Guyana News

LES CAYES, Haiti, (Reuters) – The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade battered Haiti’s southwest coast with 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and surging seas that flooded coastal towns on Tuesday, tearing at trees and rooftops before moving out to sea.

Days after they apparently skipped the jurisdiction, embarrassing the authorities, the police this afternoon issued a wanted bulletin for drug trafficker Barry Dataram and his wife, Anjanie.

(Reuters) – Tropical storm Nicole has formed about 525 miles (840 kilometers) northeast of San Juan in Puerto Rico, the U.S.

In an historic decision, the Bid Protest Committee (BPC) has ruled in favour of Puran Brothers Disposal in relation to an appeal by Cevons Waste Management over the award of a $221m one-year contract for the management of the Haags Bosch Landfill site.

The three sugar unions: GAWU, NAACIE and the GLU in a joint statement today expressed disappointment at the content of a meeting they had with GuySuCo on September 29 on the future of the industry.

University of Guyana (UG) Vice-Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith has committed to seek to reverse a recent decision to implement an annual 5% increase in tuition fees from the 2016/2017 academic year.

Frustration stemming from months of delayed salary payments led City Council workers to protest for the removal of Town Clerk Royston King yesterday.

Workers of Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL), located at Mabura Hill, Region 10, yesterday staged a protest outside the company’s head office in Georgetown to press for salary increases they have been expecting since last year.

The police have recovered the car used to carry out Sunday evening’s attempted robbery outside the Demerara Bank at Camp Street and South Road, during which a Professional Guard Service (PGS) guard was shot and two others were grazed by bullets.

Ninety-seven workers of the Wales Estate are expected to be paid their severance benefits on Friday following the conclusion of a court case last week.

A decision by the United Kingdom last year to restrict greenheart purchases from Guyana has had a negative impact and government and the private sector are working together to gain re-entry to that market.

Next year seems brighter for the dismally resourced Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) as the APNU+AFC administration has budgeted funds that would enable the agency to acquire its own office and laboratories and fulfil its vast mandate, Director Marlan Cole, says.

The Stabroek Market clock is likely to start ticking again in time to ring in the New Year as its rehabilitation is expected to be finished by December 31.

Two stakeholders are hoping that the other members of the committee behind this month’s Coconut Festival will review their decision to have alcoholic beverages sold at the event as they believe this will take away from its educational objective.

Colonel George Lewis was yesterday promoted to the rank of Brigadier before being sworn in as the new Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) by President David Granger.

There are exactly 41 Education Welfare Officers, providing information, advice, guidance and support to the nearly 190,000 children in the 970 public schools across the country.

Seion Odinga Brammer, who is currently on trial for possession for ganja trafficking, has told a court that he only claimed the drugs belonged to him because the arresting officers told him that if he didn’t his mother would go down as well.

Cabinet has granted its no-objection to $90.8 million for community roads at Yarrowkabra, Linden/Soesdyke Highway and $40 million for rip-rap sea defences at Aurora, Essequibo Coast.

The police were up to yesterday afternoon working to enhance camera footage obtained in an effort to identify the man who shot and injured a young couple on Saturday evening.

A teen, who is facing several charges of robbery, was yesterday remanded to prison by a city magistrate after he denied a new armed robbery charge.