Guyana News

Embattled Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton this morning pleaded with the public to give him another chance to “do better” as he apologised for giving false information to the National Assembly on the controversial Charlestown pharmaceutical bond and promised that he would conduct more “due diligence” in the future.

-Jagdeo says deal must be cancelled   Public Health Minister Dr George Norton has presented Parliament with the contract for the controversial Charlestown drug bond but without signatures and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo last evening said nothing short of a revocation of the deal would suffice.

Terani Goolsarran, the man who is accused of killing 14-year-old Akeem Grimmond, was yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

The police on the Essequibo Coast are conducting investigations into the death of a Better Success rice farmer, who was reportedly killed by his sister in an act of self defence.

A welder is now dead after a gas tank he was welding next to exploded.

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo has denied a statement in a USAID report that the APNU+AFC coalition government had proposed a unity government that was rejected by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).

After the discovery of the body of fisherman Levan Chanderpaul, who was beaten and chopped, a suspect, who had previously threatened him, is among the persons who have been detained by police.

Although she found her 19-year-old son hanging in her house, a woman is not convinced that he killed himself and she wants answers from the police.

The family of Jerome Singh who was fatally struck down on the Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara public road say they are still awaiting for justice to be served.

While the Mayor and City Council has made no apparent effort to implement central government’s recommendations in relation to the contentious parking meter contract, its partner, Smart City Solutions (SCS) has begun recruiting staff.

Workers of the Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) will now have tax exemptions on their overtime, according to Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence.

Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence has urged Indigenous leaders to be more proactive in tackling the social ills that affect their communities and specifically Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and sexual abuse.

Officials of the RUSAL-run Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) were yesterday accused of hiring employees on a contractual basis in order to deny the country of funds usually paid under the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) and Pay As You Earn (PAYE) schemes.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) is moving to have all its documents on contracts and other business stored in one place and it advertised on Wednesday for bidders to construct a $104M centre.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has said that it finds “absurd” that the government’s proposed differentiated wage increases is its “final offer” as allowances and de-bunching are still unaddressed.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Prosecutor Konyo Sandiford-Thompson yesterday closed her case against Barry Dataram and three others accused of trafficking 284 pounds of cocaine that were found at his Diamond Housing Scheme residence.

A Kitty woman was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with possession of cocaine.

Use of local resources in the extraction of oil was emphasised on Tuesday by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) in a meeting with EEPGL, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil which found a huge hydrocarbon deposit offshore last year.

After being shot several times about her body while she was in the front seat of her friend’s car, Gailann Chacon is currently in a stable condition and recovering.

The prosecution yesterday closed its case in the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the charge against Regan Rodrigues, the man accused of murdering political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing.