Guyana News

The National Industrial and Commercial Invest-ments Limited (NICIL) is preparing to begin arbitration to recover the outstanding, mystery-riddled US$5 million for the sale of government shares in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT).

Sugar production will end the year at 183,000 tonnes, roughly 56,000 tonnes less than the figure which had originally been set for 2016.

There are about 30 government entities and companies that owe government holding company, National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) money and according to Officer in Charge, Horace James every effort is being made to get these outstanding sums.

A man was yesterday read two separate charges by a city magistrate, one of murder and the other of unlawful wounding that occurred three years ago.

The Marriott Hotel is still making attempts to secure funding to build an entertainment centre which may help to service its debt, Horace James, the Officer in Charge of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), the hotel’s lone shareholder said yesterday.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) yesterday announced a hike in some benefits and an increase in the insurable income ceiling by 10% In a statement, the NIS said the minimum rate for Old Age and Invalidity Pensions will rise from $25,000 to $27,500 per month.

Five persons were injured last night in a three-vehicle accident on the Annandale, East Coast Demerara public road after a bus lost control while it was attempting to overtake another bus.

Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin walked along Regent Street yesterday and visited several businesses where he received mixed reviews about the holiday shopping season.

Minster of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally, last evening, announced Government’s allocation of $10M towards the advancement of the work of the Salvation Army in Guyana’s Rehabilitation Programme for 2017.

Continuous judicial education is needed to ensure that the competence of the judiciary is maintained and that the public receives the highest standard of service, acting Chief Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards said on Thursday, moments before launching the Justice Education Institute–Guyana (JEI).

With effect from tomorrow, January 1, 2017, the security fee per departing passenger via the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri will rise from $1,500 to $2,500.

The depositions of two deceased witnesses, were yesterday read into evidence at the trial of Dennis Williams, called ‘Anaconda,’ Mark Royden Williams, called ‘Smallie’ and Roger Simon, called ‘Goat Man’ who have been indicted for the massacre of the 12 persons at Bartica in 2008.

The Police in B Division are currently looking for two men for questioning in connection with the body of a forty-nine year old man that was discovered in a trench at Williamsburg, Corentyne, on Thursday, with several marks of violence. 

According to the Chief City Engineer Colvern Venture, the city, in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI), will be taking on the works to repair the sinkhole that appeared more than a week ago at the eastern end of the Seawall Road, near Carifesta Avenue.

A La Penitence man was yesterday remanded to prison by a city magistrate for allegedly harming a little girl with a sharp object.

The two Berbice constables who were remanded to prison on December 22, on the charge of having narcotics in their possession for the purpose of trafficking, once again were denied bail yesterday.

The huge forestry concession in the north west of Guyana relinquished by Barama Company Limited (BCL) has been quartered and one portion will be set aside for conservation.

Dear Editor, It is very sad that the Rice Producers Association representatives are misleading farmers in Region 5, when this association claims that it has the farmers’ interest at heart.

Two pump attendants employed by the Mayor and City Council were suspended for three days after they were found guilty of neglecting their duties at their pump stations during heavy flooding two Fridays ago. 

The woman whose hand was severed by her ex-boyfriend on Christmas Eve, at Number 70 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, along with her mother who was also chopped, will be spending New Year’s in the Hospital.