Guyana News

The D’Urban Park project was financed and managed in its first phase by Homestretch Development Incorporated, a private company owned by Larry London and associates, Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson told the National Assembly last evening.

A West Ruimveldt resident was early yesterday morning gunned down in full view of his friend while returning home from a dance held in the community.

Ex-policeman Devon Chase was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail for possession of a pistol and ammunition that he and two other men were found with following last Monday’s high speed car chase with police in the city.

Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton was yesterday referred to the Committee of Privileges after Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Barton Scotland found that a prima facie case was made out against him as regards the inaccurate statements he made on August 8, in the House on government’s rental of the controversial Sussex Street bond.

Five persons, including a suspect who was arrested yesterday, will today be charged with the murder of carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt and the police are making every effort to have US based-Guyanese Marcus Brian Bisram, the alleged mastermind, returned to Guyana for questioning.

Former mayor Hamilton Green yesterday lashed out at non-government bodies, which, over the weekend, objected the bill proposed to award him a pension for the period he served as prime minister of Guyana 1985-92.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in collaboration with the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Guyana (UG) yesterday launched its Emergency Nursing Degree Programme, which is the first of its kind in the Caribbean.

Increases in violent crime and other mounting security concerns in the Caribbean region call for a collective approach, Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs of Barbados Adriel Brathwaite said yesterday, while he also lamented the lack of financial commitments to combat the situation.

Even in the face of strenuous opposition, the government is going full speed ahead with the Hamilton Green pension bill which was read for the first time in the National Assembly yesterday.

Assistant Superintendent of Police Jermaine Grant was yesterday released on $300,000 bail after he denied causing the death of Vreed-en-Hoop resident Anmanie Deonarine more than a month ago.

A hearing on the appeal of the decision of former acting Chief Justice Ian Chang that both men and women are free to cross-dress in public once the reason for doing so is not improper, was held last Friday at the Court of Appeal in Georgetown.

Rolston Bacchus, who was charged with procuring two women to smuggle cocaine, was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail and fined $11.1 million for the crime.

Twenty-five young adults from the US Embassy’s Youth Action Network (YAN) were recently able to benefit from a one day ‘Youth Entrepreneurial Leadership Masterclass’, the objective of which was to enhance their skill levels.

Patrick Goodluck and Collis Amos, who were captured and severely beaten by North Ruimveldt residents after a home invasion in August, will each be spending the next 24 months in jail after being found guilty of attempting to commit a felony.

  A 60-month sentence and an $80 million fine were yesterday handed down to each of the two men who were held last year with almost 130 pounds of cannabis after a shootout with police in Kitty.

Tuschen taxi driver Leroy Marshall was remanded to prison yesterday on charges of the unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition, which the police say a sniffer dog found hidden in his car.

  Uganda has offered to assist Guyana in the development of its oil and gas sector and has advised that the creation of a legal framework be the first step.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday voiced its concern that nearly 100 Cuba-trained doctors are still awaiting placement although they have completed their compulsory one-year internship and there is a prevailing shortage of medical staff countrywide.

Assistant Superintendent of Police Jermaine Grant, 28 years, of Fort Street, Kingston, Georgetown, was today charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of Anmanie Deonarine.

Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton was this afternoon referred to the Privileges Committee over inaccurate statements he made in the National Assembly in August with regard to government’s controversial renting of the Sussex Street bond.