Guyana News

A robbery charge which was “struck out” on Friday due to the absence of the police rank required to swear to the truth of the information in the charge, was read yesterday to ex-convict Winston Long, who was remanded to prison on yet another robbery charge.

An East Coast Demerara man has filed a $50 million lawsuit against government for injuries he allegedly sustained at the hands of ranks at the Vigilance Police Station in December last year.

Bail was granted for a 39-year-old man who was charged with a robbery offence on Friday at a city court.

An 18-year-old was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with two robberies, including one in which the victim was brutalised.

A short while after being granted bail, a 31-year-old larceny accused heard that the charge against him was dismissed after the complainant told a city court that she wasn’t going to offer evidence against him.

A Guyana Adventist Medical Aviation Services plane with two persons and a dead body onboard this evening crash-landed in the wetlands area behind Nismes on the West Bank of Demerara and a rescue effort is currently underway.

The Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI), which is controlled by Russian Aluminium (RUSAL), today fired 61 striking workers and its management refused to attend a scheduled conciliation meeting at the Department of Labour.

Attorney at law, Christopher Ram today lodged a formal complaint with the Commissioner of Police, Leslie James on   possible violations of the laws of Guyana by members of the National Assembly who hold dual citizenship.

After March 21st, CARICOM’s attitude to the Guyana government will be under a high degree of scrutiny as the David Granger administration will be “illegal,” co-founder of A New and United Guyana (ANUG), Ralph Ramkarran says.

A stroke-afflicted woman died at her Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara home during a fire yesterday that destroyed the building leaving several other persons homeless.

With works on the US$100M expansion of the Pegasus Hotel forging ahead, Business Minister Dominic Gaskin believes the venture will inspire interest from foreign investors and spike competition within the local industry.

The recently formed Civil Society Forum (CSF) met with Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo last Thursday and urged him to meet and work together with President David Granger to find a solution to the stalemate surrounding pending general elections.

The recent 11th and 12th oil discoveries offshore Guyana will lead to a more complex form of field and area development that will also incorporate gas development, Head of the Department of Energy (DoE) Mark Bynoe says.

People’s National Con-gress (PNC) Chairwoman and Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence promised residents of D’Urban Backlands to rectify issues including the lack of birth certificates, a deplorable road and absence of street lights during one of her party’s outreaches yesterday afternoon.

Head of the Department of Energy (DoE) Mark Bynoe told Berbicians on Friday that they must work to prepare themselves for opportunities that will come from the oil and gas sector, since the country has just scratched the surface.

Twenty-six police ranks, along with four civilians, on Friday graduated from a one-week training programme on crime prevention among at-risk youths.

Canadian police say that Roopesh Rajkumar of Guyana sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound before being arrested in connection with his daughter’s murder.

Several residents of Santa Rosa Village, on Friday staged a protest against their Toshao, Whanita Phillips, who they have accused of being unprofessional and biased in her capacity as village leader.

The Albouystown boys injured in a motorcycle crash in the city ward last week are at home recovering and the mother of Jayden Primo, the 8-year-old who was hit along with his friend Emmanuel Fletchman, 7, is thankful that his life was spared.

The Global Maritime Consultants Group (GMCG) has completed a three-day oil and gas training programme on offshore activities, and in the coming months will be offering more comprehensive and direct programmes, Global Business head for the company, Nandalal Aher said.