Guyana News

A 16-year-old Skeldon High School boy was killed last evening after the minibus he was travelling in was involved in an accident at Bengal Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice.

Accused Leon Duncan was yesterday afternoon found not guilty of the murder of Imtiaz Roopnarine at the Cool Square Hotel.

In the face of continued criticism of government’s decision to close the Wales sugar estate, Agriculture Minister Noel Holder on Wednesday defended the move as the beginning of a process to resuscitate the industry and he assured that plans would be put in place to cushion the impact.

Government plans to resuscitate the botched fibre optic cable project that was started under the former administration and Telecoms Minister Cathy Hughes says $100M will be spent to upgrade the link between Georgetown and Linden.

PPP/C MP Anil Nandlall yesterday dubbed government’s expectation that the proposed national budget for this year would stimulate growth “courageous,” while criticising what he called an overreliance on taxation.

Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge announced yesterday that he would be complaining to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council about a speech by his Venezuelan counterpart at the UN Headquarters in which she sought to claim her country’s ownership of Essequibo.

When the reconstruction of the Umana Yana is completed, it will once again stand as testimony to the craftsmanship of the Wai Wai people of the Deep South Rupununi, whose youth have been entrusted with recreating the monument.

There were no indications of any problems before the explosion on board a cargo ship that was docked at the Guyana National Ship-ping Company (GNSC) Wharf on Wednesday afternoon, according to engineer Shane Walker.

A policeman yesterday testified about the man accused of murdering West Canje resident Errol Lindo handing over a Taurus .32 pistol.

A woman is now critical at the Georgetown Public Hospital after the bus she was traveling in crashed into a utility pole at Providence, East Bank Demerara, last night.

Tyre salesman Rajesh Seegobin was yesterday found not guilty of knowingly underreporting £2,000 in cash at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri last year.

President David Granger yesterday met with members of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), who are in Guyana seeking to foster closer ties  among Commonwealth Parliamentarians, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

The finals of the annual Children’s Mashramani competitions will be held from February 17 to 20 at various venues.

At about 1120h on Wednesday, police ranks, acting on information received, conducted a search on a camp at Belle Vue Village, East Bank Berbice, where 4 kilograms of marijuana were found, the police said in a release yesterday.

Fourteen US Peace Corps Volunteers will now be working with local health professionals  to boost health care delivery to the residents of four  regions – Two, Three, Six and Ten, GINA said yesterday.

An elderly Berbice man was on Tuesday brought before a city court on a charge that he used a forged birth certificate in a bid to get a US visa.

A Baramita, Region One man is currently nursing serious head wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital after allegedly being chopped by another man during a fight.

A Mon Repos man was fined $15,000 on Wednesday after he was found guilty of verbally abusing his wife for not cooking his food.

A man who allegedly assaulted a 16-year-old boy who he claimed attempted to rob him was on Wednesday released on his own recognizance when he appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at a city court.

Three persons died when a car smashed into the motorcycle they were on at Annai, North Rupununi this morning.