Guyana News

Led by acting Commissioner Leroy Brumell, police plan to meet with residents of Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara tomorrow to address their fears in wake of this week’s shootout between suspected bandits and lawmen.

Attorney-General Anil Nandlall says he is awaiting instructions from the Office of the President (OP) on whether to issue assent certificates for the four recently-passed local government bills even as junior Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker says that they are not necessary for elections.

The partially-nude body of an East Bank Berbice man, who was badly beaten during an altercation with another man, was on Thursday evening discovered in an abandoned house at Lancaster Village, Corentyne.

A Williamsburg, Corentyne woman died on Thursday evening after being struck down by a taxi on the village’s public road.

With the installation of science laboratories and the completion of general rehabilitative works, the Bygeval and Rosignol secondary schools have been upgraded to Grade A, the Ministry of Local Government yesterday reported.

The construction of the Haag Bosch landfill site is about 65% complete and Minister within the Local Government Ministry Norman Whittaker says this reality is alarming because the works are supposed to be completed by December 31st.

Canadian gold exploration company Sacre-Coeur Minerals says it has moved closer to signing a US$10 million loan to help prepare for the construction of its Million Mountain Zone 1 hard rock mine in Guyana.

Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc (ATN), the majority shareholder in Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Limited (GT&T), yesterday announced that it has completed the sale of its US domestic retail wireless business operated under the Alltel name to AT&T for approximately US$780 million.

US-based charity Guyana Medical Relief Inc built and presented a structure valued $5M to the Oscar Joseph District Hospital at Charity, Region Two for conducting VIA clinics.

The Ministry of Health has charged over 200 Cuba-trained doctors to remain humble as they have now embarked on a career of service, at an orientation exercise held on Monday prior to their deployment to health centres countrywide.

Cuso Guyana has welcomed 12 new volunteers with a broad range of skills and experience who will be serving at the local programme office and at various partner organisations in several priority areas.

General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Rawlston Adams said that the bridge continues to be dependent on an annual subvention from government since its revenues are nowhere near what are needed for the entity to be able to carry out its operations and maintenance works.

The Ministry of Health hosted a national conference for Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) focused on empowering infected persons to take  ownership of their health, and addressing gaps in the availability and sustainability of HIV social support services.

The Ministry of Education has announced the reopening of the East Street Nursery School in Georgetown following the construction of a new building, which cost $38 million.

Over 40 participants, representing the core management team of the University of Guyana (UG) from the Turkeyen and Tain campuses, participated in three days of intense discussions at the university’s first management retreat from August 30 to September 1 at the Arrow Point Nature Resort in Region 3.

Cabinet has approved an Action Plan on of the South American Council on Citizen Security, Justice and Coordination of Actions against Transnational Organised Crime drafted by Unasur (Union of South American Countries) member states.

The Women’s Progressive Organisa-tion (WPO) recently organised a skills training programme for a group of unemployed women, including single parents, teenagers and victims/survivors of domestic violence, to foster economic empowerment.

Operational difficulties have resulted in customers served by the North Ruimveldt Well Station to be without water, the Guyana Water In announced last evening.

At about 13:05h today, police say that Abdalla Hamilton, 29 years, of Section “K” Campbellville, Georgetown, was sitting in a motor vehicle that was parked on Charlotte Street, Georgetown, when he was held up by a man armed with a handgun.

At about 1830h. last evening, police say that Meenawattie Puranauth, 45 years, of Hampshire, Corentyne, attempted to cross the main road and was struck down by a motor car.