Guyana News

The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) yesterday announced that it was seeking to recover $2.7 billion from Queens Atlantic Investment Inc over its controversial acquisition of the former Sanata Textiles complex and $274 million from the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) for the purchase of the Kingston property that is now its headquarters.

A three-year-old child succumbed yesterday afternoon while being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was struck by a hire car along the East Bank Berbice Public Road.

The months-long investigation into alleged corrupt practices involving Deputy Commissioner of Police Lyndon Alves has ended with him being cleared of any criminal conduct, Commissioner of Police Leslie James said yesterday.

A state-of-the-art $65 million police station was commissioned by Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan at Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara yesterday, with ‘user-friendly’ facilities that include a special room for dealing with domestic violence complaints.

A team from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is expected to be deployed to the town of Mahdia following reported high winds which caused damage to a number of structures in the town, including a school building which had its roof blown off.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday disclosed that while the contract of former embattled head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Sydney James has not expired, he will not be returning to the unit.

Fraudsters are posing as officials of the National Industrial and Commercial and Investments Limited (NICIL) in order to sell properties belong to the government holding company, its acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Colvin Heath-London has said.

A roadmap that seeks to improve Guyana’s trade-related systems was officially launched yesterday with officials underscoring that its implementation would make Guyana a more attractive destination for foreign direct investment.

Workers attached to the Rose Hall Mayor and Town Council on Thursday downed tools demanding minimum wage along with payments owed to them for the first seven months of the year.

A three-year sentence was yesterday handed down to taxi driver Kacey Chapman, one of three men jointly charged with illegal possession of guns and ammunition that were discovered in his car at High and Princes, Georgetown, last year.

A man has been sentenced to three months in prison after pleading guilty to assaulting his wife by whipping her with a cable.

A man was yesterday sentenced to three months behind bars for spitting on a woman who insulted him.

The tug and barge that crashed into the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) on Monday was not anchored in a correct position, the investigation by the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has found.

Attorney General Basil Williams SC has moved to have the High Court strike out the application by attorney Anil Nandlall to compel Cabinet’s resignation.

A Canefield man is now hospitalised after a collision resulted in him being pinned by a minibus along the Rose Hall, Canje Public Road yesterday morning.

As part of an ongoing Central Government support programme for all municipalities throughout Guyana, the Communities Ministry on Thursday donated a new $45 million garbage truck to the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC).

The caretaker APNU+AFC administration today released to the media a list of approved road contracts worth $714.51m for regions 4, 6 and 10.

The investigation into alleged corrupt practices involving Deputy Commissioner of Police Lyndon Alves has cleared him of any criminal conduct, according to Commissioner of Police Leslie James.

The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) today announced that it was seeking to recover $2.7b from Queens Atlantic Investment Inc over its controversial deal for the former Sanata Textiles and $274m from the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry for the purchase of the Kingston property that is now its headquarters.

Convicted drug kingpin Roger Khan was yesterday scheduled to be deported to Guyana but was told at the last minute that the journey was postponed, his attorney Glen Hanoman last night said.