Guyana News

President Donald Ramotar on Monday said that the government will not give up on the Amaila Falls Hydropower project and that he is prepared to meet again with the opposition to thrash out lingering questions on it.

Lusignan massacre accused Mark Royden Williams had told police that he accompanied the members of the gang who  went to Track ‘A’ Lusignan and committed the 11 murders but said that he did not kill anyone as he was only armed with a cutlass.

Concerned male and female bus drivers and conductors of Route 45 (Hospital)  minibuses yesterday staged a picket  at their park near Stabroek Square to protest against continuous abuse which they say is being meted out to female operators by male colleagues.

Obrian White and Adrian David, the two men accused of hiding cocaine in straws that were packed in cargo bound for Canada, were yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment after being found guilty.

Members of the New Amsterdam Constabulary along with Deputy Mayor Harold Debydeen have started a campaign to rid the town of all encumbrances and stop illegal vending.

A Kitty man was yesterday charged with two counts of narcotic-trafficking after quantities of cannabis were found at a stall at Merriman Mall.

Yesterday’s opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board saw New GPC bidding $641M for medical supplies.

A sweets vendor was yesterday charged for assault after he allegedly hit a policewoman with his buttocks.

The home of public relations expert Kit Nascimento was recently burgled and he says police appear reluctant to investigate.

A man charged with damaging a telephone cable belonging to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) yesterday told a court that he was accused of the crime when all he did was stop to pee.

A handyman was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) last evening after an altercation  left him with several injuries including an almost severed left hand.

City Hall says its Municipal Solid Waste Management Department recently removed 83 truck loads of garbage from Georgetown.

Hundreds of people in Linden and the wider Region Ten are expected to benefit from free medical attention between July 29 and August 3 from a visiting team of USA-based medical professionals.

Two men were yesterday each charged with possession of an offensive weapon after they were allegedly picked up with an ice pick and a knife.

The Guyana Livestock Development Agency (GLDA) and the US Embassy’s Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP), conducted a veterinary training seminar and a livestock veterinary treatment outreach in Region 3 from July 15 to 20, 2013.

A woman was placed on $20,000 bail yesterday after denying damaging her partner’s mattress.

Air Services Limited says that all passengers injured as a result of the July 15 crash of one of its planes at Matthews Ridge, Northwest have been discharged from hospital and medical bills so far top $3M.

Alliance For Change Leader Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday walked out of a select committee of Parliament meeting on the anti-money laundering bill in protest at President Donald Ramotar’s use of the word terrorism to describe the opposition’s vote on Thursday against two matters pertaining to the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project.

Regional carrier LIAT yesterday made history when it landed the first international commercial flight at the Ogle International Airport, marking the start of its daily service from Barbados.

Former co-accused in the Lusignan massacre Dwane Williams called ‘Small Fren’ yesterday testified that he was part of a gang, which included murder accused James Anthony Hyles and Mark Royden Williams, that killed 11 people and that the killing was in revenge for the disappearance of Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins’s girlfriend.