News

At about 2200h last night, the police say that a mini-bus driven by Jermain Brown, 38 years, of Sparendaam, ECD, was stopped by a man along the Railway Embankment at Liliendaal, ECD.

(Trinidad Guardian) Another person has died after contracting the H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as swine flu.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is expected to move a motion in the National Assembly to suspend the Standing Orders to allow three bills to be laid, debated, and passed at tomorrow’s sitting of the House in what the PPP/C has branded a flagrant violation of parliamentary democracy.

Banks DIH Limited says its recent sale of shares in Barbados beverage conglomerate Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) was both “financially and commercially advantageous” and will increase shareholder value.

The basis for the selection of the Marriott Hotel builder is unclear with government’s holding company NICIL refusing to provide information on the second-ranked bidder and it had also ruled out at least one reputable firm and given low marks to another, according to the forensic audit into the project.

The University of Guyana (UG) is one of nine winners of an innovation fund grant under US President Barack Obama’s signature education initiative ‘100,000 Strong in the Americas.’

President David Granger says that there needs to be another retreat to discuss the findings of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the sugar industry after the first one was not attended by “several important ministers” due to overseas travel.

As the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) continues to tout the positive impact of its campaign to create a ‘Clean and Green City,’ workers contracted to do the cleaning are complaining that they are not seeing the “green” they have worked for.

One of the boats in Saturday’s fatal crash in the Mazaruni River may not have had any lights.

Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Public Service Department Reginald Brotherson says that while he inherited a broken ministry, he intends to create a sector committed to higher standards.

Barnwell North on the East Bank of Demerara is to receive potable water for the first time in 15 years, according to a release yesterday from Guyana Water Inc (GWI).

First Lady Sandra Granger, in collaboration with the ‘Rethink’ Organisation, the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Caribbean Airlines, yesterday, presented over 1500 pairs of shoes to students from the hinterland regions, who are currently studying in Georgetown.

Walter Gobin has once again won first place in the national drawing competition.

President David Granger yesterday announced a contribution of $1 million dollars to the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Fallen Heroes Foundation and another $1 million to the Force’s Scholarship Fund.

The partially decomposed body of a fisherman was found near the base of a mango tree at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara, on Monday afternoon, when a child went to pick fruit from the tree.

A man was yesterday fined $10,000 after he admitted to using abusive language to a woman.

In Saturday’s edition of Stabroek News in the news item under the heading `Charge against Jagdeo over Babu John statements fizzles’ the following quote was incorrectly attributed to Justice Navindra Singh whereas he was referring to the argument of counsel for the applicant, former President Bharrat Jagdeo.

An inspection of the Drop-In Centre on Hadfield Street has contradicted the concerns raised by a volunteer about the conditions of the centre.

Gold miners in and around the district of Mahdia in Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) are pleading with Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman to visit the region as they say they have myriad issues of concern to discuss.

Residents of the Essequibo Coast are relieved that their flooding woes could soon be over now that the construction of a pump station at Lima Village has finally been completed.