Guyana News

A break and enter and larceny accused was remanded to prison yesterday after he told a court that he had no knowledge about the outcome of previous charges against him because he went to Suriname.

Almost seven months since he was stabbed in the face with a broken bottle during a robbery perpetrated by five men, vendor Garfield James says he is still waiting for justice, while police have been giving him a runaround.

A Diamond pensioner has voiced his dissatisfaction over the way the police are handling his allegations of ongoing harassment by neighbours.

Nine fishermen have been convicted in Suriname for the fatal piracy attack in April last year in which over a dozen Guyanese fishermen were killed off the coast of the neighbouring country.

Government seems afraid to question ExxonMobil about the huge disparity in costs between the Stabroek Block’s Liza-1 and Liza-2 projects but this issue needs to be urgently addressed lest this country loses out again on needed revenue, says former Petroleum Advisor Jan Mangal and economist Darshanand Khusial.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is to meet today on the removal of the name of its slain leader Dr Walter Rodney from the National Archives building.

A father of one died yesterday morning after being involved in an accident on the Railway Embankment Road at Felicity, East Coast Demerara.

A twenty-four-year-old man was on Saturday evening gunned down in Agricola, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and a teenage boy who was shot in the crossfire is in hospital.

The main sugar union, GAWU yesterday said that more recent information has shown that the industry’s second crop output will be worse than expected with only Uitvlugt meeting its target.

A West Berbice fisherman who was detained for threatening language and unruly behaviour last evening committed suicide in his cell at the Blairmont Police Station lockups.

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) on Saturday called on the government to raise the “meagre” monthly stipend paid to indigenous leaders and accused it of double standards in relation to Amerindians.

While residents on the Essequibo Coast are pleased with the services they have been receiving at the Suddie Hospital, they are calling for an endoscopy specialist to be sent to the facility so as to avoid them being referred out of the area. 

Hire car drivers of Charity, Essequibo are disappointed that a regional official of Region Two removed them from their park to facilitate the construction of a koker but failed to keep his promise to let them return upon its completion.

A Charity, Essequibo resident who claimed he was arrested “in an embarrassing manner” on November 14 at the Regional Democratic Council boardroom, Region Two, had a charge of threatening language dismissed against him. 

Parents and guardians from the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara have been reminded of the importance of investing in the early childhood of their children.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) yesterday said that on Friday the washrooms at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport were under procedural sanitation for the Domestic Cold Water pipelines system and were therefore closed for around six hours.

The Police are investigating a fatal incident which occurred today at around 5 am on the Felicity Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara, involving motor car # PRR 2531 driven by David Headley, age 31 years of Lot 370 Powis Close, South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown.

The Police say they are investigating a shooting incident which occurred on Saturday at about 6.39 pm   at Caesar Street, Agricola, EBD which left one man dead and another injured.

PPP/C presidential candidate Irfaan Ali has dismissed criticisms that his plans to reopen shuttered sugar estates are unrealistic, while maintaining that he has a sound plan to resuscitate the industry.

The National Archives of Guyana, which in 2008 had been renamed the Walter Rodney Archives, are no longer carrying the name of the noted historian and political activist and the party he founded wants the situation to be explained and rectified.