Guyana News

A sergeant in the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is now recuperating after he was burned on Thursday whilst on an exercise outside of Georgetown.

A disgruntled buyer has moved to the High Court to protect his interest in property in the exclusive Windsor Estates, after saying developer Navigant Builders Inc have failed to complete construction of a house on the land as was agreed some three years ago.

In the issues of Stabroek News of Tuesday, January 16, 2007 and Wednesday, January 17, 2007 and in subsequent issues we published statements indicating that the plaintiff Dr Nanda Gopaul then occupying the position of Permanent Secretary, Office of the President, had directed the Government Information Agency (GINA) to withdraw government advertisements from the Stabroek News.

Prayer Palace Assembly of God Church is the latest victim in what has become a spate of thefts in East Canje Berbice, specifically in the Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme – Sheet Anchor area.

It has been almost two years since the body of Teyana Raghbeer was found floating in a trench aback of Adelphi Village, East Canje, and her mother is unhappy with pace of the police investigations, especially the release of suspects despite seemingly strong evidence.

Although justifying the leasing of the Sussex Street bond for the storage of drugs, the Cabinet Sub-Committee that reviewed the deal has recommended that government should try to negotiate a reduction of the agreed $12.5M monthly rental fee.

The two men accused of killing 13-year-old Daveanand Sanichar, following a row at a wedding house at Triumph, East Coast Demerara on Sunday, were yesterday charged with his murder.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will pilot a ‘flea market’ starting this weekend to allow persons selling back-to-school items to vend on the Regent Street between Cummings and Alexander streets.

Haroon Eshack, the taxi driver who crashed into a parked truck along the Chelsea Public Road, at Mahaica, was yesterday charged with the causing the death of his passenger, UK-based Guyanese Bibi O’Donovan.

A chauffeur has initiated civil proceedings in the High Court against Justice Navindra Singh and is claiming $5 million in damages for what he says was his unlawful arrest and false imprisonment on the judge’s orders.

Land titling and amendments to the Amerindian Act of 2006 are two of the topics that will be up for discussion at this year’s National Toshaos Conference, Chairman of the National Toshaos’ Council Joel Fredericks said yesterday.

The opposition PPP/C yesterday voiced concern at the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference being held just mere days before the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) also holds its Biennial Congress in the capital city and suggested that it was strategically engineered to amass numbers at the political party’s forum.

LBI estate workers, who have started chores at Enmore, are now calling to be severed if proper conditions are not met.

A protest on Thursday by dozens of Bosai Minerals Group workers in Linden has hastened negotiations between the company and their union on wages and benefits.

The University of Georgia’s testing of samples taken from a Region Six poultry farm in June did not find any trace of a poultry disease, according to Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) Dwight Walrond.

An almost 15 feet-tall ‘murti’ (statue) of the Hindu God Lord Hanuman was consecrated yesterday at the Blairmont Mandir, where President David Granger urged West Coast Berbice residents to use their religious faith to promote peace, unity and harmony.

An investigation into the accident that claimed the life of John Fernandes Limited stevedore Orin Morris has found that the accident could have been avoided had there been appropriate supervision.

Guyana Water Inc (GWI) and the Suriname Water Company (SWC) yesterday wrapped up a Water Partnership Programme, which GWI CEO Richard Van West-Charles said imparted invaluable experience that will be used to improve water quality and other aspects of the company.

The police were yesterday granted an additional 72 hours to detain the suspect who was held over the murder of 14-year-old Malika Hamilton as they continue their investigations.

A second suspect is to be charged with the August 1st murder of taxi driver Orin David, according to Acting Crime Chief Hugh Jessemy.