Guyana News

Accrediting the new U.S. ambassador today, President David Granger called for Washington’s support to help protect Guyana from threats to its territorial integrity, a clear reference to months of aggression mounted by Venezuela.

Four police officers were charged today in connection with the $6 million cocaine bribe allegation and three were remanded to prison while one was released on $250,000 bail.

A team of labour inspectors visited the Marriott Hotel yesterday to investigate alleged infractions after complaints were made to the Ministry of Social Protec-tion’s Department of Labour.

Suriname President Desi Bouterse has told that country’s National Assem-bly that the New River Triangle (Tigri) issue will be placed “back on the agenda” as he had no choice but to do so, online media outfit de Ware Tijd has reported.

Just a few months after he arrived in Guyana for a year-long training stint, Belizean Emil Mendez was shot in an armed robbery and was left paralysed from the waist down.

Roberto O’ Selmo, 17, St Cuthbert’s Mission’s top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) student, is now considering leaving the village to better qualify himself to pursue a career in civil engineering.

Police were called to the Ministry of Social Protect-ion in Brickdam yesterday after a man allegedly threatened to kill Minister within the Ministry Simona Broomes, while venting his anger at being neglected by the ministry.

A move by the city administration to “revitalize and upgrade” the Promenade Gardens has generated confusion among members of the City Council and Republic Bank Limited (RBL), the latter having been responsible for the upkeep of the space for almost a decade.

Despite the efforts of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), the red palm mite is continuing to cause widespread destruction within the local coconut industry.

One hundred and forty-two weapons along with a quantity of live rounds and spent shells had been handed over to the police at the end of the initial gun amnesty programme, the Guyana Police Force announced yesterday.

Ten more students have graduated from the Ortho-paedic Technician Training Programme that is being administered by the Georgetown Public Hospi-tal Corporation (GPHC), which is interested in expanding the training.

A Brazilian man who was arrested on Wednesday with a loaded gun in his possession has confessed to committing two interior murders and according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum, detectives are checking to see if he is linked to any other crimes committed in `F’ Division.

A truck driver was yesterday placed on $1 million bail after he denied causing a woman’s death.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has asked the police to do some additional work with regard to the $600 million investigation involving former public service minister Jennifer Westford and Margaret Cummings, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed.

A Joint Task Force assembled to look in to the current operational challenges being experienced with the Linden Water Supply and Rehabilitation Programme (LWSRP) has identified several issues which require immediate attention including difficulties being experienced with its filtration systems.

Six more persons have been fined for driving under the influence after they were intercepted by police between the period of August 9 and August 17.

Member of Parliament Dharamkumar Seeraj was on Thursday placed on $40,000 bail after being charged with dangerous driving in the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court.

Caricom foreign ministers meeting on the fringes of the UN General Assembly in New York have restated their support for Guyana’s territorial integrity but were non-committal on this country’s call for a juridical settlement of the long-running border controversy with Venezuela.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama today angrily called for stricter U.S.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Recently elected Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley believes West Indies cricket is being badly hampered by a lack of management, and says there was no adequate system in place to ensure the region produced a successful cricketing product.