Guyana News

The Director of Guyana’s Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA), Ann Greene yesterday said that a six-day-old baby was removed from his mother’s care on Tuesday as he was severely dehydrated and is currently still being observed at the George-town Public Hospital by a team of doctors.

A Corentyne man was shot to the right side of his chest on Tuesday night by a licensed firearm holder.

President of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union, Komal Chand, says that although the Guyana Sugar Corporation has made its 2013-2017 strategic plan available, the union is yet to receive a copy.

Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry remains mum with respect to the agenda for today’s talks with Venezuelan officials on the seizure of a vessel in Guyana’s waters on October 10 and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashleigh Jackson believes that the talks should be more weighted towards the maritime boundaries rather than the event of last Thursday.

The retendering of a laboratory project for the Ministry of Agriculture’s Agriculture Sector Development Unit (ASDU) on Tuesday received three bids with two being from foreign companies.

A release from the OAS yesterday said that the review process that is currently being carried out by the Committee of Experts of the anti-corruption mechanism, MESICIC, will conclude with the adoption of the Guyana country report by the Committee at its next plenary meeting to be held in March 2014, in Washington DC at OAS Headquarters.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on Tuesday presented a cheque valued $10M to the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) towards its REDD+ Readiness Planning initiative.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs here has expressed deep concern over a controversial ruling by the Dominican Republic that would strip citizenship from the offspring of undocumented migrants.

It’s a scrap metal dealer’s dream come true. Thirty thousand tonnes of scrap metal are up for grabs for whoever can prove that they have the ability to handle this amount.

At about 2250h. last night, police say that Dunston Simpson, 34 years, of No.

At about 1930h last night, police say that the body of Arvin Dilall, 35 years, of Yakusari, North Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, was found along the Jappo Public Road, Corentyne.

Venezuela yesterday released a ship it had arrested in Guyana’s waters on Thursday and while the crew was also freed its captain was charged with violating the boundaries of a “security zone” thereby setting the stage for what is likely to be a prickly meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries in Trinidad tomorrow.

Four Black Bush Polder men were yesterday charged with murdering Lesbeholden man, Jeewanlall Deonarine in a crime that has shocked and divided the agricultural community.

The Home Affairs Ministry yesterday signed a contract with the Director of The Emergence Group (TEG) from Washington for the provision of consultancy services for the setting up of a SWAT Unit for the Guyana Police Force (GPF), according to the Government Information Agency.

The badly decomposed body of 37-year-old Simone Russell of Friendship, East Coast Demerara was discovered yesterday in a canal at Company Road, Buxton.

  -$758.8M allocated to vehicles, cycles Zsections of the media to the effect that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) was “being starved of resources to successfully and effectively execute its legal mandate to the people of Guyana.”

Relatives of Galton McAlmont, called Lance McAlmont, who was chopped to death by his stepson on Monday said that the man was constantly threatened by his assailant and his brother and was even chopped several months ago by them.

Rupununi farmers and tourism players on Monday gathered to share experiences and suggestions on how to deal with obstacles they face as part of a project meant to improve livelihoods using a low carbon pathway.

The Albouystown youths who died after an alleged shoot-out on Saturday with police had been dropped off close to the South Road scene in a vehicle which had false number plates, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.

By Jeff Trotman Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy has said that the days of subsistence farming are over and while small farmers realise that they must move away from that mindset, they are stuck in the old way of doing things.