Guyana News

The government yesterday appealed to sugar workers not to go on strike, while maintaining that wage talks currently being demanded by their unions cannot begin now as a 10-year road map is being devised for the industry.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has granted permission for a miner to operate a river dredge near to Isseneru’s residential area, triggering a call by concerned residents for authorities to halt the operation and protect their rights.

A shopkeeper was yesterday remanded to prison on two drug charges, including conspiracy to traffic cocaine, after he was implicated by the woman who was recently jailed for trying to smuggle cocaine out of the country in her private parts.

The autopsies performed on the remains of Kavita Ackloo and Ramesh Beharry, who were found dead on the Kingston seawall on Monday, revealed that they died as a result of pesticide poisoning.

Parliament Office yesterday announced that next Thursday’s scheduled sitting of the National Assembly has been postponed to a date to be fixed.

Guyana has the second highest rate of adolescent pregnancy in the Western hemisphere, Public Health Minister Dr George Norton said yesterday, while adding that 97 out of every 1,000 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 give birth annually.

A new foundation has been launched to support the families of police officers who die on the job.

Police in ‘A’ Division have launched an investigation into a report of a shooting incident which occurred in the parking lot of the Pegasus Hotel early Sunday morning.

One of the suspects in Wednesday’s Mahaicony Supermarket robbery has been identified as a suspect in a robbery/murder than took place in Linden in April.

A police officer was yesterday charged with fraud after being accused of knowingly making a false entry in the border entry management system.

Police yesterday afternoon found a large quantity of AK-47 rounds in a Cummingsburg yard and one man has been detained, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed.

Watchman Bachan Natram will be spending the next 12 months in jail after stealing over $100,000 in items from a vessel that he was charged with guarding.

Thirty-three small business owners are now better equipped to be self-reliant in their ventures thanks to a programme sponsored by the Office of the First lady.

Cabinet has given no objections to billions of dollars in contracts for various sectors, including road repairs and rehabilitation works to be done on three transport vessels.

Cabinet has greenlit contracts for the transformation of Durban Park into a “Green Zone Recreational Park,” in time for Guyana’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, Minster of Governance Raphael Trotman announced on Thursday.

The autopsies performed on the remains of Kavita Ackloo and Ramesh Beharry, who were found dead on the Kingston seawall on Monday, revealed that they died as a result of pesticide poisoning.

One of the suspects in Wednesday’s Mahaicony Supermarket robbery has been identified as a suspect in a robbery/murder than took place in Linden in April.

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Parliament Office this evening announced that the proposed sitting of the House on November 12 has been postponed to a date to be fixed.

The government today appealed to sugar workers not to go on strike and it maintained its position that wage talks cannot begin now as a 10-year road map is being devised for the beleaguered industry and warned that no more bailout money is available from the state.