Guyana News

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.

Joyce Lawrence, of Plantation Grove, who was charged in February with trafficking a 16-year-old girl for labour, was yesterday found guilty of the crime and ordered to pay her victim almost $900,000 or face 12 months in jail.

-seeking possession of Cove and John site The Guyana Sevashram Sangha and its trustees have moved to the courts seeking to remove a former Swami from the Hindu organisation’s Cove and John location where he continues to live although he was expelled from the monastic order.

A freak storm on Sunday afternoon damaged 13 homes, uprooted trees and caused a blackout at Blenheim, Leguan, where some residents say they need help to do repairs.

An Anna Regina bar owner was yesterday ordered to post $1 million bail to secure his release after he was charged with two counts of human trafficking in a city court.

Local Dynamic Airways (DIA) spokesman Gerry Gouveia says the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) review of the airline’s air transportation fitness does not affect its flying schedule or status here.

Veersammy Narine, the businessman recently charged with attempting to bribe a police officer, was yesterday granted his release on bail by the High Court.

-as centenary celebrated The Berbice High School (BHS) yesterday celebrated 100 years of existence under the theme ‘Seizing the opportunity to train and build a cohesive society’.

Diabetic patients who would usually benefit from a public supply of insulin have been forced to buy their medication from private pharmacies since public hospitals and health centres in some regions are experiencing a shortage.

-after posing as customers   A Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara shop owner and her brother were beaten and robbed yesterday when six gunmen, two of whom posed as customers, attacked her business.

While the United States is currently assisting Guyana in putting mechanisms in place to address any occurrence of an offshore oil spill, it also recognises that work must be done to put policies in place to ensure sound environmental practices for the petroleum sector.

-management denies removal due to pregnancy National Communications Network (NCN) journalist Natasha Smith is calling for a full probe to be done by the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU), the Guyana Press Association (GPA) and the Ministry of Social Protection to determine why she was relieved of her duties as a news presenter.

The taxi driver who hit and killed Osmond Griffith, the main witness in the faeces assault on newspaper columnist Freddie Kissoon, will today face charges, including causing the man’s death.

The Region One Administration is seeking to convert an abandoned bond in Central Port Kaituma into a market to relocate some of the vendors from the congested waterfront.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Friday said that its arrears collection up to July this year was $921m and not the $1.8b it had erroneously stated at a press conference on August 10, 2016.