Guyana News

Three persons are dead and several injured after the truck they were in, overturned while the driver was negotiating a turn at Bottom Arawak, Arimu in Region Seven yesterday.

A bipartisan ethics committee of the US Congress is to probe Queens, New York Representative, Gregory Meeks over a ‘loan’ he received from Guyanese businessman, Edul Ahmad.

Despite the uncertainty regarding the future of his television station, CN Sharma says that he is willing and ready to contest the upcoming regional and general elections even it if means campaigning the old fashioned way.

Construction of the Amaila Falls access road is so far behind schedule that the contractor Fip Motilall is not likely to substantially complete the road before December.

Senior officials at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) are slated to meet this week to determine a plan to fast-track the removal of squatters from the immediate environs of the airport, following last Saturday’s plane crash.

A fire broke out yesterday morning at an apartment in East La Penitence, where residents managed to contain it until the fire service responded.

No charges have been filed against any of the parties in an almost year-old accident in which former Local Govern-ment Minister Kellawan Lall collided with a motorcyclist and a passenger he was carrying at the time.

Twelve-year-old Daniel Dilchand spends his days in a wheelchair, the result of the abuse he suffered at the hands of the godmother he had lived with since he was a baby.

Port Kaituma, in the North West District of Region One and Lethem, in Region Nine are both still without functioning morgues, according to residents.

Underscores importance of unity With good management of Guyana’s natural resources, the economy can be developed quickly and while the government has been making efforts, there is still a lot to be done, outgoing Canadian High Commissioner, Francois Montour has said.

(Trinidad Newsday) Sheila Lataste-Burnham, 91, the  first wife of Guyana’s first executive president, the late Forbes Burnham, was  described by her eldest daughter as a politician in her own right.

The Ministry of Agriculture has approved the clearing of 131.5 acres of land in the Victoria backlands, on the East Coast of Demerara, while the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has already completed ‘crowning’ dams, based on a submission on works needed in the community by the Victoria Restoration Trust.

Stallholders are angry over the continued operation of the Bartica Market without either a power or water supply.

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Robert Darr, who is wanted for questioning in relation to robbery under arms.

Three persons have been confirmed dead in an accident at Arimu Road, Region Seven after a truck overturned while climbing up a steep hill.

NEW YORK/SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – China bluntly  criticised the United States today one day after the  superpower’s credit rating was downgraded, saying the “good old  days” of borrowing were over.

A small morning blaze left an apartment partially damaged after neighbours noticed thick smoke escaping through the window of a bedroom and formed a bucket brigade, managing to contain the fire until the Fire Service arrived on the scene.

The People’s Progressive Party is alerting the public to the creation of fake sites attempting to attribute themselves to the party and its activities.

The New York Daily News says that two hard-partying Guyanese men have been hit with attempted murder charges after being accused of setting a fire in a Queens, New York building that nearly killed two elderly residents.

A bipartisan ethics committee of the US Congress is to probe Queens, New York Representative, Gregory Meeks over a `loan’ he received from Guyanese businessman, Edul Ahmad.