Guyana News

An Alness, Corentyne pensioner has been  hospitalised, after two armed bandits invaded his home yesterday morning, in a robbery attempt that yielded them $5,000 cash, a cellphone and a gold ring.

The Open Doors Centre, a national vocational training centre for persons with disabilities, yesterday hosted its 9th graduation exercise at the Herdmanston Lodge in Georgetown.

While signalling the start of an audit investigation into the printing of Ministry of Education text books, Auditor General Deodat Sharma said yesterday that he finds it “strange” that the Guyana National Printers Limited (GNPL) was able to determine that local printers did not have the capacity to do the printing.

Residents of Port Kaituma are furious over the poor garbage collection service offered by the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).

A second workshop on Oil Spill Planning and Readi-ness Assessment began on Wednesday as the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) works to finalise contingency planning and it announced that a draft disaster risk management bill is to be released this week.

Having harvested 91% of its crop, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has found itself on track to achieving its first crop target of 33,863 tonnes of sugar, the company’s Corporate Communications Manager, Audreyanna Thomas says.

As the police probe into the accident that claimed the life of Garnett Street carpenter, Deonarine Singh more than a week ago continues, the driver was on Wednesday released on bail after he was charged with two traffic-related offences stemming from the said accident.

A miner who admitted to stealing batteries from a businessman in Linden, was yesterday fined after he was charged with the offence.

The circumstances and justification for President David Granger’s rejection of three lists of candidates for Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was one of the areas that CCJ judges yesterday grilled the government’s lawyers about.

Three policemen, one of whom was also charged with raping a Venezuelan woman, were granted bail yesterday, after being jointly charged with three counts of robbery in which it is alleged they relieved Trafficking in Persons victims of over 15 pennyweights of gold.

Trinidad construction company Dipcon has moved to the courts for Finance Minister Winston Jordan be held in jail for failing to pay it the US$2,228,400.67 it was awarded since 2015.

One of the men suspected to have been involved in the murder of taxi driver Marlon Rodney, was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the offence.

A Special Lance Corporal succumbed at a city hospital on Saturday afternoon, hours after he was beaten by another rank while he was stationed at the Special Constabulary Headquarters on Princes Street, Wortmanville.

Days after the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) temporarily halted pumping water from the Port Kaituma River due to quality concerns, a new well was put into service and fishing practices have been seen as the cause of the problems experienced.

Kenkassie Lynch, who is one of the men accused of murdering Mocha mechanic Terrence Lanferman, was yesterday found guilty of the crime and is awaiting sentencing.

Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge, who was forced to step down because of his dual citizenship will remain at that ministry, President David Granger said yesterday before noting that while all the details have not yet been finalised, a key role in the ongoing border controversy with Venezuela and Guyana’s economic relations with other countries are on the cards.

A shortage of Banks Beer and other Banks DIH alcoholic beverages continues to sweep the country, and retailers are unsure of when they will be able to restock.

President David Granger yesterday swore in two persons to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), a body which he described as  the “guardian of the public interest.”

Trevor Williams, who was charged with shooting a man dead in 2013, was yesterday freed of the charge, after Justice Navindra Singh upheld a no-case submission.

Guyanese looking to apply for entry positions into the oil and gas industry, will now be presented the opportunity, as Schlumberger Guyana will be hosting a career fair on Saturday.