Guyana News

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today said that Surinamese President Desire Delano Bouterse will pay a one day working visit to Guyana tomorrow to meet with President David Granger.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – St. Kitts Patriots announced today their stunning acquisition of Twenty20 batting sensation Chris Gayle from the Jamaica Tallawahs for the next season of the Caribbean Premier League.

Patricia Chase-Green has been returned to the position of Mayor of Georgetown after Sherod Duncan withdrew just before the Georgetown Mayor & City Council was set to vote for a new mayor.

Trade unions and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) today said they are still seeking an audience with key leaders in the National Assembly on budget 2017 but are yet to hear from the government side or the Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Barton Scotland.

Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) tolls for private cars and taxis will jump from $100 to $200, among other increases, it was revealed in parliament yesterday, prompting the opposition PPP/C to call for their rescission.

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson came under fire yesterday in the National Assembly after it was discovered that $500M was allocated to his ministry to pay off debts for the controversial D’Urban Park Development Project (DPDP) and the private company which mobilized cash and kind for it.

In a bid to revitalize agriculture and address unemployment in several villages, which Minister of Finance Winston Jordan dubbed as “neglected”, a loan-grant agreement was signed yesterday between the Ministry of Finance and the Caribbean Development Fund (CDF) for US$10.4 million.

North East La Penitence man Matthew Scott died shortly after he was shot on Tuesday night after rushing to the aid of his sister and a neighbour, who were attacked by armed robbers just a few houses from where they reside.

Chairman of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) Hamilton Green said last evening that the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) has written asking for information which will assist in the probe into the allocations of land at ‘Pradoville 2’, Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara.

A daring midday robbery at Main Street’s Tower Suites where an accountant was relieved of $2.9 million cash, ended with two men being apprehended following a high speed chase by the police.

With the sugar industry not being profitable anymore, Chief Executive Officer of GuySuCo, Errol Hanoman says it is best to have a smaller sugar industry with quite a significant diversification programme.”

Labelling government’s one-off bonus of $25,000 for public servants earning under $500,000 per month as meagre, the GPSU yesterday called on the government to resume unfinished negotiations for 2016.

The Georgetown City Council is set for mayoral elections today and the incumbent Patricia Chase-Green is expected to be challenged by Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan.

The hearing before the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) over the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s (GTT) landline rate increase proposal was adjourned until next year after the commission requested additional documents yesterday.

Following a trial in the New Amsterdam Magistrate Court before Magistrate Alex Moore, a mother of thirteen, from the East Bank of Berbice was found guilty of three counts of child neglect, last week Monday.

One of the suspects who was detained in relation to Monday’s home invasion during which cambio dealer Devendra Churaman was robbed of millions in cash and jewellery was yesterday positively identified as a member of the gang who committed the crime.

On Tuesday evening, City Constable Ragland Williams, 52, was attacked at the Merriman Mall playground by two bandits, who stabbed him about his body in what he related were efforts to steal a bicycle.

Family members of Rajwantie Baldeo, the US-based Guyanese woman who was hacked to death in Queens, New York more than one week ago yesterday paid their last respects to her during a funeral service held at her Enmore, East Coast Demerara home.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force are investigating a robbery under arms committed on an employee of the Tower Suites on Main Street, Georgetown at 1230h today, by two males, who have since been apprehended by the police.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC- Sports psychologist Dr.Rudi Webster has welcomed the appointment of former West Indies cricketer Jimmy Adams as the region’s new Director of cricket.