Guyana News

Professors Sir Hilary Beckles and Verene Shepherd and famed Jamaican reggae artiste Bunny Wailer are among those who will make presentations at the three-day Regional Conference on Reparations beginning in St.

While reconfirming their commitment towards combatting terrorism in all its forms, Caribbean Community (Caricom) foreign ministers have called on the US government to remove Cuba from the blacklist of states allegedly supporting and sponsoring terrorism.

Camex Restaurants Inc., Franchisee of Church’s Chicken, Mario’s Pizza and Quiznos proudly announces the opening of their fourth Franchise, Juici Patties from Jamaica.

(Trinidad Express) The long-ballyhooed “food security facility” project, combining arable land in Guyana’s continental space and capital from Trinidad and Tobago, gained the status of official policy in Finance Minister Larry Howai’s September 9 budget.

Cabinet has given the green light for the purchase of patrol boats to the value of $156M US$762,000).

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon at his weekly post-Cabinet press briefing today, said that the Venezuelan delegation that crossed into Eteringbang, Cuyuni/Mazaruni last month has offered an apology for the breach in the agreement under which they were allowed to enter the country.

The Florida trial of Gerard Lopes for the murder of his adoptive mother Natalie Belmonte is nearing its end and yesterday the defence suggested that the two had been engaged in a consensual sexual relationship, something that the victim’s sister flatly denied.

An Australian company has applied to the environmental authorities for an authorization for large scale gold mining at Black Water Creek, Kaburi Area, Region Seven which will use cyanide in its recovery operations and an impact assessment now has to be done.

Police yesterday issued wanted bulletins for four persons in relation to fraud and forgery.

Guyana and Suriname are exploring the possibility of jointly patrolling the Corentyne River to crack down on cross-border piracy and smuggling and although army Chief of Staff Gary Best envisions this happening within the next six months, he says Guyana could be ready at any short notice.

Omar Williams, a Surinamese national has been charged with Monday’s slaying of former disc jockey Sheldon Cheddie.

With Government finding it difficult to attract the investors and syndicated loans to complete the controversial US$52 million Marriott Hotel project, a British Virgin Islands-incorporated investor has offered to purchase the superstructure with a view to finishing it, Stabroek News has learnt.

As part of the investigation into the murder of Corentyne rice miller Lallapersaud Juggerdeo, police have taken his weapon for ballistic tests.

Of the many priorities that the two countries share, commercial relations have the greatest potential to improve the prosperity of the citizens of Guyana and Canada, Ottawa first female High Commis-sioner to Guyana Dr Nicole Giles says.

Photographs of Rondy Jagdeo, the prime suspect in the murder of biker Kirk Davis, have been emailed to police in Suriname following his reported sighting in the neighbouring country, acting police commissioner Leroy Brumell announced yesterday, while saying that an arrest is expected soon.

Justice Navindra Singh yesterday remanded Raymond Pestano, 36, and his father, Roy Pestano, 60 to prison again after the jury was unable to come up with a unanimous verdict in a murder case.

Dwayne Charles, the man shot by a businessman hours after allegedly carrying out a $2M raid at his store, was remanded to prison yesterday on armed robbery charges.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said yesterday that he has arranged his time and life to ensure that he can manage both his ministerial duties and his role as the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).

Two men are now in prison on remand after they allegedly used a gun to stick up and rob an internet café worker.

Eight families from Manawarin, Region One yesterday received keys to their new homes as part of the Housing Ministry’s Hinterland Housing Pilot project under the second Low Income Settlement Programme (LIS-2), the Government Information Agency reported.