Guyana News

The main opposition APNU has accused the PPP/C administration of attempting to manipulate the parliamentary committees after a scheduled meeting of the Committee of Selection of Parliament was cancelled yesterday—a contention that the ruling party has rejected.

Vendors, who were on Sunday last removed by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) from plying their trade outside the Stabroek Market, are upset as a taxi park has been set up in the area they were told needed to be cleared for pedestrian use.

A man who attempted to smuggle over two kilos of cocaine in his suitcase to St Kitts was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail.

The Auditor General has flayed the Education and Finance ministries over a $110M textbook procurement deal, which it said employed a strategy to defeat the controls of the Fiscal Management and Accountability (FMA) Act.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on Thursday warned police ranks, especially senior officers, against releasing sensitive information to the media.

A Sophia woman was brutally chopped and beaten by her husband, from whom she is separated, when she visited his home to ask for money for the maintenance of their four children.

A three-month-old boy was yesterday admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital after a huge growth on top of his head suddenly burst, reducing the likelihood of a lifesaving surgery being performed.

Frederick Sukhdeo, who is accused of being the mastermind in the US$2M Sacred Heart Church insurance scam case, has filed a Constitutional Motion in the High Court seeking to prohibit criminal prosecution in the lower court.

Colin Martin was yesterday sentenced to a four-year prison term for the possession of an unlicensed gun and ammunition found on him during a police search.

Eighteen-year-old Ryan Jordan was yesterday fined $25,000 after he pleaded guilty to using abusive language towards his mother, Michelle Clark, when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Although the rice industry has gotten off to a bad start this year with many farmers losing their crops to flooding, President of the Rice Producers’ Association (RPA), Leekha Rambrich said it achieved its target last year.

The three contractors have begun preparatory works on the four-lane highway from Providence to Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara and residents and other stakeholders have been assured of minimal disruption.

The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) is urging Guyanese to be more conscious of their surroundings, saying that town councils should not wholly be blamed for the build up of garbage, as citizens too are at fault.

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Robert Persaud has announced the impending construction of a $50M support block for miners at Port Kaituma, which will include the first commercial bank in the area.

Tullow Oil, one of the major shareholders in the drilling of the Jaguar Well in the joint venture offshore concession, is counting on their years of expertise in the exploration endeavour, and is optimistic about the prospects, the Government Information Agency (GINA) has reported.

Guyana and Australia will be working closer on mining issues and it is expected that local personnel will benefit from specialised training.

Guyana is on a developing path that embraces bio-energy, Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy declared on Monday, saying that emphasis is being placed on developing the resource capacity to advance the country’s bio-energy possibilities.

Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy on Tuesday outlined a five-year development plan for the sector, including the use of bio-fuel and agro technology, during a meeting with representatives from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

(Trinidad Express) TV6’s Crime Watch host, Ian Alleyne, promised that a shooting incident involving his security detail and gunmen along the Beetham Highway on Thursday night will not dampen his spirits in seeking out criminal elements throughout the country.

(Trinidad Express) United National Congress chairman Jack Warner said yesterday that he will be defending the party’s chairmanship at the March 24 internal elections.