Guyana News

Guyana falls among the worst performers in Latin America and the Caribbean, the others at the bottom being Guatemala and Haiti, according to the Global Burden of Diseases Injuries and Risk Factors study 2010, released by the World Bank yesterday.

Sirmattie Ramnaress, the Diamond, East Bank Demerara businesswoman who was murdered last week, died as a result of a ruptured spleen and brain haemorrhaging, her post mortem examination stated.

By Jeff Trotman The Region 10 Regional Democratic Council (RDC) has asked government to undertake remedial works on the deteriorated Linden-Kwakwani road, but “erratic inclement weather conditions” are being blamed for hampering preparatory works for repairs to some sections.

Carifesta XI held from August 16-25 in Paramaribo, Suriname had approximately thirty participating countries from the Caribbean Community (Caricom), Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and other delegations from as far as Asia.

A city businessman is at the centre of investigations into the shooting to death of biker Kirk Davis on Tuesday night.

Hours after being robbed, a storeowner shot a man identified to him as one of the perpetrators last evening near the Stabroek Market.

President of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) Simona Broomes yesterday flayed police over their handling of the assault report made against her, saying there has been a “glaring” lack of professionalism.

The state of Florida is alleging that Guyanese Natalie Belmonte who was murdered in July 2011 in the state had been sexually assaulted by her adopted son Gerard Lopes who will go on trial on Monday over her killing.

A man was fined and 14 others were released on bail after they were charged yesterday with the willful obstruction of the sole roadway stretching 36 miles between Linden and Ituni.

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur says that he will be forced to reinstitute the “stringent measures” in place to facilitate the examination of exports, including rice shipments.

Taxi driver Troy Burrowes was yesterday charged with stealing valuables while pretending to help remove household articles during the fire at Da Silva’s House of Optics on Sunday.

McDoom resident Calvin Barrow was yesterday fined $100,000 for wounding a man he found installing an illegal electrical connection from his yard.

A vendor accused of using violence to rob a woman of her gold chain was yesterday denied bail and remanded to prison.

The Climate Change Division, housed in the Office of the President complex, on Shiv Chanderpaul Drive was today affected by a small fire, according to a statement by the Office of the President.

Police today said that the fourteen persons who were arrested yesterday at Ituni in relation to the blocking of the roadway, were today charged with wilful obstruction of the public way.

A 20-year-old city resident was stabbed to death early this morning on North Road and a suspect has been detained, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud has confirmed.

A fire this morning destroyed a section of the L’ Aventure Secondary School, Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara, displacing almost seven hundred school children just three days into the new school term.

An Eccles, East Bank Demerara biker was gunned down in front of his home last night by a man who he was seen arguing with moments before.

By Gaulbert Sutherland Photos by Arian Browne Between crumbling banks of yellow laterite, the Konawaruk River snakes its way downstream, the reddish-yellow waters glistening in the sun, a festering cut amid the towering greenery of the Region Eight jungle.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has taken full responsibility for the lack of a timely disclosure of the roles played by party Chairman Nigel Hughes and MP Cathy Hughes in the operations of Amaila Falls hydropower project developer, Sithe Global and has apologised “for this critical lapse in duty.”