Guyana News

The Kanuku Mountains Com-munity Representative Group (KMCRG) Christmas Fair Committee is seeking sponsorship of awards and prizes for the fourth Rupununi Christmas Fair to be held at the Market Place, Lethem, on Saturday, December 21, 2013.

The Ministry of Home Affairs in its monthly report on the operations of its Stray Catching Units says that the Units impounded a total of 201 animals during the month of September, 2013.

Crime Chief Seelall Persaud says there has been no development in the Sunday shooting which claimed the life of 33-year-old Essequibo businesswoman Shelliza Basir-Lall and injured three other persons, including her husband Raymond Lall.

At about 2045h yesterday, police say an accident occurred at One Mile Public Road, Wismar, Linden, involving a motorcycle and two pedestrians, resulting in the death of Neberne Charles, 33 years, of Lot 11 Amelia’s Ward, Linden.

Amid rampant serious crime with high-powered weaponry, the Ministry of Home Affairs this afternoon announced that Cabinet has granted permission for the establishment of a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit.

Amidst objections from the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and Airlines for America (A4A) the US Department of Transportation (DOT) on Monday denied applications by Caribbean Airlines and Fly Jamaica to have direct flights from Georgetown to New York.

Police turned up at the Mambo Bar on Barr Street, Kitty more than half an hour after two men with high powered rifles opened fire leaving a woman dead and three men wounded, according to residents, although a police station is less than a five-minute walk away.

US Ambassador to Guyana Brent Hardt is defending his pitch for US investor Sithe Global, saying he tried to get the firm to stay on the US$858 million Amaila Falls Hydro project, which he calls a good investment whose departure does not bode well for the country.

Rubis West Indies yesterday resumed supplying aviation fuel to Ogle Airport operators Air Services Limited and LIAT—just a day after suspending its supplies over the commingling of its product.

Arguing that crime is the most pernicious threat facing the country,  Georgetown Chamber President Clinton Urling on Friday called for changes at the top of the police force.

Murder accused Andrew Gomes, who beheaded his father Stanislaus Gomes in 2008, was yesterday sentenced to serve a 12-year jail sentence after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

By Jeff Trotman Lindeners are set for another protest, this time over the closure of the Kara Kara Toll Point last Friday by Town Clerk, Jonella Bowen on an instruction from the Ministry of Local Government.

A La Penitence man was yesterday sentenced to a six-month jail sentence for threatening and assaulting his parents.

Unwilling to write off the prospects offered by the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project, the government could move for a referendum on the project, according to Prime Minister Samuel Hinds.

Eight broadcasters, including the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN), have been given until the end of the month to get their licensing in order, Chairperson of the governing board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Bibi Shadick announced yesterday.

Minister of Agriculture, Dr Leslie Ramsammy is hopeful that the 5,000 tonnes of fertilizer coming from Venezuela as part of the PetroCaribe Agreement will get here within days.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday called for an end of the politicisation of the affairs of the University of Guyana (UG).

It has been almost five months since cambio dealer Totaram Mohotoo and his wife Bhagwattie were found murdered in their partly-burnt Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara home and police investigators are no closer to finding the reason behind the killings.

The Student Empowerment Alliance (SEA) was yesterday announced the winner of the University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) elections this year.

The Guyana Youth Development Association’s (Guyda) executive committee is inviting expressions of interest for the 13th Sitting of the National Youth Parliament, which is set for November.