Guyana News

Two women, including a mother of six, were yesterday accused of illegally obtaining over $6M in total from Finance Ministry bank accounts, using forged cheques.

The government yesterday tabled the long-delayed broadcast legislation, which had been promised since the PPP/C took office in 1992.

Barbadian, Mark Anthony Ifill, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to the unlawful killing of his Guyanese wife Bibi Farzana Ifill in October last year, was on Wednesday sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Education Minister Shaik Baksh yesterday stood by the award of two recent contracts, valued almost $300M in total, to Digital Technology, saying they went through a competitive bidding process overlooked by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB).

Over 13,700 motor vehicles are still to be licensed, according to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

The Ministry of Public Works has announced the start of demolition exercises to remove all encroachments to the Public Road Reserve.

Women have been able to access loans in excess of $200M for the first year, with over 1,000 benefitting from the micro-credit funds through the Ministry of Human, Services and Social Security’s Women of Worth (WOW) single parent facility, according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr.

Cabinet has given its no objection to a $138.2M contract for the fabrication and installation of two extra large pontoons for the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

The WPA yesterday said it was disappointed at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) over its decision to “reverse” its position on reopening Claims and Objections.

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton remanded a Brazilian national accused of forging an extension of stay stamp in his passport, when he yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton granted $15,000 bail to a woman accused of causing actual bodily harm to another, when she appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charges.

About 400 persons from West Berbice turned up yesterday at the Bath Primary School to benefit from the free medical services provided by Guyana Watch Inc.

The adopted son of Natalie Belmonte has been charged with her murder and authorities say a neighbour’s security video captured him getting rid of her body the night she disappeared from her Pembroke Pines home.

Hensworth Ogle, a mentally-ill man who was reported missing from his home, yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a larceny charge.

Barbadian, Mark Anthony Ifill, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to the unlawful killing of his Guyanese wife Bibi Farzana Ifill in October last year, was on Wednesday sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday granted $50,000 bail to a teenager accused of robbing a woman of gold articles valued $121,000.

The government of the Republic of Korea and businesses there are examining investment possibilities in Guyana, according to newly-accredited Ambassador to Guyana Kim Joo-teck.

Staffers drawn from the Ministries of Finance, Agriculture, Foreign Trade and the Guyana Defence Force are attending a one-week seminar titled ‘Diplomacy and Development’ at the Ministry’s Foreign Service Institute, Shiv Chanderpaul Drive.

Plans to establish a Regional Sports Academy (RSA) that will focus on the use of sports as a vehicle for deepening regional integration were formalised recently, when the task force held its first meeting in Suriname, according to a press release from the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen.

Issues such as land titling, extension and demarcation are among the priority areas to be discussed during the National Toshaos Conference which will bring together toshaos from  169 hinterland communities from July 25-29 at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal.