Guyana News

Saying that it is “dissatisfied with the whole” of the April 19 decision of Justice Sandil Kissoon in which he issued a stinging rebuke to the Ministry of Education, the state yesterday filed a notice of appeal against the judgment and it is also seeking a stay of execution of part of the judgment that bars the Education Minis-try from discontinuing the deduction of union dues from teacher’ salaries and remitting same to the GTU.

Guyana is optimistic about Chinese concessional financing for the Corentyne Bridge linking this country with Suriname, even as it prepares for talks with Beijing soon, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said.

The Parika Stelling will be upgraded by government to accommodate the necessary changes needed for the docking of the regional ferry and to enable it to be a transportation and logistical hub in the future.

Police are investigating a fatal accident that claimed the life of a 29-year-old motorcyclist who is suspected to have been hit by a speeding motor lorry on Tuesday at about 23.30 hours on the La Bonne Intention (LBI) Public Road, East Coast Demerara.

Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred on Tuesday at about 19.15 hours on the Liverpool public road, Corentyne, Berbice which claimed the life of a 25-year-old motorcyclist and injured the pillion rider The accident involved the now-deceased, Zameer Alli, a labourer of Letter Kenny Village, Corentyne, Berbice, who was riding a motorcycle with pillion rider, Samuel Anderson, a 23- year-old of Lot 34 St Paul Street, Rosehall, Corentyne, Berbice and a motor car, HD 3517, and driven by Eutambu Downer, a 48 year-old taxi driver of Lot 13 Limlair Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

The Ministry of Labour (MoL) is refuting the claims made by the head of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) over the timing of its proposal in recent conciliation talks with the Ministry of Education (MoE).

The man who was found lifeless in his car on Sunday in the vicinity of Heroes Highway, with blood flowing from his nostrils has been identified.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) recently hired the law firm Cameron and Shepherd to write Stabroek News demanding retractions of statements contained within its editorials relating to the controversial award of the Belle Vue pump station to the unqualified company Tepui Inc.

The police file on 18-year-old Jared Jagnandan, who was fatally shot at Shaf Auto Sales, Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, has been returned to the police from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) with the advice for further investigations to be done,  the chambers’ public relations officer Liz Rahaman said yesterday.

As part of the overall enhancement of its environmental data collecting capabilities, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has installed a water quality monitoring system at Bartica, Region Seven.

The Ministry of Legal Affairs yesterday handed over a speedboat and a 200-horsepower engine, valued at some $8 million, to the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) in an effort to boost the Service’s operational efficiency, a GPS release stated.

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday allowed a lawsuit filed by Exxon Mobil against two activist groups seeking to bar their climate resolution to go ahead against one of the groups.

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-over 160 seized so far As part of its mandate to ensure that measuring instruments used in retail trade were verified, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) announced in a release yesterday that inspectors from its Legal Metrology Department, are currently conducting surveillance exercises at shops and markets countrywide.

-suspect flees Police ranks of Regional Division 4 ‘C’, during an intel-led operation on  Tuesday, May 21, 2024 recovered a 9X Glock 19 pistol, eleven  9mm rounds of ammunition and a quantity of cannabis in a car at Second Street, Montrose, East Coast Demerara.

Wayne Summer, 58, and Shawn Baynes, 45,  both of Victoria Village, East Coast Demarara, were arrested on May 17, 2024 by the Police for the offence of harbouring a wanted person.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday reiterated the Government’s commitment to providing reliable energy to the country through a diverse energy matrix.

Detectives in Regional Division 4A are probing an incident involving a 42-year-old man, Carl Cato of Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara, who was reportedly shot in his left foot, by a 28-year-old security guard employed by Sheriff Security Services.

Dexter McDonald, 31,  of Buxton Middle Walk, East Coast Demerara was arrested on Friday, May 17, 2024, and charged with  the following offences: Armed robbery committed on Sharon Sarjoo.

–President tells Bonasika outreach Farmers here  reaped more than 20 million pounds of cassava in 2024.