Guyana News

A June 27, 1974 US diplomatic cable on the Guyana National Service (GNS) gave an assessment of now President David Granger and the man who became the first head of the organisation, Norman McLean.

As early as June 13, 1974 the US Embassy here was reporting to Washington that the People’s Temple Agricultural Mission in the north west appeared well organised and had a leasing arrangement with the Guyana Government.

By April of 1974, the US Embassy here was reporting back to Washington that fundamental rights were being eroded and journalists were being intimated.

Relocating Guyana’s capital from Georgetown to Matthews Ridge in the northwest was under discussion in the 1970s and was one of the issues that attracted the attention of the US.

Prime Minister Forbes Burnham interceded with the US Embassy in April 1973 to have then PPP Leader Dr Cheddi Jagan denied a US visa.

While in June 1973 the Jamaica Government had begun to lift bans on various individuals who were deemed to be undesirables it remained firmly in place for historian Dr Walter Rodney who would later lead the WPA and be killed in a bomb explosion here in 1980.

The resignation of Guyana’s Foreign Minister Fred Wills in 1978 prompted speculation by the US Embassy here as to the reasons behind the move.

By Shabna Rahman The recently sworn-in Toshao of Moraikobai, Mahaicony Creek, is pinning the development of the village on tourism, which he hopes will generate income and change the lives of villagers.

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security Angela Johnson died last Friday in hospital after a brief period of illness, several members of government have confirmed.

An East Canje teen is dead and another is injured after they crashed into a cow while riding along the Number 19 Village Public Road.

Lukeisha Clarke, who is currently six months pregnant, remains hospitalised more than a month after she and a friend, Althea McPherson, both sustained burns about their bodies after they were shocked by a livewire that was shot by a policeman.

A fire of unknown origin destroyed an unoccupied two-storey house at La Grange, West Bank Demerara, early yesterday morning.

The Guyana Government this evening condemned yesterday’s terrorist attacks in Paris that left around 130 people dead and scores of others injured.

At about 0120h. today, the police say that three men, one armed with a shotgun and another with cutlass broke into the home of Nicholas Harrinandan 38 years, Tucberg Park, New Amsterdam.

At 0100h. today, police ranks responded to a report of disorderly behaviour by a number of patrons at a night spot at Coverden, East Bank Demerara.

(Trinidad Guardian) A total of 53 illegal immigrants were detained yesterday as a joint task force swooped down on known hideouts along the East/West corridor.

Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum yesterday reported that police have managed to chip away at the increase in crime, which he maintained is not out of control according to current statistics.

Ogle Airport Inc (OAI) yesterday rejected claims by nine operators at the aerodrome that they have been sidelined in favour of the Correia Group-owned Trans Guyana Airways and said no single airline is in control of the facility.

The St. Ignatius Secondary School and the Lethem Special Needs Group have been awarded grants amounting to US$178,170 ($36 million) under Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Society Project (GGP).

With the Christmas season approaching, the police have developed a plan that will divide Georgetown into five sectors to tackle the increase in crime that usually appears.