Guyana News

A miner was yesterday granted bail after he denied a charge of unlawful wounding that dates back almost two years ago.

Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated (FFP) recently distributed furniture to ten schools in and around Georgetown, a release from the organisation said yesterday.

Just over a month after being charged with impersonating a policeman, a minibus conductor found himself back in court on Friday facing the exact same accusation.

A man was released on bail last Thursday after he denied a breaking and entering and larceny charge.

About 0845h. today, police say that Henrietta Cadogan, 74 years, of Canvas City, Wismar, was using a pedestrian crossing at One Mile, Wismar, when she was struck down by a motor vehicle.

The Wales Sugar Estate is to be closed,  the government announced today, the first major decision following its setting up of a Commission of Inquiry into the Guyana Sugar Corporation.

The police say that investigations are being conducted into the murder of Leolyn Sullivan, 34 years, of Wisroc Housing Scheme, Linden, which occurred at her home about 0200h.

Blaming former President Bharrat Jagdeo and arrogance for the PPP/C’s loss at last year’s general elections, former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran says that to repair the party, the reforms have to start at the top.

  An Albion man was fatally stabbed yesterday by a recently-freed convict and his brother-in-law is hospitalised after they were attacked by the man who was accused of slashing a tyre on their car at Williamsburg, Corentyne.

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) yesterday rejected as “false” a Guyana Times article which said that Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has been stripped of all “line responsibilities” and now reports to Minister of State Joseph Harmon.

As the cases of suicide and attempted suicide continue to rise, calls are being made to have a properly funded multi-sectoral approach to address what has been described as a crisis.

Suriname airline Fly Always N.V. is seeking to begin scheduled services here from February 1, 2016.

Government’s holding company NICIL is under no duty to deposit its revenue into the Consolidated Fund and Article 216 of the Constitution does not apply to it, according to advice given to NICIL last year as the public corporation faced a forensic audit.

After years of infighting during the last administration, the two new top officials in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) have pledged to cooperate to tackle the many issues affecting the vast hinterland region and anticipate a budget of $4 billion this year to advance development projects.

The MMA-ADA Scheme has served notice of its intention to cancel a series of leases including one for 49.759 acres held by the Regional Democratic Council of Region Five.

Residents of East Street are appealing to the authorities to discontinue the paid parking lot recently set up by the city and for the removal of the steel barricades that were erected.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Saturday relaunched its ‘Mobile Fairs’ as part of its plans to take its products and services to customers across the country.

President David Granger on Friday presented two 30-seater buses for school children to the Region Five, Regional Democratic Council (RDC) and questions were raised at the absence of Regional Chairman Vickchand Ramphal but he said he was not invited.

Denzel Wilson, who is accused of robbing an unsuspecting man of his motorbike when he made an unplanned stop at Mon Repos, was on Thursday remanded to prison.

Pledging to continue its corporate social programmes, Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited on Friday announced that it has partnered with the non-governmental organisation Women Across Differences (WAD) to help tackle the issue of teenage pregnancy here.