Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) Relatives of a man who allegedly committed suicide inside a police station holding cell yesterday faced off with police officers in a confrontation that descended into a fist fight.

New complaints have surfaced about conditions at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) and staffers are warning that the situation has affected patient care, including emergency services.

EZjet Airlines will soon operate flights between Guyana and Toronto, Canada after being granted approval to fly to the North American destination by the government.

The main opposition A Partnership for National Unity is today expected to nominate acting Police Commissioner, Leroy Brumell, to be appointed to the substantive post.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a 38-year-old Linden man who died at his Blue Berry Hill home on Friday.

Opposition Leader, Brigadier (ret’d) David Granger is calling on the government to expedite local government reforms so that local government elections can be held soon.

Chartered accountant Christopher Ram and former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran have been nominated by the Alliance For Change (AFC) to be members of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), which may soon be set up after a decade-long delay.

One of the two brothers who were held in connection with Tuesday’s discovery of two rifles one of which was fitted with a telescopic lens, at a Kitty house was yesterday released from police custody even as it is being maintained that the men had no knowledge of the weapons which were reportedly found in an adjoining yard.

Irate residents of a section of Wismar took to the streets yesterday to vent their spleen, after having, according to them, foiled an attempt by National Director of Community Development Councils (CDCs), Philomena Sahoye-Shury, to install a CDC in the area.

Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) President Komal Chand yesterday came in for criticism from sugar workers at the Enmore Estate, even as the union led a protest for the Holiday-With-Pay (HWP) payout.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has launched an investigation into allegations of financial and administrative irregularities involving one of its parliamentarians, Dr Veerasammy Ramayya, brought by Region 6 Councillor Haseef Yusuf.

Dwight Da Silva, the man accused of killing Kaneville businessman Barbot Paul, was yesterday found not guilty.

President Donald Ramotar has stressed the need for there to be a united front on sustainability and climate change at the upcoming Rio + 20 Summit this month and for countries of the region to embrace integration as a means to lift the region out of poverty.

A man who claimed to be a  driver at a taxi service in the city was yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court remanded on three counts of robbery under arms.

A 27-year-old mechanic who is accused of fraudulently converting almost half a million dollars in car parts to his own use and benefit was yesterday granted $150,000 bail by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A Skeldon, Corentyne hire car operator, who says he was unwittingly used by a passenger trying to smuggle liquor into the country, is claiming that he and his livelihood have been ensnared in the ensuing Customs probe.

On Wednesday, Agnes Benjamin, of Silver City, Wismar, Linden, celebrated her centennial birth anniversary and she credited her strong faith, devotion, her passion for cleanliness and maintaining a healthy diet for her long life.

Thirty-two persons gained valuable training in First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) last Friday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) said in a press release Wednesday evening.

Fire Chief Marlon Gentle has confirmed that the April 1 fire that gutted the Jaigobin Complex on Regent Street, Georgetown, was as a result of arson.

Private Sector Commission (PSC) chairman, Ramesh Dookhoo says that there has been a small but noticeable deceleration of some indicators in the economy following cuts to this year’s budget by the opposition in April.