Guyana News

A miner was chopped to death and a teenaged girl was brutally hacked at Big Creek Backdam, North West District around midnight on Monday after her lover found her in a compromising position with the other man.

A mother of two drowned yesterday after the car she was being taught to drive plunged into the Hope Canal, East Coast Demerara.

Police have charged Hemwattie Abdulla and an alleged accomplice with the murder of overseas-based Guyanese Abdul Majid.

Senior government officials and commentator Christopher Ram squared off last evening on a state television debate over NICIL and related matters but it is unclear if either side was convinced by any of the arguments thrown up As Government sought to clear the air on issues related to the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) and the Privatisation Unit with a television discussion, panellists Christopher

President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Patrick Yarde yesterday roundly condemned Minister of Natural Resources & the Environment, Robert Persaud for his public dressing down of Commis-sioner of the Guyana Geology & Mines Commission (GGMC) Karen Livan and accused him of trying to undermine her.

Two employees of the Wales Estate of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) who were charged in relation to obstructing an NIS officer in the conduct of his duties are expected to make another appearance at the Wales Magistrate’s Court tomorrow.

Fitzroy Williams, 44, of Glasgow Village, East Bank Berbice says that his right knee was seriously injured due to a severe beating he received from ranks at the Central Police Station in New Amsterdam last month.

Women in Linden are in dire need of jobs and those who have jobs mostly in the mining areas are complaining about the working conditions and being sexually harassed by employers.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday said that the PPP/C has deliberately misled residents in several Region Nine communities about the 2012 Budget cuts and the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project and had failed to inform them that it has yet to receive foreign funds for the LCDS.

The potential for the setting up of an oil refinery in Berbice was among several issues which were discussed when a delegation from the United States embassy engaged officials of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment yesterday.

A 43-year-old Kiskadee Drive resident is now on remand after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on a narcotics charge.

Minister within the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development Norman Whittaker says committees will be set up countrywide to manage the market tarmacs built to curb roadside vending by June 1, after which all curb-side vendors must relocate.

A 35-year-old Sophia man wanted in connection with a previous offence was remanded yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a simple larceny charge.

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque is calling on firms in this region to enhance their level of competitiveness through increased productivity and production and to embrace innovation.

The Coordinator of the Trinidad Soca Chutney Monarch contest on Monday  presented prize money totalling US$13,950 to the top three performers in the local competition who participated in the recent Trinidadian Chutney finals.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in collaboration with the Guyana Burn and Healthcare Charitable Foundation Inc on Thursday presented certificates of participation to nine midwives who completed a three-day training course in Neonatal Resuscitation.

BUDAPEST,  (Reuters) – FIFA is heading into calmer waters after a series of corruption allegations over the last two years, its president Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday.

A 31-year-old woman died this afternoon after the car she was learning to drive ran off the road into a trench, trapping her.

A man was chopped to death and a teenaged girl was brutally hacked at Big Creek Backdam, North West District around midnight yesterday after her lover caught her with the other man.

Police have charged Hemwattie Abdulla and an alleged accomplice with the murder of overseas-based Guyanese Abdul Majid.