Guyana News

Forestry expert Janette Bulkan has backed the United Kingdom’s decision to ban the importation of greenheart from Guyana for government projects since it was not from a sustainable source, although the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) said that the forests are well managed and the timber is from legal sources.

Expressing concern over the persistence of unsafe practices carried out by mining firms, the Ministry of Natural Resources announced that it would launched a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the latest mining death.

Amazon Caribbean (Amcar) took its canned Wild Acai Hearts of Palm and other products to the Natural Products Expo in Baltimore, USA recently, where it was the only company representing not just Guyana, but the entire Caribbean.

Carl Braithwaite, who police say stabbed a nine-year-old boy during an attack in the city, was yesterday sentenced to nine months in jail for the crime.

Mahase Gangadin, who was charged in April with fraudulently converting over $500,000 in items entrusted to him, was yesterday found guilty of the offence.

Howard De Santos, the young minibus driver who was charged last year with causing the death of his uncle, was yesterday acquitted after a city court held that there was no case made out against him by the prosecution.

The relatives of the two missing fishermen are not satisfied at the pace of the police’s investigation and are calling on all of the authorities to assist them.

The mother of two who was shot by her partner on Saturday last, remains in the hospital and is slowly recuperating.

A worker attached to the Skeldon Estate lost his life yesterday afternoon after a swarm of Africanised bees attacked him at the backdam where he was working.

Hundreds turned up on Sunday for the Pink Ribbon Walk in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which was supported for the second year by the Nestle Svelty brand.

The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into a Berbice school following allegations that a teacher was using drugs and encouraging students to do the same by saying “It is okay to take a pull”.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Paul Ryan, the top Republican in the U.S.

Fire has erupted again at the Gafoor’s  complex at Houston on the East Bank Demerara.

In a message to mark fire prevention week which began yesterday, Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan disclosed that this year to date 75 buildings have been destroyed by fire and 17 were severely damaged.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – A “massive response” is needed to help Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew and the United Nations is mobilizing on all fronts to help get the recovery under way, U.N.

(Trinidad Express) Venezuela, Colombia and Dominican Republic are three of the six major countries from which people are trafficked to Trinidad and Tobago.

Former President Donald Ramotar yesterday condemned the government’s move to compulsorily acquire land belonging to High Commissioner to Canada, Clarissa Riehl and her husband and denied that the former PPP/C administration had initiated this plan.

A fisherman yesterday relived an agonising 29 hours at sea after the boat he was in capsized and he swam for several hours to the shores of Trinidad and Tobago but two other crewmembers, a father and son are still missing.

An East Coast Demerara father of two died on Saturday after a mining pit at Rock Creek, Puruni caved in while he was working in it.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday stated that neither he nor President David Granger offered trade unionist Carvil Duncan monies in return for him resigning from several constitutional offices.