News

Barnwell North on the East Bank of Demerara is to receive potable water for the first time in 15 years, according to a release yesterday from Guyana Water Inc (GWI).

First Lady Sandra Granger, in collaboration with the ‘Rethink’ Organisation, the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Caribbean Airlines, yesterday, presented over 1500 pairs of shoes to students from the hinterland regions, who are currently studying in Georgetown.

Walter Gobin has once again won first place in the national drawing competition.

President David Granger yesterday announced a contribution of $1 million dollars to the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Fallen Heroes Foundation and another $1 million to the Force’s Scholarship Fund.

The partially decomposed body of a fisherman was found near the base of a mango tree at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara, on Monday afternoon, when a child went to pick fruit from the tree.

A man was yesterday fined $10,000 after he admitted to using abusive language to a woman.

In Saturday’s edition of Stabroek News in the news item under the heading `Charge against Jagdeo over Babu John statements fizzles’ the following quote was incorrectly attributed to Justice Navindra Singh whereas he was referring to the argument of counsel for the applicant, former President Bharrat Jagdeo.

An inspection of the Drop-In Centre on Hadfield Street has contradicted the concerns raised by a volunteer about the conditions of the centre.

Gold miners in and around the district of Mahdia in Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) are pleading with Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman to visit the region as they say they have myriad issues of concern to discuss.

Residents of the Essequibo Coast are relieved that their flooding woes could soon be over now that the construction of a pump station at Lima Village has finally been completed.

A Better Hope carpenter was yesterday denied bail after making an appearance before a city court for unlawful possession of a pistol and ammunition, which police say he admitted were his.

Residents of several homes for children and the elderly in Georgetown experienced the joy of Christmas when over 150 Scotiabankers and their families went carolling through the city streets last Friday evening, a release from the bank said.

A boat builder was yesterday charged with stealing $800,000 in parts, which he claimed had been given to him.

A South Road man, charged with fraudulent conversion, was yesterday remanded to prison after an attempt to mislead the court upset his chances of having the matter settled amicably.

The management of Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) has agreed to immediately rectify several breaches of the labour laws that were exposed during an on-site visit to its Mabura operations by a team from the Labour Department last Thursday.

The Guyana Foundation, as part of its ongoing programme to tackle the issues of mental health stigma, domestic violence and suicide prevention, recently hosted a series of workshops, training sessions and community outreaches on the Essequibo Coast and Georgetown.

A New York jury has convicted a Brooklyn woman in the death and dismemberment of a Guyanese woman whose body parts were found on Long Island, New York.

During Friday, the police say that a female Detective Constable was in a mini-bus on the Corentyne, Berbice, during which she got the scent of cannabis sativa (marijuana) in the vehicle.

Kevin Harris was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail after he admitted to stealing a phone in a violent attack on a man, whom he claimed owed him money.

As the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) works to finalise a coastal engineering design manual in collaboration with the European Union (EU); it recently hosted a two-day workshop to train MPI staff across different agencies.