffic Chief Dion Moore has said.

With the approaching third death anniversary of Newtown resident Adrian Bishop, who was shot dead by a policeman, his mother is still questioning if she will ever get justice.

It was a chance temporary employment opportunity that led to Anije Lambert taking the bull by the horns and using her small savings to start a company that now provides employment for many young people.

Work has started on Agriculture Road in Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, but residents are convinced that the contractor is not doing a proper job and the road will quickly deteriorate after it is finished.

Statements have been taken from the three doctors attached to the Fort Wellington Hospital and the Medical Council of Guyana (MCG) is awaiting additional documents it requested as it continues its investigation into allegations of opioid prescription abuse levelled against the trio.

The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association today issued a carefully worded riposte to a statement made by President David Granger following the ruling made by Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George on the GECOM matter taken to court by Marcel Gaskin.

After months of reports in this newspaper about illegal purchases by the GPHC totalling $632m, the board of the hospital yesterday said that its former Chief Executive Officer, Allan Johnson had acted “recklessly” in the matter.

The manhunt for the remaining four inmates who escaped from the Georgetown Prison on July 9 continues and it is suspected that they are hiding out in separate locations.

Over 2000 persons have applied for the 100 onshore oil jobs advertised by the Muneshwer’s joint venture, Guyana Shore Base Inc (GSBI) and applications continue to come in on a daily basis.

Ninety high-risk prisoners from the gutted Camp Street penitentiary remain in the swampy area near the Lusignan Prison and according to Prison Director (ag) Gladwin Samuels sand filling work will start today to improve the environment.

Two police officers testified on day two of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the alleged plot to assassinate President David Granger.

An overseas-based Guyanese is now a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after being shot during a robbery.

The spate of blackouts around the country yesterday was due to a fallen suspension insulator on a 69Kv transmission line in Sophia, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has said.

A former policeman stood in a city court yesterday to answer to two charges of armed robbery, for items valued at $72,800.

Murder accused Desmond James, the prison escapee who was apprehended last Friday night in a wooden shack on Cameron Dam, Canal Number One West Bank Demerara, travelled to the location after another escapee provided him with money.