Guyana News

An accident which occurred on Mandela Avenue last evening left two persons dead and another in need of medical attention.

Amid the deep-seated problems of the flagship Skeldon factory, an experienced manager from UK sugar refiner Tate and Lyle was quietly brought in to run it in February of this year.

A 20-year-old man was yesterday morning brutally murdered during an attack by three men who battered him with pieces of wood, bottles and other implements in front of a Lusig-nan, East Coast Demerara (ECD) nightspot.

Armed bandits invaded the home of a Better Hope shopkeeper last evening and carted off cash, jewellery and other valuables.

Lloyd Benjamin of 130 King Edward Street, Albouystown was stabbed to death yesterday morning and his assailant is yet to be apprehended.

Government was urged to “resist the temptation for political intrusion and micro-management” at the University of Guyana (UG) as 1367 students were bestowed with their diplomas and degrees at the institution’s  47th Convocation exercise held at the Turkeyen Campus on Saturday.

The Trinidad farmers association remains in the dark about the contours of a Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU) which would see the development of agricultural lands here and it argues that the twin-island republic has ample land for any farming initiative contemplated.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) has recorded a loss of $230M for the year 2011.

Concerns are being ex-pressed over reports that a road is being built in one of Guyana’s most pristine and biodiversity rich areas in Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has dispatched a team to investigate.

A former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer died yesterday morning after being riddled with bullets minutes after he stepped out of a popular nightclub on Main Street in Georgetown.

Longstanding Demerara Distillers Ltd Chairman Yesu Persaud is to retire. Demerara Distillers (DDL) made the announcement yesterday in a press conference held at the Pegasus.

Members of the opposition want government to properly account for the lack of output by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) over the years it has been active and called government’s non-submission of annual reports for years prior to 2011 disdainful of the principles of transparency and accountability.

Opposition Leader David Granger says a more effective police force would reduce the need to license private citizens to hold guns for protection.

At ten years old little Sasha Davi Bharrat’s only wish is to “get an education,” but she is prevented from doing so because she suffers from a rare condition that speeds her skin cell turnover, causing the top layer to shed six times faster than in a normal person.

Road safety groups are advocating that young inexperienced drivers be banned from driving “big weapon” vehicles and are calling on Parliament to revise the Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulations.

A 65-year-old farmer of Port Mourant, in Region Six, is among approximately 150 recent graduates of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) courses run by the Basic Needs Trust Funds (BNTF) in collaboration with the Board of Industrial Training (BIT).

A new book on Guyanese Literature written by Petamber Persaud, is scheduled to be launched at the National Library on November 22.

The Smith Memorial Congregational Church on Brickdam celebrates its 170th anniversary next Sunday, November 24.

The University of Guyana has advised in a press release that the UG Library will be open today and for the next four Sundays (November 17 and 24 and December 1, 8 and 15) from 10 am to 5 pm.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) today announced the retirement of long standing Chairman, Dr.