Guyana News

The Ministry of Natural Resources says that a Brazilian man lost his life in a mining accident in Micobie, Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni) last evening.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Hometown boy Evin Lewis went on a six-hitting spree to lead the charge with a pugnacious 91 that ended West Indies’ home season losing skid in style with a convincing seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the third Twenty20 International today here.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC — Pace legend Sir Curtly Ambrose has debunked recent assertions by West Indies Twenty20 captain Carlos Brathwaite and head coach Stuart Law, that the regional side is making progress despite losing the opening two games of the four-match series against Pakistan.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry today backed calls for the immediate revoking of the parking meters contract and at the same time posed a series of questions to the city and the government on the deal.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) has been certified as the registered proprietor of geographical indication, ‘Demerara Rum’.

Already dissatisfied with the scrapping of a five-year contract they had with government, young doctors are now bemoaning the removal of their tax-free allowance for working on-call and they want government to meet and discuss the issues with them.

Skeletal remains, suspected to be those of Lilwantie Balack, were yesterday found buried in a farm behind her Black Bush Polder home, where her husband directed police after he reportedly confessed to strangling her.

The University of Guyana (UG) Council on Thursday agreed to increase tuition fees for students over the next three academic years.

Bruce Lovell is leading a three-member Com-mission of Inquiry (CoI) that has been set up to probe the interception, detention and subsequent release of an unnamed vessel that was in Guyana’s sea space last month.

Having detained 2,000 cartons of ‘Buiwick’ tuna for its “misleading” labelling, the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Depart-ment (GA-FDD) will have to defend its decision to do so in the High Court.

Amidst mounting doubts over the fate of the East Demerara Sugar Estate, GuySuCo says that the poor turnout of cane harvesters is greatly affecting whether there will be sufficient land to plant at the next crop.

The long-awaited setting up of a local television station at Linden continues to face obstacles with the now 14-member board of the Region Ten Broadcasting Inc (RTBI) adjourning a meeting yesterday over the failure of founding director Sharma Solomon to provide other directors with the “articles of association.”

Panelists at a highly anticipated public symposium on Guyana’s constitutional reform process were faced last evening with questions over the lack of engagement by young people with the subject.

Business owners and residents of Eteringbang, Region Seven, have been left in a state of uncertainty following the “abrupt” closure of the Eteringbang Airstrip last Friday afternoon.

Seeking to do business in Guyana once again, Lawrence Duprey, Chairman of CL Financial and other officials of the company met with Minister of Finance Winston Jordan last Thursday and signaled plans to “make amends” for the approximately US$40M debt owed mainly to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS).

The Giftland Mall, as part of its corporate social responsibility, has launched its ‘Giftland Cares Sophia Project,’ aimed at developing the community.

Just weeks after winning praises for hammering away a wheel clamp from his vehicle, businessman Mikhail Rodrigues found himself in the spotlight once again yesterday when he was hauled a city court and charged with a $2 million fraud.

Leila Jagdeo, the 69-year-old woman who is accused of shooting Brandon Collins, the maintenance worker of the Alpha Hotel at Ogle, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Thursday, was yesterday charged and granted her release on bail.

Magistrate Fabayo Azore yesterday announced that she would proceed with the trial of former public service minister Dr Jennifer Westford and ex-ministry personnel officer Margaret Cummings, who are charged with the attempted larceny of state vehicles and forgery.

A man was yesterday committed to stand trial for the attempted murder of Mark Rodney, who was chopped outside a police outpost on Water Street last year.