Guyana News

A no-case submission was on Monday made to the Magis-trate’s Court by attorney Nigel Hughes in the Gary Best death-by-dangerous-driving trial.

Huge tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the procurement of hydraulic excavators and bulldozers for the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority in Region Five.

Relatives of prison inmate, Earl Graham, who was shot and killed during an alleged breakout attempt on September 19 at the Lusignan Prison are asking that an investigation be conducted into the circumstances surrounding his death.

An accident along the Number 60 Public Road, Coren-tyne on Tuesday around 9.30 pm has left a police constable seriously injured in the New Amsterdam Public Hospital. 

Guyana  will today virtually host a  Group of 77+ China ministerial and technical meeting which will  highlight initiatives aimed at combatting climate change.

Local entrepreneurs are set to benefit from a Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce (GACC) initiative that seeks educate them on what needs to be done in order to introduce their products into the US market.

GOODYEAR, Ariz./WILMINGTON, Del.,  (Reuters) – With less than a week before Election Day, President Donald Trump held a pair of in-person campaign rallies in Arizona yesterday despite a U.S.

The President’s Youth Award: Republic of Guyana (PYARG) on Tuesday received a boost in its drive to assist the nation’s youth with a donation of food supplies from the FoodMaxx Superstore, a member of the Giftland Group of Companies.

The police are probing the suspected suicide yesterday of 15-year-old Ahren Singh.

A 21-year-old man has been charged with larceny committed on a Canefield couple last Wednesday evening. 

Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton on Tuesday congratulated 26 graduates from the Ministry’s six-week, heavy-duty equipment operator training held in Mahdia, Potaro-Siparuni (Region Eight).

The Office of the President today announced that after consultation with Justice Yonette Cummings OR, Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), President Irfaan Ali, will appoint Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, M.P.

From November 1st , Caribbean Airlines (CAL) will offer a twice weekly service between the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Guyana and Lester B.

Leader of the Opposition Joseph Harmon today said that there will be “serious resistance” by the APNU+AFC coalition if Local Government Elections (LGE) are not held next year as mandated by law.

Two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died, the Ministry of Health said today.

While China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC) is maintaining that it has completed 97% of works on the US$138 million Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday said the government’s records show a vast difference with less than half of the agreed 17,000 square metres covered under the original agreement completed.

At the request of Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond has submitted all documentation related to the renunciation of her US Citizenship.

Announcing the start of work by the recently appointed Gas to Shore Project Advisory Committee, President Irfaan Ali has said he anticipates the project to materialize by 2023 to deliver affordable energy to Guyanese.

Zaheer Hussein, who was accused of killing his former father-in-law, Alexie Gomes, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court.

Investigators probing the murder of a La Grange, West Bank Demerara granny, who was found lifeless in her ransacked home on Sunday, have arrested a 16-year-old.