Guyana News

A 76-year-old man was on Sunday night found dead in his ransacked home with his throat slashed and the police suspect that he was the victim of a robbery.

The dangers of eating expired food might be open to debate, but selling it isn’t.

The driver of one of the cars that was involved in the fatal accident on the Mahaicony Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Saturday, which claimed the life of a four-year-old, succumbed to her injuries yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

The need for urgent solutions to longstanding indigenous land issues, a revision of the Amerindian Act and increased stipends for Toshaos were the focus of the opening ceremony of the 10th annual National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference, which began yesterday at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre.

The body of a 14-year-old boy was discovered in a Corentyne burial ground, some 300 feet from his home yesterday afternoon and the police have since arrested a suspect.

A late night, hit and run accident on Sunday has left a woman in critical condition, whilst her husband and niece were also injured.

A second person was yesterday charged with murdering taxi driver Orin David, who was gunned down on August 1.

Residents of the West Coast Berbice are disputing claims made by Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) Frederick Flatts that the tender for rehabilitation of Trafalgar pumps was cancelled and the job sole-sourced because of more flooding.

The driver accused of causing the accident that claimed the life of Wavel Sabsook, also known as ‘Bashment,’ was yesterday placed on over $1,000,000 bail after denying charges that he caused the man’s death and drove while under the influence of alcohol.

The St Lucian Cub Scout, who was seriously injured in an accident along Woolford Avenue last month, departed Guyana along with his mother on Sunday.

Lear Goring, a close friend of Guyana Water Inc’s (GWI) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Richard Van West-Charles and who has been employed as the Debt Collection Manager at the utility company, is believed to be a convicted drug trafficker.

A landlady yesterday admitted to a court to removing a door and window panes from a tenant’s apartment, saying that she did so out of anger because she had not been paid rent since May.

Patrick Goodluck, one of the two suspected bandits captured and severely beaten by a group of persons in North Ruimveldt last week, has been charged and remanded to prison, although his lawyer claims that he is a victim of a case of mistaken identity.

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan is set to present the government’s 2017 national budget on December 5, according to President David Granger.

A suggestion by President David Granger for the establishment of an authority to monitor policies on indigenous affairs has Pauline Sukhai, former minister of what is now the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs and a PPP/C MP, worried that it would be an attempt to usurp the independence of the National Toshaos Council (NTC).

Three weeks after a freak storm caused three electrical poles to topple in the village of Pearl on the East Bank Demerara, residents are still awaiting assistance from the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL).

Two weeks after calling for an “urgent meeting” at which councillors could discuss the findings of the government’s review of the contentious parking system contract between City Hall and Smart City Solutions Inc (SCS), Mayor Patricia Chase Green has indicated that the meeting will take place this week.

The man who was shot by police on Friday night outside of the Camp Street Prison is still to be identified.

Although government has said that the Walter Roth museum is being relocated to accommodate a department of the Ministry of the Presidency at the Main Street site, People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Clement Rohee yesterday said the “nation deserves an explanation” for the decision.

After more than a three-week delay, a date has been set for the commencement of the trial of the three accused in the Ramada Princess Casino robbery.