Guyana News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Heavy snowfall blanketed the  US East Coast  yesterday, disrupting public transport and  air travel, and hampering holiday shoppers on the last weekend  before Christmas.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has increased its staff at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport in order to cope with the increased number of holiday travellers.

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Several persons, including a heavily-pregnant woman, were injured last evening following an accident on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) public road, in the vicinity of Ogle, where a Route 44 minibus collided head-on with a private car which was ferrying a patient to the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Stating that status does not determine the treatment offered to patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy expressed satisfaction with the hospital yesterday, saying its staff acted in a manner appropriate for the injuries Minister Desrey Fox sustained.

Hours after an armed robbery, a man accused of being a perpetrator was fatally shot by police early yesterday morning.

-1,071 cards returned so far After a stream of complaints, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday admitted that some new National Identification (ID) Cards were produced with photographs that do not meet commonly acceptable standards.

Although Guyana is no longer a “least-developed country”, government officials are optimistic that it can benefit from some of the US$100b per annum that the US and others plan to mobilize by 2020 to help these countries counteract the impact of climate change.

A campaign has been launched against unlicensed liquor restaurants or ‘bottom house rum shops’ that are operating illegally across the country, the Home Affairs Ministry, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Guyana Police Force announced in a joint advisory yesterday.

Trevor Simon, the watchman found dead at the Diamond, East Bank Demerara house he was guarding, died of asphyxiation, compounded by blunt trauma to the head.

Three years after the multi-million dollar City Mall was opened at the corner of Camp and Regent Streets it is about to change owners, according to reliable sources.

Justice Rishi Persaud has granted an interim injunction in the High Court prohibiting the sale of Ocean View Hotel, which is in receivership, and in the midst of a reported agreement between the bank and current owner, Wilfred Rambaran.

Holiday visitors to Guyana were on Tuesday welcomed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) with traditional local black cake and rum punch as part of a ‘Meet and Greet Christmas welcome’ programme.

Two masked men attacked a female security guard early Thursday morning, clobbering her in the head with an iron bar before robbing her.

Brindley Benn, CCH, one of the fighters for the nation’s independence, was cremated yesterday following a service which highlighted his efforts to put Guyana on a path of peace and prosperity.

The UK-based Guyanese woman who sued her gynaecologist after accusing him of touching her inappropriately was on Thursday forced to drop the suit and agreed to pay the doctor after evidence emerged she had attempted to seduce another doctor.

Police Commissioner Henry Greene is reporting an overall decrease in crime, although there have been slight increases in the West Demerara district, ‘E and F’ Division and Essequibo.

-GWI The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) said about 10, 000 Linden residents will benefit from improved water supply when its new well is completed in March.

Operations at the Water Street branch of Republic Bank came to a halt yesterday morning after a bomb threat was made by an unknown caller.

-court hears A food and beverages vendor pleaded not guilty to unlawful possession of spirits when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Thursday at the Georgetown court.