Guyana News

The Guyana Prize for Literature awards were tonight presented to Ruel Johnson for Best Book of Fiction, a collection; Best Drama went to Mosa Mathifa Telford for Sauda while Ian McDonald and Cassia Alphonso jointly shared the award for Best Book of Poetry for The Comfort of All Things and Blackcake Mix respectively.

At about 1030h today,  police say that the body of businessman Abdul Majid, 79 years, of No.

(Trinidad Guardian) The National Foodcrop Farmers’ Association (NFFA) says it is planning a major protest to object to the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the T&T and Guyana governments that will provide 10,000 acres of land in Berbice for immediate agricultural production. A

Crime Chief Seelall Persaud this morning said that a ballistics examination found that the same firearms were used in two recent crimes including the murder of grocery owner, Zulficar Namdar.

Executive Director of National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington has denied the sale of the under construction Marriott Hotel building to a British Virgin Islands-based investor but says that a deal with a foreign investor is in the closing stages.

Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, a well-populated community has seen considerable development over the years with the establishment of several large-scale businesses and a new housing scheme in one section. 

The long-awaited Forensic Lab is about to be completed, but DNA testing is still not on the front burner.

Mining and environmental protection officials will soon visit the Konawaruk River to check on its state and an assessment is needed to determine whether the river is supporting aquatic life, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud has said.

A 27-year-old Qualfon employee succumbed yesterday around 2 am following an accident at the Bachelor’s Adventure Access Road.

Obtaining the services of full-time legal counsel to serve Parliament Office will be a priority once the National Assembly comes out of recess in October, Speaker Raphael Trotman says.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) rounded out the 11th week of the second crop with production just over 48,000 tonnes of sugar, equalling its first crop figure and putting the total for the year at 96,000 tonnes.

Relatives of Lallapersaud Juggerdeo last evening said they are upset that the police are regarding the man’s son, Basant Lallapersaud, as a suspect.

Investigators seem to have hit a brick wall in the search for the killer of Diamond businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress but DNA testing, surveillance footage and the establishment of a motive may still offer hope for them cracking the two-week-old case.

The leaders of the two parliamentary opposition groups plan to hold government accountable for spending not approved in this year’s national budget and at least one of them is prepared to take the matter all the way to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) if necessary.

Wheelies, burnouts and stop drops, abounded yesterday morning and afternoon as approximately 78 bikers clad in red and white from around Guyana and as far as Suriname turned out to the funeral of slain biker Kirk Davis to pay their last respects.

Former Veterinary Officer attached to the Ministry of Agriculture in Guyana Dr Horace Errol Walcott has been inducted into the Worldwide Who’s Who for Excellence in Zoological Medicine.

Two men have been arrested and are currently assisting with investigations into the murder of 53-year-old Seepaul Beharry, sources say.

Georgetown was yesterday morning raked with heavy rain, deafening thunder claps and blinding flashes of lightning.

Contracts for $47 million worth of works at the University of Guyana were cleared by Cabinet last week.

Dear Editor, The unions fully support efforts to make the university more efficient.