Guyana News

The battered body of a vagrant woman was found on the Number 19 Public Road, in Berbice yesterday morning.

Amid questions about the costs entailed, Minister of Works Robeson Benn said the Sabanto and Kanawan – the two roll on/roll off gift ferries from China – will go into operation in one week’s time.

Amid concerns that there are few local participants and youths at the 13th Sustainable Tourism Conference being held here, Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) Hugh Riley said local economic constraints were taken into account by planners of the event and it is the first time youths were not involved.

The state of the education system came under the magnifying glass yesterday in the House, where Education Minister Priya Manickchand sought to defend government’s progress in the face of criticism that despite the billions spent, the nation’s children are not benefitting.

The Celina Atlantic Resort has come in for strong criticism from a United States-based Professor of civil and environmental engineering as it is built on a mangrove growing area and also poses a sea defence threat.

Former Commissioner of Police, Winston Felix yesterday challenged Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee to present evidence that he has a radio belonging to the Guyana Police Force in his possession even as he accused the minister of continued political interference in the work of the force.

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for vendor Joseph Taylor for questioning in relation to the attempted murder of Euricka Garraway on April 4.

Fire of unknown origin flattened a one-storey, wooden,  two-bedroom house at Shieldstown Squatting Area, West Bank Berbice around 7 pm on Sunday, leaving a family of four homeless.

The trial of the three men accused of killing female taxi driver Seerajie Singh is underway before Justice Roxane George in the High Court.

By John Richards Following robberies over the last three weeks, including a knife-point attack on an elderly woman yesterday, residents of Earl’s Court, La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara say they are living in fear and called for more security.

A Corentyne fisherman has suffered losses in excess of $5M after his boat sank when armed pirates crashed into it, robbing him and his crew around 8 pm on Saturday.

The family of Allinva Andrews, 46, the Moraikobe, Mahaicony River, whose decomposing body was found last Friday, suspect that she may have been sexually assaulted and then murdered.

Justice Brassington Reynolds yesterday emphasised the need for relevance as testimony resumed in the $10M libel case brought by former President Bharrat Jagdeo against the Kaieteur News and its columnist Freddie Kissoon.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday tendered the report of the Constitu-tional Reform Commission to support his claim that there ought to be proportionality in the composition of the National Assembly’s Com-mittee of Selection.

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is concerned about the recent acts of vandalism done to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s infrastructure and urges the public to be vigilant and report any suspicious activity.

Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran during his budget presentation last Thursday defended the decision to bring Indian nationals to man the impending specialty hospital.

Ahead of Orealla’s village council elections, scheduled for next Monday, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai has urged residents to ensure that there is transparency and accountability in the management of the village.

CARICOM Heads of Government continued to lobby for the G20 to focus on the plight of small, vulnerable economies and highly indebted middle income countries during a meeting with their Canadian counterpart,  Stephen Harper in Cartagena, Colombia on Saturday.

A collision at the Industry Embankment Road, East Coast Demerara left two schoolgirls injured yesterday afternoon.

The 62-year-old man, who has been accused by his neighbours of sexually molesting a 13-year-old girl, has been kept in police custody while the child remains a patient of the West Demerara Regional Hospital.