Guyana News

A 63-year-old Mahaicony woman reportedly ended her life yesterday by setting herself on fire shortly after an argument with her daughter-in-law.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of a Police Station at Parfait Harmonie.

The government shifted the presentation of the Estimates of Revenues and Expenditure for the financial year 2017 to November 28, to accommodate the PPP/C’s upcoming congress as its dates would have clashed with the debates, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan, said on Monday while subtly chiding Parliament for announcing the new date and not giving him the opportunity to so.

Murder accused Devindra Ruplall yesterday denied being at the scene or having anything to do with the death of his drinking partner, Suresh Goberdan.

Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green and Town Clerk Royston King are currently in Shanghai, China attending a global health conference organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the People’s Republic of China.

General Manager of the Bosai Minerals Group Robert Shang is unsure what the company intends to do with Reunion Gold Corporation’s, Matthews Ridge Manganese Project, which it recently purchased for US$10 million, as discussions are still ongoing.

Residents of the Farm/ Le Destin Backlands, East Bank Essequibo have heaped praises on the Good Hope/ Hydronie Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) for providing them with a separate entrance to the area.Residents

Workers attached to the Port Mourant market are on strike over the non-payment of their salaries for several months.

A Lodge resident is now behind bars after being charged with possession of over 200 grammes of cannabis for trafficking.

The recently established Public Procurement Com-mission (PPC) has advertised its three top posts as it aims for an early January ‘mostly functional’ secretariat.

The preliminary inquiry into the charges against Alfie Garraway, Janiel Howard and Leroy Williams, the three men accused of throwing a grenade outside Kaieteur News, continued on Monday with CCTV footage of the night in question being shown to the court.

Government used its majority early yesterday morning to defeat a motion by the opposition for the report of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the public service to be sent to a parliamentary select committee for further study.

Following a probe into the circumstances surrounding the death of Faiyaz Narinedatt, a carpenter of No.

Communities Minister, Ronald Bulkan said Government will not provide a $600M “bailout” for City Hall.

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.