Guyana News

Just over three weeks after the torture of a 15-year-old boy while in custody at the Leonora Police Station, the area commander has been moved from the division and will now take up a position at the force’s Eve Leary Headquarters.

-farmer held A poultry farmer has been arrested after he reportedly fatally shot a man he discovered near his chicken pens early yesterday morning.

The body of a man, with suspected marks of violence, was discovered in a septic tank at Crabwood Creek, Corentyne Berbice yesterday morning.

In the absence of wage negotiations the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) says it is only fitting that government should give an interim pay increase of 12% to public sector employees.

-can now take 15 tons The flimsy $1.1M Bee Hive Bridge, which had outraged residents earlier this year, was rebuilt almost one month ago and can now bear up to 15 tons.

The police are yet to contact the teen, who was tortured by ranks at the Leonora Police station about an identification parade, law enforcement authorities said was necessary for those complicit to be charged.

The watermelon farmers who were held in connection with the murder of the 16-year-old schoolboy at the Number 63 Beach last Sunday have been released following an identification parade on Friday.

Thinking of heading to the UK? Then get your Visa or MasterCard ready as from December 1, only online payments will be permitted.

-profit still an issue for farmers Increased rice yields have been recorded with almost half the current crop harvested up to mid-October, according to the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB).

An upgraded LCDS document which will integrate views from the recently held national consultation and the agreement signed between Guyana and Norway will be released within two weeks.

-aiming for a million ducklings a year from NARI A lack of political will in some CARICOM states has seen the region-wide agriculture initiative being stalled, President Bharrat Jagdeo says.

– court hears Two women who allegedly stole a quantity of cash from a man did not know that the money had already belonged to one of them.

-queries decision to close Diamond cultivation The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has pointed to the poor condition of some of the East Demerara Estates saying that GuySuCo is showing little interest in their state of decline even as the industry seeks to increase cultivation.

The Form One student, who was hospitalized after being stabbed last week after accidentally “jamming” another student during a music “clash”, was transferred to the High Dependency Unit (HDU) on Friday.

In the first Secondary Schools Science and Technology Quiz Competition organized by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Tacquin Wilson of Bishops’ High School emerged as the student with the most points of twenty-four.

‘Ow I jus come outta jail foh one thing and I dey now looking foh a work and now this…I don’t understand’ Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Wednesday remanded to prison a man accused of stealing a cellular phone from a teenage boy, when he appeared in court to answer to the charges.

The Urban Forestry and Biodiversity Conservation programme (UF&BCP) of the National Parks Commission has received the overwhelming support of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and other key stakeholders, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Government Information Agency reported.

-suspect held Three female teachers who were distributing National Identification Cards at the Enterprise Primary School were robbed of valuables at gunpoint on Friday night and the police have since held a suspect.

The Mayor and City Council has noted that the traditional clean-up for the festive season has started and it is urging the public to observe the environmental laws and to practice good neighbourliness.

A man was arrested after an illegal firearm and eight matching rounds were discovered in a Tundra by Police on Saturday night.