Guyana News

The trial of Sheneza Jafarally, the University of Guyana (UG) student who is accused of making a bomb threat earlier this year that disrupted classes and operations at the Turkeyen Campus, is set to begin on October 8th.

Students of Grades 9 and 10 will have an opportunity to win various prizes in the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry/ BrainCentral Math and English online Olympiad this month.

The report, ‘Man jailed for stabbing wife, assaulting daughter,’ published in the September 4th edition of the Stabroek News, erroneously identified one of the victims as the wife of convict Peter Thompson.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure today said that the use of Passenger Boarding Bridges at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri has been temporarily suspended.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said that a March elections date was totally out of the question, while another member of his delegation has claimed that GECOM Chair Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh has committed to “working towards a timeline of having elections long before the end of the year.”

Come April next year, travellers to New York will have three options for direct flights and lower fares with yesterday’s announcement by JetBlue of the start of operations to Guyana.

Although an internal investigation has cleared Deputy Commissioner of Police Lyndon Alves of any criminal misconduct, questions still linger, including whether he was actually questioned as part of the probe and by whom, while some believe an independent review is still warranted.

A 59-year-old construction worker was electrocuted yesterday after a crane being used to move piles for a housing project at ‘C’ Field, Sophia, came into contact with a live wire.

Niketa Bishop and Jamal Eastman, who were accused of ganja trafficking, have been freed of the charge after it was dismissed at the Providence Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

A convict was yesterday sentenced to three years behind bars after admitting to 10 charges, including eight counts of armed robbery.

A Corriverton man, who was convicted of larceny, yesterday escaped from the New Amsterdam Prison while working on the prison farms and three prison officers have been relieved of duties following the initial investigation.

Chairman of the Regional Health Committee, Zamal Hussain is urging Berbicians to demand services from the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, since he said health officials there have stated that the necessary facilities are in place at the institution.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in collaboration with the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Barima-Waini, Region One, is planning to have a water ambulance placed in each sub-region as part of the effort to narrow the gap in health care delivery and Moruca will receive the first.

Hundreds of persons converged at the Mental Health Institute on Quamina Street yesterday to participate in an awareness walk, which was hosted by the Institute in observance of World Suicide Prevention Day.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement & Tender Administration Board for the supply and delivery of emergency pharmaceuticals and medical supplies. 

President David Granger, yesterday attended Heritage Day celebrations at Riversview Village, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Region Ten where he declared that education was not a sideshow and is central to the development of the entire Indigenous Community and the entire country.

Investigators are currently on the hunt for two suspects in the murder of Golden Grove resident David Gentle and it is believed that they may have fled the jurisdiction.

Six months after its last visit the Atlanta, Georgia-based Carter Center has returned to Guyana and will be meeting with Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams this morning.

The remains of Shaniya Persaud, the seven-year-old who was severely burnt in a fire that gutted her Mon Repos North, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home more than a month ago, will be returned to Guyana for a funeral service.

Leon Murray, who was given time to find a total of $60,000 in compensation for assaulting a neighbour and damaging his glasses, was jailed yesterday after he reported that he was unable to get the money.