Guyana News

The future of the Caribbean Press is in jeopardy if the 2014 budget for a permanent editorial board is not passed, Culture Minister Frank Anthony has said.

Two men charged with stealing cell phones yesterday appeared separately before Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty and one was jailed and the other remanded.

Lindener Murtland Lawson who smashed a door at Republic Bank was yesterday handed an 18-month jail sentence when he appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trates’ Courts.

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green says his first wish for the New Year is for government to end its flagrant violation of the Constitution and call local government elections.

The Georgetown Medical Centre Laboratory has been recertified by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS).

A woman who intervened in a stick-up found herself in the victim’s place as she was then robbed, the court heard yesterday.

Two men, one accused of stealing and the other of receiving the stolen items, on Thursday appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

(Barbados Nation) Entrepreneurs are being encouraged to follow the example of Barbadian businessman Sir Kyffin Simpson and take advantage of Guyana’s vast reserves of arable land.

Naleenie Narine, an Agricola, East Bank Demerara farmer yesterday morning welcomed two additional bulls via the Government’s Artificial Insemination (AI) programme.

The funeral of the Chief Librarian Gillian Thompson will be held today.

The body of a 16-year-old boy was discovered early this morning at the Kitty seawall opposite the 1823 National Monument.

The funeral of the Chief Librarian Gillian Thompson will now be held tomorrow instead of today.

At about 0145h. today,  police say that Andy Bharrat, 39 years, of Albouys Street, Albouystown, became involved in an argument with a group of men at the Ghetto Flex Bar at James and Albouys Streets, Albouystown.

A 20-year-old mother of one was shot and killed by her former reputed husband minutes before midnight on New Year’s Eve in the vicinity of the Stabroek Market; the man has since been held.

The chairmanship of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) was formally handed to Komal Samaroo yesterday after Yesu Persaud, whose retirement was announced in November, officially stepped down.

A source at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) says  that Muri Brasil Ventures Inc (MBVI) has not relinquished any of the area of south-east Guyana allocated to it for surveying under the Permission for Geological and Geophysical Surveys (PGGS) that Minister of Natural Resources Robert Persaud granted on November 7, 2012.

Amid a public outcry over traffic deaths and accidents, the Ministry of Home Affairs last evening said there will be more targeted enforcement programmes including closer monitoring of night clubs and greater use of closed circuit television footage.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has plunged further into financial crisis as sugar production for 2013 fell to 186,807 tonnes, the lowest recorded in 22 years.

The Ministry of Home Affairs  says it has been informed by the Prison Authorities of an attempt by persons bent on derailing law and order in Guyana to smuggle several rounds of ammunition into the Georgetown Prison.

A privately-owed vessel was last evening partially burnt when a barrel of fuel it was offloading at Port Kaituma exploded.