Guyana News

At about 0900h. today Police say that Gopaul of No. 47 Village, Corentyne, was travelling in the tray of a motor lorry along the No.

At about 0430h. today, police say that Ayana Henry, 28 years, of Laing Avenue, Georgetown, was involved in an argument with a man at Lime and Hadfield Streets, Georgetown, during which she was shot to her left thigh.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Jaipaul Sampuran, 34 years, of Waterloo New Scheme, Bath Settlement, WCB whose body was found in a yard at No.11 Village, WCB, at about 0425h.

Guyana’s potential to become the region’s financial success story is being threatened by the scourge of corruption, says Francis Forbes, Interim Executive Director of the Caricom security agency, IMPACS.

Five females, who were last week removed by the police from the Mahdia backdam where they were allegedly being held against their will, vanished from a safe house on Sunday, Minister of Human Services and Social Security Jennifer Webster confirmed yesterday and an investigation has been launched.

Shop keeper Ann Marie Carter, accused of forcing two girls into prostitution in the Tiger Creek Backdam, in Region Seven, was yesterday arraigned on charges of trafficking the girls for sexual exploitation.

APNU MP Desmond Trotman yesterday moved to the court to block government’s planned transfer of land at Kingston that the planned Marriott Hotel is situated on, arguing that  the public trust has been abused.

The parliamentary opposition is seeking full disclosure of all local contractors who have been awarded billion-dollar government contracts, amid concerns that the administration’s bid to retain a role in the granting of awards is motivated by a desire to ensure its friends are beneficiaries.

Canada’s High Commissioner to Guyana David Devine yesterday endorsed the setting up of bodies such as the Public Procurement Commission, saying that such actions would address perceptions of corruption.

With Guyana is seeing an “alarming” percentage of heart disease, especially among young people, four local doctors are hoping to use the knowledge they have gained from a just-concluded echocardiography programme to both help patients and raise awareness among the wider population about heart ailments.

Kaieteur News’ Editor-in-Chief and one of the newspaper’s reporters were yesterday fined for contempt over the publication of a report that resulted in a murder trial being aborted in the High Court.

The Georgetown Magistrates’ Court will remain housed at the former Globe Trust offices on Middle Street until September to allow additional repairs to its Avenue of the Republic and Brickdam building, according to Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall.

University of Guyana (UG) staffers yesterday resumed demonstrations after two days of no “visible activity” with a picketing exercise in front of the Education Minister’s office on Brickdam.

The digitisation of the Walter Rodney Archives has commenced with trained archivists utilising the recently revamped digital camera and scanning tray, under a $10 million project funded jointly by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and UNESCO, with $5.2 million going directly to equipment upgrades.

Region Five administration officials recently terminated the job of a contractor who was assigned to construct an annex for the Fort Wellington Secondary School, after he failed to deliver.

The Meat and Food Hygiene Section of the Mayor and City Council has found several contraventions during a recent inspection exercise of restaurants and food shops and is advising consumers to be vigilant when purchasing meat and food.

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman on Thursday upbraided APNU Member of Parliament Vanessa Kissoon for making a personal remark directed at Minister of Works Robeson Benn.

The mother of Nicholas Cox, the 16-month old child who was hospitalised after he was allegedly given an overdose of medication at the Georgetown Hospital, believes that her son has suffered brain damage and that his doctors are keeping her in the dark about his condition.

President of the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) and Red Crescent Tadateru Konoe spent a whirlwind two days in Guyana assessing the country’s disaster preparedness and prevention.

Newly-selected Miss Guyana World 2013 Ruqayyah Boyer yesterday hosted an interactive session on ‘Bullying and Domestic Violence’ for first and second formers at the St Stanislaus College as part of the ‘Beauty with a Purpose’ element of the Miss World pageant.