Guyana News

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) says it expects that the salaries and wages of the Public Sector will feature prominently  on the agenda of the Ministry of Finance in the 2012 Budget.

A 41-year-old man was injured to his left hand on Monday evening when he was confronted by two men in his Last Entrance, North Ruimveldt yard and one fired a bullet.

The Region Two administration did not engage the police on the alleged theft of a quantity of fuel by two workers, after they requested dismissal rather than face criminal charges.

Domestic elections observer, the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) says that its report on last year’s general and regional elections will be released before the end of the week.

Fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, yesterday gutted a Bartica home and confectionery shop, leaving seven persons without a home and millions in losses.

The Ministry of Natural Resources on Monday presented a cheque valued over $49M in royalties it collected from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to the Amerindian Affairs Ministry for Amerindian communities – six years after the relevant Act was passed in Parliament.

Guyana Goldfields Inc. has announced the impending departure of Claude Lemasson as its President and Chief Operating Officer, even as the company moves ahead with plans for its Aurora Gold Project on the Cuyuni River.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC) are in talks to decide on an opposition nominee to fill the now vacant seat on the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) left by the demise of commissioner Robert Williams some weeks ago.

The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board recently seized over $4M illegal agriculture and household pesticides and products during a two-month exercise conducted across the country.

A member of the Community Development Council (CDC) of Aranaputa, in Region Nine, is accusing the government of interfering in the preparations of the community’s upcoming elections.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai said Campbelltown and Micobie are prepared for village elections, when she visited the two Region Eight communities over the weekend to conduct financial audits and address other concerns.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has fired 77 workers in Linden, following a verification exercise that is part of a nationwide campaign by the agency.

The current Cheddi Jagan International Airport, (CJIA) Timehri terminal building cannot meet peak traffic demand, according to the contract for the US$138M airport expansion project, which says that a modern facility is crucial to support the development of the tourism industry.

Giovanni Leitch, one of two men who were shot multiple times by gunmen at Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara two Saturdays ago, on Monday succumbed to his injuries and police say that the attack is being investigated as an act of reprisal.

A post-mortem examination performed on the body of Ganesh Rattan by Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh on Monday revealed that he died as a result of a fractured spine, according to the police.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday ordered a psychiatric observation for 30-year-old Mark Bishop following a request by his brother Paul Bishop.

Kenrick McGowan was placed on $50,000 bail when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court accused of  simple larceny of a Blackberry cellular phone.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Ganga Persaud is urging the Mahdia police to take aggressive measures to curb squatting, on noticing that an area that had been earmarked to become a commercial zone had become a squatter settlement.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) is  demanding that the relevant authorities immediately get the rice mill owner in Cane Grove on the  East Coast to rectify the dust pollution that has been affecting residents for over a decade.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) yesterday said it would respond to concerns raised in the findings of APNU from its examination of the Statements of Poll (SoPs) for the 2011 elections.