Month: December 2010

Better Hope, East Coast Demerara– Relatives of ten-year-old Christopher Owen are still trying to overcome the sudden demise of the boy who, from all reports, was a loving and free spirited youngster. Some believe that he may have been fooling around like kids do, not realizing the danger, while his mother is convinced that perhaps his brother’s incarceration led to Owen’s action. Christopher is said to be very close to his brother and the separation may have been too much for him to handle, according to family members.

 Calcutta, Region Five – Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud met with residents, farmers and workers to update them on their responsibilities during the La Nina weather phenomena and address critical drainage issues during the period.
The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and the MMA/ADA which currently have direct responsibility for Region Five community enhancement, since August 2010, have been embarking on several emergency D&I work.

The police have launched an investigation in to the robbery of fisherman Vijai Persaud, 30 years of Mon Repos North, ECD, and his two crew members were attacked and robbed by three men, two of whom were armed with firearms.

Investigations so far revealed that Vijai Persaud and the two other fishermen were in their boat in the Atlantic Ocean, about 30 miles off the Mahaicony Foreshore, when a boat with the three perpetrators came up alongside. They were held at gunpoint and robbed of a total of 3 cell phones, a quantity of jewellery, and $20,000.00 by the men. 

East Bank Demerara – Barama seems to be determined to hold on to it’s Plywood markets locally, as the company imported containers of the product recently. Early October, the company’s boiler, a component that is
integral to the production of plywood, was damaged. Four workers were blamed
for being negligent. With repairs or replacement likely to take an estimated 18
months, BCL said that it had no choice than to lay off the 281 workers who were

Diamond, East Bank Demerara– Demeara Distillers Limited says it remains committed to ensuring that all of it’s employees are paid their current sala

Georgetown-
The Guyana’s People’s Partnership (GPP) is calling on the Minister of Education to sit with teachers and parents in reviewing the automatic promotion system. The GPP is disappointed at the recent remarks by the Minister where he said that the dropout rate will be high if the policy is disbanded. The political group says it shows is a severe lack of knowledge by the Minister as it relates to Education Policy

Georgetown– President Bharrat Jagdeo said that a lot of “horror stories” have been reported as it relates to Chinese trying to get work permits in Guyana. In some cases, many of them have been solicited for bribes from individuals, some of whom are not even Government officials. The president made these comments while addressing more than 400 Chinese nationals at the Guyana International Convention centre yesterday.

 Georgetown- The People’s National Congress Reform once again calls the attention of the President and his Administration, as well as the law enforcement arms of the state, to the intolerably high levels of criminal violence – especially in the form of armed robberies which is pervading Guyana today and jeopardizing the safety and security of citizens.

Georgetown-
The police responded to reports of a man robbing persons in the bus park at Stabroek Market, Georgetown. In attempts to arrest the man who has been identified as Seon Prince, 35 years of Prince William Street, Plaisance, ECD, he attacked a police rank and was shot and injured to his left leg.
The police rank received a wound to his chest and both he and Seon Prince were treated at the GPHC.
A ladiy’s. purse with a sum of money, a pair of artificial ear rings, a wrist watch without band, a pair of scissors and a quantity of cannabis sativa were recovered from Prince.

West Coast Demerara – The bodies of Avinash Persaud, 18 years of Greenwich Park, EBE, and Kaymattie Hussein, 17 years of Cornelia Ida, WCD, were found hanging at an abandoned building at Uitvlugt Pasture, WCD. Investigations so far have revealed that Avinash Persaud and Kaymattie Hussein shared a relationship but were believed to be having parental disagreements. They were last seen at their respective homes on Monday and Sunday last, respectively. Post mortem examinations will be conducted on the bodies shortly as the investigations continue.