Guyana News

A 50-year-old man was brutally hacked to death by his nephew last Thursday at Kariabo Backdam, North West District (NWD).

President of the Guyana Manufacturers’ and Services Association (GMSA) Clinton Williams said while recorded growth of 5.4 per cent in 2011 is good for Guyana and the private sector, the organisation wanted to hear more about the outcome of the tax review that was initiated just after the elections last year.

The ailing University of Guyana (UG), which has been the site and subject of much controversy recently has been earmarked to receive $900 million from government this year, which stakeholders said is ‘a drop in the ocean’.

Sixteen staff members of the Bureau of Statistics on Friday held a peaceful protest outside the Bureau of Statistics headquarters to ventilate their disgust at the disregard of their concerns by management.

Relatives of an 18-year-old mother of two, who died almost three months ago as a result of injuries she sustained during a botched abortion, declared that they will pursue the matter until justice is served despite slow progress by the Medical Council of Guyana and the police.

Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh on Friday announced that government will this year begin a phased increase of electricity rates for residents in Linden and in the Berbice River, to bring them in line with what Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) grid customers already pay.

Well-known poet, novelist and columnist Ian McDonald has launched his newest addition to literature, The Comfort of all Things, which is his fifth collection of poems.

A pedal cyclist was struck down and killed by a motor lorry on the Triumph public road, East Coast Demerara on Friday and the driver is in police custody assisting with investigations.

A $25 million mediation centre will be constructed at New Amsterdam, Berbice during this year and millions more will be spent on the rehabilitation and maintenance of court facilities, Finance Minister Ashni Singh announced on Friday during his budget presentation.

A Guyana-born US citizen who was previously placed on a one-year bond after being charged for assaulting his wife  appeared in court on Friday before  Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo  in New Amsterdam accused of the murder of his wife who bore him two children.

The government has set aside $2.9 billion in this year’s budget for the country’s sea and river defence systems.

Citing the PPP’s manifesto, Finance Minister Ashni Singh told Parliament in yesterday’s budget speech that the next five years would bring the “first major wave of large scale diversification of our economy” and he cited information and communication technology (ICT) among the key prospects.

(Barbados Nation) Police are looking for four men who are wanted separately for questioning in connection with a number of serious crimes.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Romano Meriba, who was recently controversially pardoned by president Desi Bouterse has been arrested by the police after getting into a fight in a dancing where two groups started a brawl.

The Government Information Agency says that former President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo has become a patron of the World Sustainable Development Forum.

Police say that investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred at about 1300h yesterday at Triumph Access Road, ECD, and which resulted in the death of Shahabudeen Deepan, 46 years of Martyrsville, Mon Repos, ECD.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Michael Williams, 50 years of Moruca, NWD, who was reported to have been fatally chopped to his neck during an argument with a male relative at Kariabo Backdam, NWD, at about 1830h on March 29, 2012.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – It is important to take social circumstances into consideration in the debates on the Amnesty issue.

St. Kitts and Nevis’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Delano Bart has described the New York police officer’s treatment of his St.