Guyana News

A fire which erupted around 10 pm on Saturday gutted a Chinese-operated clothing store along Regent Street and a woman had to be dramatically rescued by firemen from a neighbouring building.

A constable attached to the Brickdam Police Station had to undergo emergency surgery to remove bone fragments from both knees and his lower back at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation after surviving a chopping attack by his neighbour yesterday afternoon.

Tragedy struck once again on the Essequibo Coast around 9:40am yesterday when a three-year-old boy was knocked dead by a truck. 

Lethem residents are ready to stage peaceful protests over the recently instituted hike in electricity tariffs for the community and they are challenging the claim by the Lethem Power Company (LPC) that the increase was driven by fuel costs.

APNU’s Carl Greenidge says the coalition has fine-tuned actions to discipline Finance Minister Ashni Singh in the National Assembly for “contemptuously” expending monies cut from the 2012 budget.

Stronger protest action is needed to ensure improvement to the Linden-Kwakwani Road, according to Region 10 Chairman, Sharma Solomon.

Minister of Natural Re-sources and the Environ-ment Robert Persaud is hopeful that the opposition APNU’s statements at a recent press briefing are an indication that it will support the ministry in full resource surveys of pristine forests.

Regional Chairman for Region Ten, Sharma Solomon has said that he has not been given a thorough explanation for the more than two days of electricity outage in Linden that occurred last week.

Two neighbours embroiled in a property dispute were on Thursday brought before a city court facing charges of abusive language.

The National Assembly on Thursday adopted a motion paying tribute to freedom fighter and human rights activist, the late former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela.

The wreckage of what is believed to be a Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) plane that went down close to Olive Creek, Middle Mazaruni yesterday has been spotted, Minister of Transport Robeson Benn says.

A fire which occurred around 22:00 hrs yesterday gutted a Regent Street business establishment and scorched the two building to its sides.

A Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) plane is missing after going down shortly after take-off from the Olive Creek, Region Seven airstrip yesterday morning and a search and rescue operation is underway to find the Canadian pilot and Guyanese cargo handler who were on-board the aircraft.

By Dacia Whaul with photos by Arian Browne There was no one out in the streets when Sunday Stabroek visited Anna Catherina recently.

Colwyn Harding, the young man who has accused the police of a brutal sexual assault which has rendered him immobile, said yesterday that when he was initially taken to the hospital the doctor never provided a diagnosis and he did not ask because he was in too much pain.

The Donald Ramotar administration and the United States government are preparing for dialogue on the USAID-funded $300 million Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project and discussions are expected to centre on whether implementation of the project will be put on hold as talks continue.

Six persons are now homeless, after fire gutted a two-storey wooden house at Topoo Village, Albion, Corentyne Berbice.

A police constable was yesterday admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was shot by two men who had robbed him.

Mining is set to recommence at the Omai gold mines and machinery is currently being assembled and is scheduled to be operational this month.

The man who was shot by a Rural Constable at Annandale, East Coast Demerara on Friday morning during an attempted robbery is still alive, according to the police.