Guyana News

Minister within the Ministry of Education, Nicolette Henry, today said that sports will be formally reintroduced into the school curriculum.

The border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela has escalated into what President David Granger this morning described as “aggrieved behaviour” with Venezuela’s unusual deployment of marine and military ground forces to its eastern border with Guyana.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2350h.

Oswald Junior Yaw, who is accused of killing block maker Nathan Persaud after reportedly being hired by the man’s wife, was yesterday charged with murder and remanded to prison.

Canadian mining company Guyana Goldfields has produced 1,800 ounces of gold so far and its Aurora Gold Mine is now mechanically complete, which would enable it to ramp up production.

The police are investigating the deaths of two Brazilians whose decomposed bodies were found in a swamp located at Aramau Backdam, Cuyuni River on Sunday.

The Guyana Police Force is investigating a suspected internal breach in the housing department of the Ministry of Communities.

A Corentyne pensioner died on Sunday after he was struck down by a motor vehicle as he was crossing the Corentyne Highway around 6.30 pm on Sunday with his bicycle.

PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee yesterday said there has been no agreement with the APNU+AFC government to engage in national unity talks and indicated that the opposition had serious misgivings about such a course of action.

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Public Service will begin public hearings today, the Ministry of the Presidency has announced.

Former health minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, through his lawyers Mursaline Bacchus and Adrian Anamayah indicated to the court yesterday that he is filling a motion in the High Court as it relates to the charges against him.

A former manager of the Avinash Complex found himself in a city court yesterday charged with stealing over $17 million worth of fabric and flooring material from his employer, Malcolm Panday, while two others were charged with receiving some of the stolen items.

A retired GuySuCo worker, who allegedly offered police a $1 million bribe after he was found in possession of narcotics and an unlicensed gun and ammunition, was yesterday remanded to prison on charges of drug trafficking and illegal possession of the munitions.

The Mental Health Unit of the Ministry of Public Health is committed to community engagement as part of its national suicide prevention strategy and experts believe that since mental health problems originate in the community, the solution is also to be found there.

In the light of the recent oil discovery offshore Guyana by US oil giant ExxonMobil, a team from the Commonwealth is here to assist in upgrading Guyana’s Upstream Gas and Oil Policy.

Former employees of Toucan Connections Incorporated, the Linden call centre that abruptly shut its doors late last month, are still waiting for their severance package and are hopeful that the authorities would ensure that their erstwhile employers keep their end of the bargain.

A total of 34 illegal guns have been handed over to police so far under the gun amnesty programme, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said yesterday while adding that more than half are from `F’ Division (interior locations).

Robb Street business will miss a friendly face after John Anderson, who dwelled in and traversed the street for over three decades, died yesterday.

Residents of Festival City and North Ruimveldt have been urged to stop blaming young people for all of the problems in society and start finding ways to address those ills.

An autopsy has revealed that Ganesh Permaul, the mechanic who was found dead at the entrance to a friend’s home at Crabwood Creek, Corentyne last Thursday, died as a result of asphyxiation.