Guyana News

Former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, retired Justice of Appeal, Charles Ramson took the oath before President Donald Ramotar on Monday as Commissioner of Information, a position he described as a “clearing house for all information requested for by members of the public.”

The contract for the construction of an asphaltic road to Lethem and upgrading of the Massara Access Road also in Region 9 will be retendered as yesterday when bid submissions were to be opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board no one had submitted a tender.

The Caribbean has made significant strides in combating the spread of HIV/AIDS in pursuit of the sixth UN Millennium Development Goal particularly in relation to transmission from mother to child.

Scrap metal dealer Ricardo Fernandes accused of stealing two truck batteries and who claimed he was sorely beaten for the offence he has no knowledge of, was yesterday granted $50, 000 bail when the matter was heard in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A Charlestown man was on Monday charged with assault, stemming from the allegation that he rained blows on his mother after a misunderstanding over money she owed him.

A man was last Friday arraigned on charges that he assaulted his former wife.

Mahaicony farmers complained that they continue to be hampered by seasonal flooding and they need help to rehabilitate the koker and stelling, when Prime Minister Samuel Hinds toured the Region Five community last week.

Dave’s Television Station Channel 8 (DTV-8) is collaborating with the Berbice Regional Health Authority (BRHA) to host a blood drive tomorrow.

Two Brazilian nationals accused of having an unlicensed gun in their possession were yesterday remanded to prison when they appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) is urging Muslims to make maximum use of the period of Ramadan to earn the mercy and forgiveness of Allah by fasting and doing charitable works.

Amid months of controversy over whether his contract should be renewed, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today took a majority vote not to renew the contract of embattled Chief Election Officer (CEO) Gocool Boodoo.

Amid a spate of armed robberies yesterday that included murder, the main opposition APNU today again demanded that President Donald Ramotar revoke the appointment of Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee.

GPL says that 37,000 consumers in Demerara, particularly in Georgetown, will see a significant decrease in blackouts as well as shorter periods of outages dues to “extensive infrastructural work conducted at the Sophia 69 kv Substation” last Sunday.

An Air Services Limited (ASL) aircraft crashed into thick vegetation about a mile from the airstrip at Matthews Ridge, North West District, Region One yesterday morning and Minister of Transport Robeson Benn said bad weather appears to have been a factor.

Armed bandits invaded a shop in Guyhoc Park last evening with the intention to rob but abandoned their plan and discharged rounds after customers began pelting them with bottles; in the end a 37-year-old man was killed and a suspected bandit shot and wounded.

The owners of two business establishments were counting their losses yesterday afternoon after bandits relieved them both of undisclosed sums of cash and escaped with ease.

A suspected bandit was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) last evening after he was shot to the groin during an attempted robbery at Agricola, on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD).

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Dr Steve Surujbally said yesterday that the Gecom Board will discuss today, among its agenda items, the revelations by Opposition Commissioner Vincent Alexander.

Gunmen yesterday committed a daring mid-morning robbery at a Laluni Street, Queenstown dental clinic where they posed as customers.

Marlon Ganesh, who fatally stabbed his father-in-law Roopnarine Singh after an argument, was yesterday sentenced to 8 years in jail after he was found guilty of the lesser offence of manslaughter.