Guyana News

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) had no fixed asset register despite having billions of dollars in equipment and management was unable to explain how it spent $1.8b in repairs over 2011-2014.

-solitary pump at key Trafalgar sluice   Photos by Keno George   With floodwater coursing down the Mahaicony River, several Region Five villages remained inundated yesterday and as farmers and householders counted their losses, questions were being raised as to why the drainage authority wasn’t doing more to relieve their plight.

The bloody body of a mechanic was on Thursday night found in his bed at his Madewini, East Bank Demerara house with numerous stab wounds leaving his family baffled as to what might have led to his murder.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for 20-year-old Shemar Wilson, who is suspected to be the mastermind in the lobbing of a grenade outside the Kaieteur News (KN) office last week Saturday, while five persons remain in custody.

Deliberate efforts were made to understate the cost of the Hope Canal Project for which the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) spent more than $257M though it was substantively funded from the PetroCaribe Fund.

Yogendra Persaud, a Grade Four pupil of Graham’s Hall Primary, collapsed during the break period at his school on Wednesday, and was later pronounced dead on arrival at a city hospital.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) with the help of the government has set up a $100m floating base at the mouth of the Waini River in the northwest to tackle piracy and other crimes.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has received 29 nominations for membership on the five-member Public Procurement Commission (PPC).

The murder trial of Kevin Washington and Dennecia Halley, the duo accused of murdering of seaman Antonio Isles in 2013 ended abruptly yesterday, owing to a lack of evidence.

The sudden decision by Trans Guyana Airways to suspend flights indefinitely to the North Rupununi has left residents cut off and concerns have been expressed over the effect on tourism in the district.

Teachers of Brickdam Secondary yesterday staged a sit-out in protest over conditions at their school.

A review of projects awarded by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority has shown that 75% of the works on the current budget are sole-sourced.

Nine volunteers from the Volunteer Support Platform travelled to Barbados yesterday to participate in the Guyana/ Barbados Youth Exchange Programme 2016.

Venezuela has denied that its army shot at Guyana Geology and Mines Com-mission (GGMC) workers last month while they were travelling in this country’s waters but Georgetown remains adamant the incident occurred.

Former Factory Manager of the Rose Hall Sugar Estate Deodat Singh has sued the Guyana Sugar Corporation Limited for allegedly wrongfully dismissing him and for breaching his employment contract.

Sixty-five vendors from Vreed-en-Hoop have agreed to relocate to enable the West Coast Demerara Road Improvement Project, a release from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure said yesterday.

A small group of persons staged a protest outside the Regional Democratic Council compound in Region Six on Thursday, calling for the removal of the Regional Executive Officer (REO) Veerasammy Ramayya and the Tender Board.

The Marcus Brian Bisram Foundation (MBBF) on Thursday held the re-opening ceremony for the newly remodelled traffic department at the Springlands Police Station.

Family members remain hopeful about the health of Orville Valentine, the Sentinel Security officer who was run over on Monday by a Hilux Truck, given a change in his medical condition; they are also concerned at the dearth of information being provided by medical staff.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Thursday accused the Government of flip-flopping on the question of an increase in the tolls for the Demerara Harbour Bridge.