Guyana News

Kevin Odit, a 23-year-old labourer of Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast was on Wednesday sentenced to 12 months jail for the wounding of a man.

Omesh Chandra, a 23-year-old labourer of Riverstown, Essequibo Coast was charged with the wounding of Sheldon Patterson, a 25-year-old labourer of Zorg, Essequibo Coast and was placed on $500,000 bail.

The United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives facilitated a three-day Firearms Identification and Tracing Workshop for the  Guyana Police Force at the Officers’ Training Centre.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) today advised the public that yesterday, at approximately 20:30 hrs, a barge loaded with sand allided with the Berbice River Bridge.

Opposition members present during the September meeting with ExxonMobil insist that the company did say government agreed to the cost reduction from US$214 million to US$3 million and are of the view that the United States oil major should make its position public.

Eyewitness: `The crack them get bigger and we see the earth bubbling up and then you hear boom!

Chief Education Officer (CEO) Saddam Hussain has issued a 12-point memorandum to deal with the heat in classrooms that teachers have been complaining about.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday announced that four minimally invasive laparoscopic surgeries were performed by surgeons/professors from the Caribbean Asso-ciation of Endoscopic Surgeons (CaSES)  – including one for the first time ever here – and these were broadcast to a training room.

Daniel Seeram, a PNCR executive and the chairman of Region Four, was granted $50,000 in bail by Magistrate Alisha George yesterday when he appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court on a wife abuse charge.

Charges of damaging state property, threatening beha-viour and trespass have been dismissed against head of the People’s National Congress Reform, Region Nine-chapter, Carl Parker, and party member, Godfrey Williams.

As Guyana welcomes the collaboration with four forensic scientists from India, Attorney General Anil Nandlall has announced that the University of Guyana (UG) will be launching a certificate programme in the forensic sciences come this November.

The 4-year-old Parika boy who was beaten by his stepfather to the point of having a fractured skull and other injuries, appears to be “out of danger” while some ranks are under investigation in relation to their handling of the matter.

After a decision to change the venue from the Mar-riott Hotel to the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC), the AfriCarib-bean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF23) has now reverted to its original host location as space at the ACCC has proven to be inadequate.

From Monday, the processing time for passports will again be five days.

Devon Browne and Osafo Allen appeared yesterday before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where they were charged with possession of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking. 

Eighteen-year-old Tyrese Adolphus appeared yesterday  before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with robbery.

In its efforts to safeguard the ICT assets of the state, the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) today warned that individuals involved in the accidental or deliberate damage of state-owned ICT infrastructure will be held responsible for the full cost of replacement and repairs.

The  Guyana Manganese Inc (GMI) says it  shipped 107,230 tonnes  of ore last year and declared that it is “absolutely not” involved in the extraction, processing or exportation of gold.

A stockpile of 30,000 tonnes of aggregate in the parking lot of the National Stadium yesterday created a huge bulge that raised the entrance into Red Road, Providence, East Bank Demerara by some six to eight feet.

By Antonio Dey Former Regional Educa-tion Officer (REdO) of Potaro-Siparuni, Anesta Douglas yesterday told the presidential inquiry into the Mahdia dormitory fire that it was impossible for her to review a key report submitted by the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) months before the blaze since she was given just one week’s notice to pack for Georgetown.