Guyana News

Member of Parliament for the Alliance for Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan has disclosed that persons representing the investor in the Marriott Hotel project called him on Friday inquiring of him whether there is a parliamentary motion against the project and why it was that Marriott International itself was not among the investors.

Fly Jamaica will commence operations in Guyana with a flight from JFK New York to Guyana on Thursday.

Zoisa Fraser talks to the Chief Counsellor for the Salvation Army who was himself once an addict Years of drug abuse destroyed his life but with a stroke of luck and determination, Steve Sookraj was able to repair the damage and is now on the path to success.

After six members of the Tuschen Community Policing Group were held by the police for five hours after they had answered a call about bandits in the area, residents of the Tuschen New Scheme, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) are calling on the police to support the work of the area’s  community police and take steps to ensure they have the necessary resources available including firearms.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Ramesh Ghir said it was “very disappointing and unfortunate” that a director of Fly Jamaica would choose to publicly address her concerns about drug incidents at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) without first engaging the airport authorities about such anxiety.

The government could explore using the funds paid by miners as environmental bonds to rehabilitate the degraded Konawaruk River, Administrative Coordinator of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) Colin Sparman has said.

Relatives of a man who was stabbed on Thursday by an unknown assailant are concerned that he was released from hospital prematurely.

Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green on Friday said that the Mayor and City Council is aware of the present garbage situation in the city and that although the council is responsible for the removal of garbage, there are several impediments including a shortage of trucks.

When Ubert Jocintho was found dead at the bottom of a gully near a small pool of water in Mabaruma Settlement, North West District, relatives believed that a murder investigation would have been conducted especially since they saw suspicious marks on his body.

At age 14 Jenny (not her real name) was removed from the place she called home where she lived under horrific conditions.

As a child Mosa Telford struggled with the colour of her skin since  her dark complexion resulted in her peers teasing her mercilessly and she never felt that she was good enough.

It has been more than one month since Shaun Fordyce launched a violent cutlass attack on his reputed wife Dorothy Blackman and her three daughters, and they have said that when he is caught they want him to face the full brunt of the law.

The Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) is calling for more regular and improved maintenance of the Linden-Lethem road to cope with the increase in heavy traffic.

Community grounds across Guyana are to be overhauled as part of government’s multi-million dollar thrust to revitalize a number of sporting disciplines, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony announced yesterday at the commissioning of a new pavilion at the Enmore Community Centre Ground.

The Ministry of Tourism believes that about 500 Surinamese visit Guyana every month and that these arrivals significantly benefit small hotels.

Police yesterday arrested seven persons including a woman following several search operations in Linden.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf and the son-in-law of the Indian cricket board’s (BCCI) president were charged by Mumbai Police on Saturday in a betting scandal surrounding the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament.

Reports in the Dutch media today said that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has hard evidence that Surinamese President Desi Bouterse was in contact with convicted Guyanese drug trafficker Roger Khan while he was a parliamentarian and there are records of calls between the two in late 2005 to mid-June 2006.

The Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) and the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security yesterday rescued two women—including a Trinidad national—from the 14 Miles Backdam, in Region Seven, where they were being held against their will by a shop owner.

Seven men were yesterday charged with murdering Meten-Meer-Zorg grocer Zulficar Namdar during an armed robbery, days after a series of arrests stemming from recent attacks on the West Demerara and at Wakenaam.