Guyana News

By Jeff Trotman Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy has said that the days of subsistence farming are over and while small farmers realise that they must move away from that mindset, they are stuck in the old way of doing things.

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green has accused acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba of targeting government critics through legal action initiated against businesses and individuals for unpaid taxes.

Opposition Leader David Granger is urging the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to establish a permanent National Borders Commission to boost institutional strengthening on issues regarding Guyana’s territorial integrity.

A conductor yesterday pleaded not guilty to threatening a policeman with a chopper when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited has increased its sponsorship for Castellani House’s 9th National Drawing Competition.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) said Eid ul Adha commemorates one of the greatest acts of sacrifice in the annals of human history and should be used as a time of reflection.

For the first time, the Regional Democratic Council of Region Five yesterday hosted a pre Eid-ul-Adha programme, to highlight the sacrifices that Muslims will perform today.

Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, on the occasion of the fifth Caribbean Statistics Day observed yesterday, has highlighted the vital role of statistics in improving the daily lives of the peoples of the community through the provision of data upon which decisions could be guided.

The body of missing Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) officer, Patrick Ramkellawan, who went missing after a collision on Saturday night in the Pomeroon River was recovered on Monday.

Miss Guyana Universe Katherina Roshana is grateful for the support she continues to receive from the public as she wraps up preparations here for the Miss Universe pageant set for Moscow, Russia on November 5.

A bilateral agreement between the governments of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and Guyana has paved the way for five SVG students to commence several agricultural related programmes at the Guyana School of Agriculture, while a team from Guyana is attached to the Ministry of Agriculture on that island.

The Venezuelan Attorney General’s Office today charged Ukrainian captain Igor Bekirov for allegedly violating Venezuela’s exclusive economic zone onboard the oil exploration ship Teknik Perdana, which was intercepted by Venezuelan authorities on October 10.

The police today said that Junior Anthony Henry called ‘Oswald’, 22, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Michael Hamilton which occurred at Sparendaam Squatting Area, ECD, on October 07, 2013.

Three staffers of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) – the corporation executing the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project – were attacked by cutlass-wielding individuals who robbed one of them of a cell phone on October 12, a release from the Ministry of Public Works said.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – The Malaysian company that owns a U.S.-hired oil survey ship detained last week by Venezuela in a territorial dispute with neighboring Guyana said today the boat and its 36-member crew had been released.

Even as the foreign ministers of Guyana and Venezuela are said to be arranging to meet this week with a view to hammering out an agreement on the release of the captain and crew of the research vessel Teknik Perdana, a Venezuelan newspaper is reporting that the captain is to face charges in that country.

Two Corentyne brothers were yesterday charged with murdering Hampshire businessman Devindra ‘Dave’ Deodat, who was shot dead during an armed robbery at his home last week, while a third suspect remained on the run.

Romario Gouveia, the lone survivor of three men who allegedly engaged in a “shootout” with police on Saturday night, succumbed in hospital yesterday and family members are demanding an independent autopsy as they suspect foul play in his sudden death.

A 48-year-old Sophia farmer was chopped to death over a land dispute yesterday by his stepson, who later turned himself in as the police were leaving the crime scene.

The main opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has condemned Saturday’s fatal shooting of three Albouys-town youths by lawmen and it is urging the police force to be guided by professional standards in the arrest of armed criminals.