Guyana News

(Jamaica Gleaner) Aircraft maintenance in Jamaica has been dealt a severe blow as Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) carried out another round of redundancies, sending home 90 Jamaican employees.

(Barbados Nation) Already the region’s biggest insurance provider, Sagicor Financial Corporation now has its sights set on taking over the portfolios of not only British American Insurance Company (BAICO) but the controversial CLICO International Life as well.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Hosni Mubarak, toppled by an uprising last year after 30 years ruling Egypt, was sentenced to life in jail today for his role in killing protesters after a trial that sets a precedent for holding Middle East autocrats to account.

The Guyana Teachers Union yesterday condemned a physical attack on a trainee teacher by a male third form student in the city and called for stringent security measures, including able-bodied security personnel in schools on a 24-hour basis.

A meeting yesterday between President Donald Ramotar and Opposition Leader David Granger on the appointment of a substantive Police Commissioner ended without agreement on a candidate and sources say the acting Top Cop, Leroy Brumell will continue in the post and he and Crime Chief Seelall Persaud have been elevated to the post of Deputy Commissioner.

CGX Energy Inc is moving on to drill its next well – Eagle Deep – now that the Eagle 1 well has come up dry, and it is optimistic that an oil find will be made because of the studies done on the area.

Following days of protest, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Paul Bhim yesterday said that sugar workers can expect the Holiday-With-Pay (HWP) payout next Friday.

Two gunmen, including one dressed like a policeman, yesterday shot and wounded a West Demerara businessman on the Agricola Public Road before escaping with the $2.5M he had in his possession.

Fulfilling a promise, First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar yesterday launched the ‘Garden for the Children of Guyana Initiative’ that she hopes will foster healthy eating habits among young people and allow the inner-city youths gardening experiences of their rural counterparts.

The India-based Coffee Day Group has moved one step closer to obtaining a Timber Sales Agreement (TSA) for its concession in Region Nine, after completing the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA).

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) is now responsible for the operations of the Good Hope Cremation site on the East Coast Demerara (ECD), which it plans to develop.

Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Juan Edghill has called for a “national conversation” on the way forward following the budget cuts.

Cornel Atkinson, 20, was charged yesterday with the unlawful possession of two rifles, including one with a telescopic lens, allegedly found at his home earlier this week.

Grass track racer Dwarka Gangadin, accused of killing his wife, was yesterday called upon to lead his defence as the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against him was reopened.

A coconut tree fell on a Linden house early yesterday morning, when powerful winds lashed the mining the town during a storm.

Residents of Watooka, Noitegedacht, Fair’s Rust, Richmond Hill and other communities served by the Mackenzie Water Treatment Plant have been without potable water supply for over five days and they are displeased with the rationing of water being distributed by a contractor.

Speeding has contributed to 24 of the 34 fatal accidents that have occurred for the year, police said yesterday.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says that the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), as presently constituted, is not in conformity with the constitution and laws and is spending scarce tax payers’ money to carry out un-constitutional activities.

Dennis Abrams, the alleged accomplice of the man killed while trying to steal a transformer at the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) wharf, in the city, on Sunday, was on Thursday arraigned on a simple larceny charge.

Local media personality Malcolm Ferreira, known as “Mr. Guyanese,” was yesterday charged threatening and assaulting his wife.