Guyana News

President David Granger (right) meeting this evening at the United Nations with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (left).

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has labelled as “disturbing” claims by West Indies head coach, Phil Simmons, of outside interference in the selection of the One-Day International squad for Sri Lanka.

Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge and his counterpart of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, today signed an agreement, on behalf of their countries, which will facilitate visa free travel for citizens, between the two States, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

The Guyana government says that while there has been a withdrawal of the Venezuelan military gunboat from within its territory and a scaling back of troops in towns close to the border it continues to be vigilant.

President David Granger says that he is convinced that the outcome would be favourable, in terms of the region remaining a zone of peace now that Cuba has been briefed on the territorial threat Guyana faces from Venezuela.

At about 0415h. today, the police say that fish vendor Omar Esau, 49 years, of Providence, EBD, was in his motor vehicle at the Meadow Bank Wharf, Georgetown, when he was held up by two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm.

Engaging a Mines Officer earlier this month, John Spencer became alarmed when the official said that a map of mining blocks obtained by his village, Tasserene, was outdated and from a month ago, 60 new mining blocks now cover land claimed by the indigenous Region Seven community.

Onderneeming on the Essequibo Coast is well known as the home of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC), the institution that houses minors who have been in trouble with the law, but it is gaining more attention now since the establishment of the Rooster Resort and Fun Park.

President of Guyana David Granger and President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro are expected to be in attendance at a meeting today, organised by United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Director of Communica-tions Mark Archer said last evening.

If necessary, the government is prepared to take legal action to ensure that the controversial leasing of Red House to a company linked to the former PPP administration is rescinded, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon, who says the Attorney General has been tasked with looking at all available options.

Over the past five months, the Labour Department of the Ministry of Social Protection has closed some 416 cases brought against employers and over $18 million has been paid to aggrieved workers, according to Junior Minister Simona Broomes.

The Ministry of Citizenship and UNICEF have begun a period of interaction which is expected to assist with Guyana attaining and maintaining universal birth registration.

Five persons including two women are in police custody following the discovery of marijuana in a motor vehicle.

An unidentified man died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) Accident & Emergency Unit after he was injured in a crash that occurred on the Good Hope Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara (ECD) yesterday morning.

An infant was on Friday evening rushed to the Georgetown Public Hos-pital (GPH) after he sustained burns to the upper part of his body when he reportedly pulled a pot containing hot oil from the stove.

Plans to make St Cuth-bert’s Mission a model for other indigenous communities and a leading attraction for tourists were revealed by Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs Sydney Allicock as he addressed hundreds of residents at their annual heritage celebrations yesterday.

A Berbice fisherman who was stabbed to his neck allegedly by his wife over a week ago, is now a patient on life support at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where his condition is listed as critical.

Thirty-two year-old Marsha Archer’s only dream is to complete her studies to become a lawyer, but while she has no difficulties with the academic requirements her struggle is to pay for those studies.

President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno is now further aware of the matters related to the impact of the Venezuela territorial claim on Guyana’s economy.

The Guyana Defence Force today released photos of its route marches and tactical manoeuvres by the coast guard in the wake of increased tensions on the western frontier sparked by Venezuelan aggression.