Guyana News

The Guyana Manganese Inc (GMI) miners who recently fell ill after working in tunnels at Matthews Ridge, in Region One, should have had protective gear, Occupational Health and Safety Department consultant at the Ministry of Social Protection Gwyneth King said yesterday.

Minister with responsibility for housing Valerie Adams-Yearwood yesterday reiterated that she had no hand in the award of Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) contracts to her husband and that she only became aware of them when he informed her.

A 20-year-old construction worker is now dead, and several others were injured, following an early morning accident along the Land of Canaan Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), yesterday.

A group of armed bandits on Sunday evening escaped with over $11 million in cash and cellular phones after ambushing a Vilvoorden, Essequibo businessman and his family.

A policy insisting that ministers declare ownership of private companies here, and outlining how government would address such issues, needs to be created in the interest of transparency, head of the Transparency Institute Guyana Inc.

A pedal cyclist of Mocha, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was yesterday afternoon fatally struck down in a hit-and-run accident which occurred on the Providence, EBD Public Road.

Up to press time last evening, there was still no word from the police force on the submission of a damning report from the recently-concluded audit of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU).

Cane cutters from the Uitvlugt Estate staged a picketing exercise yesterday, calling on the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) management to provide them with a “fair week’s work”, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) said.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) was unable to fund the construction of a command centre for the Safe City initiative, the bank’s Country Representative Sophie Makonnen said yesterday, while clarifying recent statements by Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan who indicated that funding was pulled over concerns about Chinese firm Huawei.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has rejected a call made by the opposition for the shutdown of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) due to evidence of fraud, urging instead that capacity building initiatives be instituted so the “agency can serve its purpose”.

Nazarene Haniff, the businesswoman who was discovered dead in her Essequibo home last Friday following a suspected robbery, was sexually assaulted and strangled to death, an autopsy confirmed.

American airline service JetBlue, has not formally applied to the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) for operations in Guyana, Director General Egbert Fields said yesterday, amid reports of the airline’s intention to operate in Guyana.

A mechanic was yesterday taken before a city court, where he was accused of causing the death of a man who was struck down last November.

ExxonMobil Guyana yesterday announced the installation of its first subsea tree for its Liza Phase 1 Development Project, offshore Guyana.

The trial of Junior Anthony Henry, also called ‘Oswald,’ for the 2013 killing of Michael Hamilton commenced yesterday morning before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

Residents of the South Rupununi, Region Nine, will now benefit from improved emergency health services, as a $15M ambulance was presented to the Aishalton District Hospital on April 14, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.

The Ministry of Citizenship is looking to partner with the Guyana Police Force to train ranks stationed in border locations on the registration of births, Minister Winston Felix has announced, noting that Eteringbang in Region Seven will be used as a pilot for the project’s implementation.

A Brazilian national was yesterday fined $30,000 and ordered deported after he admitted to using a bicycle to ride over to Guyana and failing to present himself to an immigration officer.

The Region Two administration has completed $6 million worth of rehabilitative works on the Lot 5 Farmer’s Access Road at Devonshire Castle on the Essequibo Coast, a 1,500 metre road upgrade expected to improve the livelihoods of 100 farmers.

The Region 10 Regional Democratic Council (RDC), has fulfilled a commitment made to the students of the Cyril Potter College of Education’s Linden Centre, to supply fans to the institution, the region has reported.