Guyana News

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has resuscitated its Media Monitoring Unit (MMU), in hopes that it would contribute to “the needed peace” during the upcoming elections period.

The engineering fraternity lost an invaluable member on Thursday evening when Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE) past president and executive member, Melvyn Sankies died at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Radika Ramjattan’s ex-husband was yesterday charged with stabbing her to death on Tuesday night at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara (WCD).

Local actress and teacher Shelly Bancroft’s died on Wednesday at the Caribbean Heath Institute (CHI), in Georgetown, as a result of what doctors at the institution say was a failed liver and kidney caused by an enlarged bowel.

An aerial search by Surinamese authorities for the five missing Corentyne fishermen has yielded no clues as to what happened to them and yesterday a team of volunteers travelled to the neighbouring country to assist.

Regional air carrier Liat yesterday announced a cargo service between Georgetown and all the airline’s destinations.

Essequibo police yesterday arrested a man in connection with the murder of chainsaw operator Phillip Prince, AKA ‘Strong Boy,’ of Capoey Mission, Essequibo Coast.

Former national bantamweight champion Dexter Marques was yesterday arraigned on charges for armed robbery, wounding and using threatening language.

Mark McWatt’s poetry collection, The Journey to Le Repentir, has been shortlisted for the Guyana Prize for Literature Best Book of Poetry Award and the inaugural Guyana Prize for Literature Caribbean Award in Poetry.

City Hall is moving to demolish derelict buildings around the capital that are not only a threat to life but also pose serious fire hazards, says spokesman Royston King.

Civil society coalition FacingtheFuture (FtF) has called for proposals from political parties contesting the upcoming polls on reforming the police force, in light of recent allegations of the links between members and the drug trade.

Leader and Presidential Candidate of The United Force (TUF) Valerie Garrido-Lowe is sticking by her call for her predecessor Manzoor Nadir to vacate the party’s seat in the National Assembly.

A body-work mechanic was yesterday charged with being in possession of forged US bank notes.

Jomo Marks, who accused of stealing 20 gallons of diesel, was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Amid a lumber shortage on the local market, logging company, Barama says it has one million board foot of lumber available to domestic buyers.

Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) is scheduled to hold its official launch on September 3 at the Demerara Mutual Conference Room, when it will also host a seminar on Freedom of Information and the Access to Information Bill.

The Lions Club of West Demerara recently wrapped its annual vocational and school bag distribution programme for 100 community children.

Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) last week launched “Kids for Christ,” an arm of the organisation aimed at reaching at-risk children in various areas of the country.

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) last evening said that five flights scheduled to depart from Port-of-Spain today have been cancelled because of Hurricane Irene.

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