Guyana News

Top Cop, Leroy Brummel is urging communities across Guyana to fight back against criminal elements that are infiltrating formerly peaceful neighbourhoods.

Double ‘R’ Hardware Store at Rosignol, West Bank Berbice went up in flames around 4.20 pm yesterday, resulting in millions of dollars in losses and at least four persons out of a job.

A couple from Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice have been arrested for physically abusing their nine and two-year-old Canadian sons who are now in the custody of the Child Care & Protection Agency (CCPA).

The battered body of a Corentyne minibus conductor was found in his home at number 48 Village Corentyne Berbice yesterday.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc registered a 57.3% increase in profitability for 2011 but chartered accountant Christopher Ram has raised concerns about the validity of this position considering the question of taxes and he also noted that the annual returns failed to reflect a large sale of shares to the Queens Atlantic Group.

Young offenders should no longer be sent to the Essequibo remedial facility, NOC, according Head of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) Ann Greene who also said the police practice of releasing accused child sex offenders after 72 hours must end.

The Guyana Police Force has begun to use wiretapping as provided for under the Interception of Communications Act to fight crime, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud has said, but APNU parliamentarian Winston Felix has expressed concerns about the this mode of crime-fighting since it could be used to invade citizens’ privacy.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc registered a 57.3% increase in profitability for 2011 but chartered accountant Christopher Ram has raised concerns about the validity of this position considering the question of taxes and he also noted that the annual returns failed to reflect a large sale of shares to the Queens Atlantic Group.

Police say that investigations are being conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death of Yadram Jaggai, 36 years, of No.

Reports in the Dutch media yesterday said that the US Drug Enforcement Adminis-tration 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.

Story and photos by Tifaine Rutherford   Ask anyone about the famous silk cotton tree that is in the middle of the road at Perseverance, Mahaicony and you are sure to hear a myth or two.

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.