Guyana News

An Essequibo businesswoman is dead and at least three other persons, including her husband are injured following a shooting in a bar on Barr Street Kitty early yesterday morning.

Given likely liquidity problems, the best option for the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) is a government takeover, says business analyst Christopher Ram, who also flayed the waiving of over $500M in dividends due to the state.

Bandits broke into Husain’s Jewellery in the New Amsterdam market some time between Saturday night and Sunday morning and stole $1M in jewellery even though six constables were on duty.

  The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) says that it will this week conduct investigations into Thursday’s mining cave pit accident at Arau, Region 7 which claimed the lives of four Brazilians.

A secretariat for the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Walter Rodney has been established and has begun to gather materials in anticipation of the commission being appointed, Attorney-General Anil Nandlall has confirmed.

One week after her husband allegedly set fire to their La Parfait Harmonie home, Aneeta Douglas is pleading with the relevant authorities to arrest the man as she is now fearful that he will make good on his threats to harm her.

Following a robbery on one of its boats on Tuesday by men armed with guns, the management of Amazon Caribbean Guyana Ltd (AMCAR) says it is concerned about the growing insecurity in the interior.

Plaisance East Coast of Demerara resident Esmay Springer yesterday became the country’s latest centenarian and says the secret to her longevity is regular herbal cleansing.

Several recent high-profile defections from the AFC to APNU are ominous signs for the PPP, according to columnist Ralph Ramkarran.

US Ambassador Brent Hardt says budgetary constraints have stalled plans for the setting up of a Drug Enforce-ment Administration (DEA) office in Guyana but it is still an aim of the US government as part of its cooperation on security in this country.

Many people do not get to watch a community grow up.

With young people making up about 75% of the inmates in the country’s prison system, Minister of Human Services and Social Security Jennifer Webster says “innovative” solutions are needed to steer young boys and men away from crime and towards education and skills training.

The Correia Mining Company (CMC) has become one of the first local gold mining companies to adopt mercury-free technology to recover gold and others are being urged to do the same as the shaking tables are being hailed as economically viable and environmentally friendly.

Minister of Works Robeson Benn is hopeful that the opposition will approve sums budgeted for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport so it can be completed but the opposition is insisting that all documentation and studies in relation to it be released first.

A canter truck ran off the MV Makouria ferry and sank in the Essequibo River as the vessel was making its way to Bartica yesterday morning.

The body of 43-year-old Curtis McGarrel of Mahaicony, was found by a passer-by on the Ross Public Road, East Coast Demerara around 2.40 am yesterday.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is still grappling with less than ideal worker turnout to harvest the fields during the crucial second crop, with the daily attendance of harvesters ranging between 50 per cent and 70 per cent, according to management.

The miners association yesterday noted with deep concern the rise of the cost of the US dollar to approximately $212 and reemphasized its call for the Guyana Gold Board to make partial payments to miners in foreign currency.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says the procurement laws must be followed by government-owned Atlantic Hotels Inc (AHI) in the development of the US$58 million Marriott Hotel, while challenging the claim by Director Winston Brassington that the financing is a privatisation transaction.

After spending thirty-six years in the teaching profession, more than half of which was spent teaching the blind, Ingrid Peters is distressed about the education afforded to children who are blind and is strongly advocating that a special school for them be established.