Guyana News

Works on the sea defence at Prospect, Mahaica, Region Five, and the surrounding areas are expected to begin within two weeks, according to head of the River and Sea Defence Department of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Kevin Samad.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board, for the operating of the Haags Bosch Landfill and other municipal landfills.

Residents of Kwebana, Moruca, in Region One are now the proud beneficiaries of a newly-built Cassava Processing Factory.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), in observing Eid ul Fitr today, an observance marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, is encouraging Muslims to work toward unity by promoting peace and harmony.

Naomi Adams, one of five teens accused of killing retired professor Pariedeau Mars at his Prashad Nagar home, is now awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to a manslaughter charge.

The National Emergency Monitoring System (NEMS) is currently monitoring an eruption of natural gas in Mabaruma, Region One that occurred sometime this morning.

The Special Purpose Unit (SPU) established to facilitate the privatisation of the three sugar estates closed by the APNU+AFC government is hoping to complete its first sale in July even as it says it is battling to access information from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

Police investigators are still trying to determine how the accident that claimed the life of seven-year-old Ciarra Benjamin occurred along the Agricola Public Road on Saturday afternoon, Traffic Chief Linden Isles said yesterday.

Relatives are seeking answers in relation to a Berbice woman and her baby, who died within a day of each other, following the infant’s delivery at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.

A city magistrate yesterday found two men guilty of trafficking 20.6 pounds of cocaine, which had been found in frozen fish by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), and sentenced them to four years in prison and fined them $25 million each.

Even as it complains that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is not accounting for monies provided through the $30b bond acquired for the industry, the Special Purpose Unit (SPU) has said it will continue to fund the company.

Police in ‘C’ division are investigating the death of a Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara (WBD) labourer, whose partially decomposed body was found outside of his home.

Over 600 farmers stand to be affected by flooding in Region Five if breaches in the sea defence are not fixed soon, Regional Chairman Vickchand Ramphal said.

A businessman was yesterday faced with six charges, including resisting arrest and assaulting two police officers, after he reportedly got into an argument with his ex-wife’s current husband.

Commissioner of Police Leslie James yesterday maintained that despite a few “sensational” crimes of recent, there has not been an upsurge.

Eight charges, including failure to give notice of termination and to pay severance, were yesterday laid against Guyana Stores Limited by the Department of Labour on behalf of two former porters who were dismissed by the company.

Senior Magistrate Leron Daly is expected to make a ruling in the next two weeks on whether a case has been made out against Maryann Daby, who is charged with the attempted murder of a police officer.

A Black Bush Polder man who was nabbed by police last Thursday, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the possession of narcotics.

The village of Aishalton is now virtually cut off from Lethem in Region Nine after torrential rains and a flash flood over the weekend destroyed a culvert and washed away sections of a bridge.

The sergeant who is the main suspect in the incident which allegedly caused the death of Special Lance Corporal Carlos Alleyne, remains on duty.