Guyana News

Postal worker, Germin Forde, who was shot dead early Friday morning in New Amsterdam by bandits, may have been killed because he recognised one of the attackers and called the person by name, a police source said yesterday.

Six deportees have secured jobs through the local organisation, Juncata Juvant, established some five months ago to help to re-integrate ex-convicts into society.

Tuition fees for Guyanese attending the University of the West Indies (UWI) are now comparable to fees paid by those from countries that contribute to it and relations between UG and UWI have progressed over the past two years with both institutions set to benefit, UWI Vice-Chancellor Nigel Harris says.

Barbadian investors are upbeat about Guyana, saying that the market has been good to them but one potential investor is calling on government to establish an export guarantee scheme especially for natural resources.

A total of seven families on Thursday benefited from a donation by the Guyana Relief Council (GRC).

The hearing aid lab at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has a capacity to produce about 100 hearing aids per month but only makes about 15 since not many persons know of the facility.

An investigation into the spraying of pesticides at the Skeldon Estate during which workers were affected has found that while there was poor planning by the field department, there was no “significant physical symptoms among the patients treated”.

Pardoned treason accused Mark Benschop has started a clean-up project in the city with youths from depressed communities.

Government’s objective to accelerate the country’s agricultural development is moving forward with more than $70M being invested to re-open large lands for farming activities at the Cozier agricultural scheme, Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam), the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

BOSAI Minerals Group Guyana Inc. has donated $100,000 to the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central to assist the club in its charitable work in communities.

An elderly couple who appeared to be visitors were choked and robbed on Saturday night at the corner of Alexander and Regent Streets by two men who had accomplices lurking nearby.

Two men, one of whom was armed with a gun yesterday morning robbed a Chinese restaurant at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD) of an undisclosed sum of money before escaping in a car.

Bernard Kerik, recently hired as a security advisor for President Bharrat Jagdeo, is likely to be charged with several felonies in the US, including tax evasion and conspiracy to commit wiretapping.

Two murals by renowned Guyanese artist Aubrey Williams at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Timehri were covered in order to accommodate a new roof which is designed to prevent water from leaking into the immigration department, according to management and technical experts.

Veteran journalist Charles de Florimonte yesterday passed away at his Subryanville home, one month after he was diagnosed with lung cancer, his relatives said.

The ICC CWC West Indies Inc 2007 has commissioned the University of the West Indies (UWI) to measure the Caribbean region’s performance in the hosting the ICC CWC 2007 tournament and it is expected that host venues would also conduct evaluations of their performances as well.

Four persons have been taken into custody following the $8.2M robbery in New Amsterdam early on Saturday during which the Postmaster of the Nigg Post Office was shot.

Dear Editor, In a recent letter captioned ‘Protect the children of Guyana from predators’ (KN 07.01.13) I had written: “The children of any nation are its most prized possessions/assets.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter “We should not be asked to pay VAT on services supplied when we haven’t collected from our clients” (07.03.28) by Roshan Khan.

Dear Editor, I refer to Osafo Modibo’s letter captioned ‘The PPP were not genuinely committed to power-sharing’ (07.03.16).