Guyana News

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – In a statement issued yesterday about the controversy surrounding nine escaped convicts from Suriname who were exposed in the TV-program of crime reporter Peter R.

(Barbados Nation) Finally REDjet can fly after months of uncertainty about its future in Barbados.

A fire of unknown origin completely gutted the historic Christianburg Magistrate’s Court today despite valiant efforts by the Linden Fire Service to quell the inferno.

A 77-year-old overseas-based man was shot dead after he was attacked by two bandits this morning on Freeman Street, East La Penitence.

Three local companies have submitted bids to supply netbooks/laptops for the government’s much vaunted One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme.

The company that took over the Simon and Shock International Logging Inc (SSI) forest concession enjoys easier terms than the original holders.

A Guyanese man and his wife were last month granted asylum by the Immigration Refugee Board of Canada, which heard that the couple was threatened after the husband refused a request by a government official to hack into the computers of leading members of the opposition and a newspaper columnist.

The statutory meeting of the Mayor and City Council yesterday was adjourned by the mayor an hour after it started on account of “gross disorder” by councillors.

The Aurora land development project, consisting of 5,500 acres of untouched and uncultivated land, from Supenaam Creek to Riverstown was launched last Saturday.

Five masked pirates went on a rampage over the weekend on the Corentyne, robbing six boats of millions of dollars in fish and fish glue and also escaping with one of the vessels.

Peter Ramsaroop, Leader of the Guyana People’s Partner-ship (GPP) yesterday said that his group has discontinued coalition talks with the Joint Opposition Political Parties (JOPP) but said that the door is still open for talks to resume.

The Ministry of Education yesterday received 100 Acer notebook computers, compliments of two Canada-based Guyanese.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has appealed the decision to dismiss the charges against the suspects in the 2008 $17.2M GuySuCo payroll heist at Stanleytown on the West Demerara.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced that the excise tax on gasoline would be cut to 15%, prompting minibus operators to agree to revert to resume operations with lower fares.

The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) has announced that the Surama Village Eco-Lodge is the joint winner of the 2011 Caribbean Excellence in Sustainable Tourism Award along with Barbados’ Harrison’s Cave.

One of the suspects in the smothering to death of remigrant Ishwar Mithu committed suicide before any credible information could be gathered from him while a second man is yet to be found.

The Agriculture Ministry has begun to distribute support vouchers to assist farmers in order for them to return to cultivation and avoid disruption of their activities, following recent torrential rainfall associated with La Niña weather phenomenon as well as spring tides.

The Guyana Stockfeeds Inc has announced that cash will no longer be accepted at its Farm, East Bank location.

More than 17,000 residents from Queenstown to Walton Hall on the Essequibo Coast are currently benefitting from improved quality and supply of potable water from the $450M treatment facility which was completed in October last year, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

Cornelia Ida pensioner Elfreida Benjamin died last Thursday, almost two weeks since she was hospitalised after using expired medication allegedly given to her at the Leonora Cottage Hospital (LCH).