Guyana News

By Dacia Whaul Albouystown and Charlestown remained swamped by floodwater yesterday and fed up residents accused the City Council of neglect while calling for something to be done to address the problem.

One woman is dead and another is in stable condition at the Bartica Hospital after two small 15 HP motor boats collided on the Essequibo River late Wednesday night.

City businesses are still counting their losses after Wednesday’s flash flood and incessant rain continued to beat down in certain areas in Georgetown, flooding homes and streets yesterday.

The Ministry of Education last evening said that the following schools will remain closed today:The Ministry said the decision to have the schools remain closed was made after checks by Ministry officials revealed that as a result of the slow pace in the receding of the floodwaters, no sanitation work could have commenced.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison on charges that they committed numerous armed robberies and a break-in during a five-month period.

APNU yesterday announced the launch of its campaign for local government elections and coalition leader David Granger said he was confident that the Donald Ramotar administration would sign the outstanding reforms of the system into law.

The United States Embassy in Georgetown hosted the “Entrepreneurship Speed Challenge” for local young aspiring business professionals and students on Tuesday in celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW).

A city businessman was up to press time last evening in police custody after he reportedly fired several shots at his wife, a senior police official has confirmed.

A prime plot of land, located between the Guyana Stores and Courts buildings on Main Street, Georgetown is up for sale and the public might soon see another mega store on Main Street as the land is attracting serious interest.

The launch of the Windsor Estates Housing Develop-ment was welcomed by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds as yet another example of how far housing sector had advanced when he formally opened the door to a completed model home aback Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara.

A push cart vendor was yesterday remanded to prison after he allegedly stole over $800,000 worth of items from the Brickdam Cathedral.

Officials from the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD), led by the Director of Maritime Safety, Captain Stephen Thomas, this week visited Muritaro village to distribute life jackets to the Muritaro Primary School.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo recently joined world leaders in appealing for urgent global action on climate change and announced a new partnership with Colombia and three European governments “to provide performance-based payments across Colombia’s Amazon region.”

Over 220 students graduated from the 12th convocation at the Tain, University of Guyana (UG), Berbice Campus last Saturday.

President Donald Ramotar extended felicitations to the pastor and congregation of Smith Memorial Congre-gational Church for their service to the needy at the church’s 170th anniversary service on Sunday.

Less than a month after fire ravaged the Comfort Sleep Bond, the inferno returned, this time destroying the company’s factory also located in the  Eccles Industrial Site.

The Ministry of Education this evening said that the following schools will remain closed tomorrow, Friday, November 29, 2013:          The Ministry said the decision to have the schools remain closed was made after checks by Ministry officials revealed that as a result of the slow pace in the receding of the flood waters, no sanitation work could have commenced.

The Ministry of Health has invited companies to prequalify for supplying medicines and medical supplies to the Ministry between 2014 and 2016, says an advertisement in the Guyana Chronicle on Tuesday.

The Guyana Government will make a financial contribution of US$50,000 ($10m) to assist in the international relief efforts in the Philippines in the wake of the devastating loss of life and property due to Typhoon Haiyan.

An off duty police of Guyanese descent employed as a Sergeant with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) was savagely beaten near death in Richmond Hill last week by another man who was later arrested by officers NYPD.