Guyana News

A week after fishermen in Berbice came under a new spate of pirate attacks, just off the shore of No.

Synergy’s boss Fip Motilall continues to be badly behind in the Amaila Falls access road project and  failed to fulfill his promise to deliver four-wheel access to the proposed site by the end of last month.

Rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast are “reaping the benefits” of the Venezuelan rice deal as farmers have been receiving higher “standardized” prices for paddy in the predominantly rice-producing area.

Wage negotiations between GuySuCo and GAWU have begun, with the union requesting a 12% wage increase for workers while the corporation is holding firm to a five percent offer it made earlier this year citing its dire financial situation.

Problems at Bartica range from poor infrastructure and unprofessional police ranks to increasing pregnancies among school-age girls, according to the Alliance For Change (AFC) which recently visited the community as part of its campaign outreach activities.

In its 2011 report, the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) based in the US Embassy in Guyana has concluded that violent crime in Georgetown is a major problem and noted that the country’s murder rate is some three times higher than that of the US.

Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves has urged CARICOM’s founding member states to exhibit greater leadership, saying that uneven development of the movement could be due to domestic concerns taking priority over optimal regional activity.

A dedicated Carib connoisseur, Robert Callendar won the top prize of a Toyota Allion car, when the Carib Domination promotion came to a close on Monday night at the grand drawing hosted in the parking lot of the Pegasus Hotel.

There is still no sign of fisherman Lakeraj Mahadeo more than a day after his boat capsized in the Demerara River just off the Herstelling foreshore.

A man from D’Urban Street who was allegedly attempting to commit an armed  robbery at Linden when he was  dealt several chops before being taken into custody last week Monday appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

I, like my colleagues, have been inundated with questions, petitions and even insults relating to the position of the Alliance for Change (AFC) on the matter of becoming part of APNU.

The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a US$5M loan to help Grenada to strengthen its conditional cash transfer programme and protect its poor citizens from a further decline in living standards.

The Ministry of Health recently hosted a graduation ceremony for young people who participated in an Information Technology training programme in East Ruimveldt and noted that plans are in train to host other courses to keep youth gainfully occupied.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is collaborating with the Region Three administration to realign the Windsor Forest koker door that slipped from its groove recently.

A logger accused of pretending that he could supply a man with a quantity of lumber, knowing this to be false, was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

President Bharrat Jagdeo told the regional media that based on the demand for house lots, it would be fair to say that remigration to Guyana has increased.

CARICOM Heads of Government and the European Union (EU) agreed to give Jamaica budget support and provide funds for the region’s climate change agenda at a special session of the 32nd Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government on Sunday in St Kitts and Nevis.

Retired Chancellor of the Judiciary Justice Cecil Kennard has urged citizens to uphold their civic duty in the fight against crime, while also admitting that public confidence in the police force has been lost due to corruption by ranks.

A worker accused of stealing two cases of Red Bull from Survival Supermarket was yesterday placed on $10,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Michelle Richards, who police say was the target of a murder attempt by her brother-in-law, yesterday took the stand at the ongoing preliminary inquiry (PI) into the charge.