Guyana News

A Cuban chef, who was arrested at the Mabura checkpoint after the police discovered that he overstayed in the country, was yesterday fined for the offence and ordered deported.

Bail was yesterday granted to the three men who the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) says it intercepted during a drug deal at Parika after trading almost five pounds of cocaine.

The challenge filed by the Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI) to government’s temporary takeover of the bridge and its efforts to prevent a planned hike in tolls is set for hearing on October 8th before acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire.

Twenty-eight persons on Thursday received certificates for completing a capacity building programme on web accessibility that is intended to ensure vital information and services are accessible to all citizens and particularly persons with disabilities.

Shaniya Persaud, the seven-year-old who was burnt in a fire that gutted her Mon Repos North, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home almost two weeks ago, underwent a skin grafting procedure yesterday in the United States.

Investigators are yet to determine the cause of last Saturday’s fire, which destroyed the home and three vehicles belonging to acting Commander of ‘G’ Division (Essequibo Coast and Islands) Superintendent Crystal Robinson Stewartville, West Coast Demerara (WCD).

Police Constable #2045 Winston Cooper, the Presidential Guard who succumbed at a city hospital on Wednesday, more than a month after he was found lying on Mandela Avenue with serious wounds to his head, died as a result of complications from his injuries.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has commissioned the lift for the pedestrian walkway at Peter’s Hall, on the East Bank of Demerara.

The Guyana Police Force has reported the arrest of six men and the discovery of a number of suspected stolen items following an intelligence-led operation conducted by ranks of ‘B’ Division in Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam.

Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix today said that the majority of Haitians who arrived here between January and July this year reported to Brazilian immigration authorities when they crossed the border here.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today noted with concern a statement made by the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation.

A long-awaited meeting of the fully constituted GECOM yesterday failed to yield an expected decision on the holding of general and regional elections.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said the PPP/C would not recognise key actions taken after the passage of the no-confidence motion, including approval for a deal made by oil explorer CGX and the legal architecture for the oil revenues fund.

Government plans to introduce the HIV transmission countermeasure Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a move welcomed by rights advocate Joel Simpson, who described it as an important first step and expressed hope that the drug would eventually be available countrywide.

Two civil society groups yesterday staged a small protest outside of the Ministry of the Presidency to push for President David Granger to announce a date for elections and the resignation of his Cabinet.

Michael Bhopaul remains the Guyanese student with the largest number of Grade I passes—16—at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), Shanomae Milling of St Roses High School has been able to secure a total of 17 Grade I and II passes over the two years of the programme.

The Region Ten Regional Democratic Council (RDC) has dispatched a medical team to Lamp Island, Sub Region Two, Upper Berbice, to assess rising floodwaters, which have residents on edge.

Anil Nandlall, the attorney for Christopher Ram, who had filed a court challenge to the ongoing house-to-house registration process, yesterday said that he would not appeal the ruling by acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire that the exercise is lawful.

The current political climate is partly to blame for the delay of the government’s divestment of some of the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) estates, according to Minister of Finance Winston Jordan.

The family of Kurt Duncan, the Sophia man who was fatally shot by an ex-policeman two weeks ago during a scuffle at Seeta’s Bar, is fearful that his murder will become a cold case like that of his brother, who was murdered almost nine years ago.