Guyana News

The private sector earlier this month held separate meetings with APNU and the AFC to urge support for the anti-money laundering bill and proposed that the parliamentary select committee holds its hearings in public and it also forwarded a compromise on the procurement commission.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a miner whose name has been given as Clement David of Baramita, NWD, and whose body was found with marks of violence to the head at about 0730h.

Close to 70 public servants took to the streets yesterday to protest against the 5% pay increase arbitrarily instituted by the government and Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) President Patrick Yarde said the protest action will continue on Monday.

A Shamdas Kirpalani sales clerk who was about to deposit a carton box filled with a reported $17m at the Bank of Baroda was robbed by two men on Avenue of the Republic yesterday.

  The body of a man, which was found within the vicinity of the Ruby Koker, East Bank Essequibo on Thursday afternoon with suspected gunshot wounds, has been identified as Rafeek Mohammed.

A combination of speed and alcohol has left a US-based Guyanese dead after two Toyota vehicles slammed into each other around midnight on Thursday on the Railway Embankment at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara.

In addition to their five percent 2013 salary increase, members of the Joint Services will receive for Christmas, one month’s salary tax free.

A collapsed bridge on the Georgetown-Lethem Trail has residents of Lethem worried about power supply during the Christmas holiday as fuel tankers are currently stuck but Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn yesterday assured that it will be fixed by today.

Machinery Corporation of Guyana Limited (MACORP) has spent over US$450,000 to upgrade its Providence warehouse, making it Guyana’s largest parts inventory in response to customer demand.

The anti-money laundering bill will have a second chance in  a select committee of parliament after the opposition made it clear on Thursday night that it would be defeated if the government put it to a vote.

In perhaps the most high-profile domestic violence (DV) case prosecuted to date, the husband of a city magistrate was on Tuesday last found guilty of assaulting and threatening her and sentenced to four months imprisonment.

Three men, in two different cases, were yesterday brought before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court facing charges of illegal possession of live ammunition and illegal possession of a firearm.

The Alliance For Change says it is expecting that the 2014 national budget will provide sufficient funds for the complete rehabilitation of the main road in Mahdia (Potaro/Siparuni).

The Government of Guyana is partnering with the South Florida National Parks Trust to strengthen the functioning of the Protected Areas Commis-sion, and the National Protected Areas Trust Fund.

Reiterating that it will not accept government interference in the management of private companies like the Berbice Bridge Company, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday said it remains of the view that the government has no direct investment in the bridge company.

Air Services Limited (ASL) yesterday launched its aerial tours of Georgetown (Christmas special) at its Pilot School, located at the Ogle International Airport.

Chief Education Officer Olato Sam saluted all teachers and educators for their tireless contributions to the education sector and was particularly pleased that 336 more graduates would soon be joining the system, after graduating from the Cyril Potter College of Education’s (CPCE) on Thursday.

A man, who claimed he stole a watch because he knew it was a trap, was yesterday sent to prison for 21 days after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

Ninety-one youths who completed a life and work skills training ‘Work Ready Now’ course through USAID’s Skills and Knowledge for Youth Employment (SKYE) programme were recognised at a function held on Thursday.

After allegedly being caught with 729 grammes of narcotics on his person, Godfrey ‘Cut Throat’ Williams was yesterday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.