Guyana News

The extensively decomposed body which was discovered on the Industrial Area Dyke at Mackenzie yesterday was identified as that of 82-year-old Nicholas Alexander, a former Guymine worker and member of the Linden Bauxite Pensioners’ Association.

The man who was fatally shot by a city constabulary rank on Friday night at Bourda market has been identified as 38-year-old Terry Kingston.

The police yesterday said that a recent decision has been taken by the force’s administration that allows them to take reports of all types via the telephone.

About 13,500 selected students from Grades 2, 3 and 4 who gained less than 50 percent over the last three school terms will be engaged in a  one-month literacy and numeracy programme from  next Monday.

A miner accused of stealing raw gold was beaten to death at 14 Miles Issano yesterday morning and a team of police ranks have since been dispatched to the area to investigate.

A Melanie Damishana man whose electrified fence caused the death of a 15-year-old remained in custody yesterday and is expected to be charged shortly.

The Community Action Component (CAC) of the IDB-funded security project is hosting a number of skills training and personal enhancement programmes for at-risk youth in low-income communities.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has said that the region now faces a situation of a creeping debt problem that has become a major issue and without solving this there could be no medium-term developmental strategy.

Officials of the Ministry of Labour are currently investigating the conditions under which teenager Sarwan Mahadeo was working when he was electrocuted while operating a plucking machine last Wednesday.

The failure by the relevant authorities to aggressively implement the national building code may have exacerbated flooding in communities such as Grove/Diamond, the Chairman of the National Building Code Committee Melvyn Sankies believes.

More than two weeks after a trawler explosion left him with burns over ninety percent of his body, 19-year-old Orlon Munroe is said to be “coming around slowly” as he recuperates in the Burn Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Obama administration yesterday sued Arizona over the state’s strict new immigration  law in a move that drew fire from Republicans who said the  border needed more security.

The body of a man was discovered yesterday at Garden of Eden after he drowned on Sunday while trying to retrieve a bucket which floated away.

PARIS – President Nicolas Sarkozy denied allegations yesterday that his party received illegal campaign donations in  cash from France’s richest woman via Labour Minister Eric Woerth  as part of a vast system of patronage.

A man who obtained money by pretending to be in a position to help his friend acquire a new passport was sentenced to two years imprisonment yesterday by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson after he pleaded guilty to the offence.

– owner assaulted, arrested Rage and sorrow flowed through Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara yesterday after a 15-year-old boy was electrocuted while holding onto a poultry farmer’s fence.

Constable Kelvin Shepherd had complained of being constantly harassed by the senior officer who killed him on Sunday and was planning to move out of the barracks at the Springlands Police Station.

– long-term plan being discussed, Persaud says A long-term drainage plan for Grove/Diamond is currently being discussed, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud said yesterday, as the community has outgrown the existing drainage facilities.

The teenaged boy who was shot by police during Sunday’s search for ‘Cobra’ said yesterday that the policeman who discharged the rounds which struck him had arrested him recently and knew he was not the wanted man.

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Errol Hanoman has resigned, the corporation yesterday revealed.