Guyana News

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court today declared Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ineligible for office, plunging the country into another political crisis.

(Trinidad Express) There has been a 13 per cent increase in the number of people living on the nation’s streets.

(Trinidad Express) The village of Carapo, Arima, was thrown into shock and mourning yesterday when two sisters were chopped to death and then their bodies burnt.

A Roraima Airways mechanic is now in critical condition after he was stabbed during a confrontation with a man, after the man pushed his pregnant girlfriend into a canal at Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara on Sunday night.

Local authorities in Linden yesterday managed to quell an angry group of protestors who had formed a human barricade across Casuarina Drive, Watooka, calling for immediate repairs to the road.

There is a split in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) between government and opposition members on a proposal by acting Auditor General Deodat Sharma to make three senior appointments at the Audit Office.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday showed off its $37 million water cannon in its first public demonstration.

Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) head Khurshid Sattaur says the body would want to “jail” its employees and businessmen who set out to rob the state of revenues through unscrupulous business activities.

As Suriname prepares to boost its Coastguard to tackle illegal and unsustainable fishing in its fishing zone Guyana’s Agriculture Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, yesterday welcomed the idea of having a Fisheries Agreement to help manage the industry regarded as the economic lifeline of nationals of the two countries.

The 11-year-old girl, who was impregnated after being raped by her father, has been enrolled in a clinic and she is being treated as a high risk case.

Justice James Bovell-Drakes yesterday sentenced Colin Bentick to 21 years in jail for the murder of Elon Shepherd in 2007 on the West Berbice.

A new refrigeration system that was installed at Port Kaituma morgue, in Region One last November, worked for only two weeks before it broke down, making funeral arrangements even harder for grieving families.

After being stabbed and hammered by her partner in a brutal attack, Sharon Howell has started the journey to pick up the pieces of her life.

Shurlon Austin, the Guyanese scholarship student who allegedly murdered a man and slit a woman’s throat in Cuba, remains in police custody and is expected to appear in court soon.

Rampersaud Latchman, 47, of Fyrish, Corentyne lost his life after he was struck down on the public road some time on Sunday night; the driver of the vehicle that killed him is said to be on the run.

The University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) and the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) intend to recommence industrial action from tomorrow until June 26, pointing to the university’s failure to adhere to previous agreements.

A Linden man died yesterday after he fell off a truck at 48 Miles Mabura Road, Upper Demerara.

Twelve-year-old Mohamed ‘Kevin’ Ramnarine, who was struck down by a minibus along the Friendship, East Bank public road seven weeks ago, has relapsed into a coma at the Georgetown Hospital’s Paediatric Ward.

The government will lead its defence on July 25, when the $2 million lawsuit filed by former New Building Society (NBS) chief executive officer /secretary Maurice Arjoon continues.

Transparency Institute of Guyana (TIG) says the public must demand accountability from persons in positions of trust, during an interactive session held recently with a group of adult students.