Guyana News

Devendra Singh, a GuySuCo Training Centre lecturer, was last Tuesday sentenced to four years in jail after he was found guilty of killing a pedal cyclist.

An Annandale tailor is presently nursing several stab wounds about his body after he was attacked by two young men at his home.

The Buxton man who was stabbed on Monday  by his child’s mother and is currently in a stable condition in hospital, says it wasn’t the first time that the woman had attacked him and whenever he had reported the incidents to the police they would not take him seriously.

Several vendors who have for years plied their trade in the vicinity of the Bourda Market are today mourning the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in produce after the city administration decided to stop all vending on Robb Street between Alexander and Bourda Streets.

The Ministry of Public Health is being threatened with litigation by a taxpayer if it does not cancel the controversial contract for rental of the Sussex Street bond, at a rate of $12.5M per month, for the storage of pharmaceuticals.

An America Street money-changer is now in critical condition after he was shot and robbed yesterday morning during an attack by a gunman, a short while after exiting a speedboat at the Georgetown stelling.

Parbhudyal Tarchand, the Albion man who was on trial for the second time at the High Court in Berbice for allegedly strangling his wife, was found not guilty on Thursday last by a jury.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall has said that he had previously told the government that using the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to investigate matters outside of financial crimes may violate Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations but was ignored.

The trial of driver Ron Cole, who is charged with causing the death of traffic officer Nakosi ‘Kelvin’ La Fleur, who was struck down while on duty, continued on Monday with the testimony of the crime scene photographer.

The Ministry of Natural Resources, yesterday announced Government’s intention to establish an onshore oil and gas facility in Guyana to fully optimise opportunities for the country in the area of petroleum exploration and production.

In the aftermath of the freak storm at Blenheim, Leguan, the residents have been able to repair the damage done to their homes, except for one senior.

Billion-dollar bids were opened yesterday for the Design, Supply and Installation of Water Treatment Facilities and the Upgrade of Reticulation at Utivlugt, Diamond and Sheet Anchor.

The National Air Transport Association (NATA) has raised concerns over congestion at the Eugene F Correia International Airport, whose spokesman Kit Nascimento has called the claims “nonsense.”

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) says it recently completed a year and a half of data gathering in wind measurement.

Minister of Public Health, Dr George Norton, over the weekend delivered drugs and other medical supplies to 15 health facilities which had reported drug shortages in the Moruca Sub-Region in Region One.

A porter was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in jail after he admitted to snatching a woman’s money out of her hands just as she exited a city ATM.

A 15-year-old boy was among two persons who were charged yesterday with stealing an ATV valued over $3 million.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) today called on the government and the parliamentary parties to convene a special parliamentary meeting to swiftly set up the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) and the Integrity Commission.

Approximately 180 workers have been retrenched by Barama Company Limited, according to General Manager Mohindra Chand, who says that a drastic slowdown in the market is largely to blame but the government’s protracted review of the company’s contract for renewal has also contributed.

The police last night said that a suspect in Sunday’s murder of Cummings Lodge woman, Anita Mohan has confessed and they are now in search of an accomplice.