Guyana News

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) says that Newland Lumberyard located at Blankenburg, Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara has failed to meet several requirements and a decision has been taken not to license the facility for 2007 unless these requirements are met.

A man is in custody following the discovery of an unlicensed shotgun at Arakaka Village, North West District last Saturday.

A man accused of indecently assaulting a tourist was released on bail when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Magistrate Kim Kyte-John remanded to prison a man who was recently freed of a murder charge when he appeared before her at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court to answer to the same charge.

Magistrate Fazil Azeez on Monday sentenced a repeat offender to one year imprisonment when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court to answer to a charge of larceny.

Magistrate Krishendat Persaud on Tuesday sentenced a man to one year imprisonment after he admitted to pouncing on a woman and stealing her gold bangle.

Magistrate Krishendat Persaud sentenced a man to one year’s imprisonment after he admitted to being in possession of a utensil used for smoking cocaine.

The Managing Director of NP Home Department and the Company Secretary of Muneshwer’s Limited were yesterday slapped with separate charges of failing to provide VAT invoices and were released on their own recognizance by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

Magistrate Krishendat Persaud on Tuesday sentenced a man to three years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a charge of break and enter and larceny.

Two vehicles collided at the junction of Lamaha and Main streets resulting in the death of a pedal cyclist yesterday.

The flare-up over the Value Added Tax (VAT) between the private sector and the GRA subsided somewhat yesterday following a meeting between the two but the Georgetown Chamber also signalled it would seek an urgent audience with the Finance Minister to end the VAT “chaos” and bring relief to consumers.

A 40-year-old man was stabbed in the lower abdomen yesterday over a cellular phone he was given to pawn.

A female vendor selling from a mobile van was on Monday robbed of $55,000 cash at Kaneville, East Bank Demerara by two men who hit her about the body with handguns.

Phase 11 of the Ogle Airport Development project will benefit from part of a 40.5 million euro European Com-mission (EC) grant to advance the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME).

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) is inviting students to submit applications for consideration of the Grassroots Development Fellowships for Graduate Students.

Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn said the government is assessing the “costing and variance” related to the execution of the revised Seawall Development Plan for implementation.

Relatives of an East Coast Demerara cane cutter are baffled as to why he decided to end his life early yesterday morning.

The Ministry of Labour last year recovered more than $11M on employees’ behalf following unscheduled checks at workplaces countrywide, which also revealed a number of labour law breaches by employers.

People’s National Congress Reform One Guyana (PNCR-1G) back-bencher James McAllister has submitted a motion to parliament calling on the Government to review its decision to build a floating bridge in Berbice between D’Edward Village and Crab Island and hold off on construction for three months.

A $60M night club opened in Linden last week with the aim of taking a bite out of Cricket World Cup (CWC) and transforming the mining town into party central.