Guyana News

The man who was hacked to death at Konawaruk Backdam, in Region Eight, on Monday has been positively identified as Troy Anthony Burkett and his relatives yesterday pleaded with the police to ensure that they get justice.

Controversial government holding company National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) was issued with disclaimer opinions for the years 2002 and 2003, according to the Report of the Auditor General for 2010.

President Donald Ramotar said that his government has great plans to leapfrog the development of the country to new heights through an inclusive and democratic framework.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation said yesterday that a strike at its bagging and packaging location at Blairmont has delayed its ability to meet marketing commitments to sister Caricom states.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon says the opposition should not use its one-seat majority to render counterproductive, interventions government is making for Guyana’s development and called last Thursday’s rejection of financial papers a conspiracy by the two opposition parties.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) has said that residents of the Buxton/Strathspey area are receiving water at an adequate level of service.

A man was yesterday robbed of his jewellery while standing in front of his relative’s De Abreu Street auto sales business and police have linked the suspects to another robbery which occurred in Sophia a few hours earlier.

The US Department of Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) hosted training sessions on implementing effective anti-money laundering programmes, as part of its Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) Programme.

Magistrate Allan Wilson yesterday remanded to prison two men accused of having 160 grammes of cannabis in their possession when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge.

Region Two Chairman Parmanand Persaud said government is working with rice farmers to harvest the first crop for the year which it anticipates to be its biggest ever.

GWI is collaborating with the Central Housing and Planning Authority to create a Mashramani float that promotes affordable housing and water conservation.

Delivering its final verdict on the November 28 general elections, the OAS has confirmed its original finding of a mostly smooth process and has recommended reforms to the electoral system but there was nothing in the report that backed up recent claims by President Donald Ramotar that the APNU and the AFC had manipulated the poll results.

(Jamaica Observer) Police Commissioner Owen Ellington yesterday reported that there are currently 42 gang conflicts raging across the island.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, says the ongoing dispute between his island and Taiwan should never have reached the courts.

(Trinidad Express) Machel Montano’s “Pump Yuh Flag” was played 233 times to make him a runaway winner of the 2012 Road March, adding to his Digicel International Power Soca Monarch and Play Whe Groovy Soca Monarch triumphs.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – A packed commuter train plowed into the buffers at a Buenos Aires station during this morning rush hour, killing 49 people and injuring more than 600 in Argentina’s worst rail accident in more than 30 years, officials said.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Clive Cornelius, 23 years of Imbaimadai, which occurred at about 0840h.

Further to press release made yesterday, in relation to the murder of “Tall Man” which occurred at Konawaruk Backdam, the police say that he has been identified  as Troy Anthony Burkett, 41 years, of Bissessar Street, Prashad Nagar, Georgetown.

(Barbados Nation) Late Prime Minister David Thompson’s law firm received a whopping Bds$3.3 million in legal and retainer fees from CLICO International Life Insurance Limited (CIL), but the fees were actually destined for former CLICO executive chairman Leroy Parris.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation today said that a strike at its bagging and packaging location at Blairmont has delayed its ability to meet marketing commitments to sister Caricom states.