Guyana News

A planned signing of a long-in-the-works collective labour agreement between the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has been postponed.

Two young children who were left home alone were rescued from a Sophia house that was almost reduced to ashes on Thursday night after a fire of unknown origin.

Almost a month after being doused with a flammable substance and set alight by her husband, Wakenaam resident Sattie Looknauth remains in hospitalised in critical condition.

A man was granted bail on Friday after he denied assaulting a police constable, while three other charges against him were dismissed after his accuser declined to pursue them.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists examining the genomes of West Africans have detected signs that a mysterious extinct human species interbred with our own species tens of thousands of years ago in Africa, the latest evidence of humankind’s complicated genetic ancestry.

A Tucville youth was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail for possession of an unlicensed gun, which was found hidden in his pants.

A Jamaican national was yesterday fined and ordered deported after he confessed to overstaying in Guyana.

Former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding will head the Organisation of American States (OAS) observer mission to Guyana’s March 2 general elections.

On the occasion of its 5th anniversary as a coalition, the governing APNU+AFC launched its manifesto for the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections promising among other things conditional cash transfers, non-custodial sentences for the possession of small quantities of marijuana and constitutional reform,  the latter of which it failed to deliver as per its 2015 pledge.

Even as it declared that all transactions for the recently announced US$75 million AC Marriott Hotel are above board, the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) yesterday disclosed that the major US brand Hilton Hotel is also coming to Guyana at the same Ogle location.

The 11 political parties, which have been approved to contest the March 2, 2020 elections, yesterday signed a Code of Conduct under the auspices of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC).

Another call has been made for the legal framework to be put place to ensure persons with disabilities (PWDs) can independently exercise their right to vote if that is their choice.

Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon, yesterday declared open the Department of Citizen-ship’s new $57.5M Immigration office in Canje, New Amsterdam, East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six).

Presidential hopefuls from five of the smaller new parties contesting the general and regional elections all have on the agenda the renegotiation of the oil contracts and the need for supporting other industries through revenues received from the oil & gas sector.

People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) presidential candidate Irfaan Ali has been granted another adjournment to facilitate the decision of the Court of Appeal on the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the 19 fraud charges brought against him over the sale of state lands in the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme.

Just days after the victim of a fatal stab wound, Latoya Haywood, was laid to rest, two persons were arrested by police after they broke into her tomb minutes after 1 am yesterday at the Le Repentir Cemetery where she was buried on Sunday.

Leslie Castello is expected to face yet another retrial after a 12-member panel was yesterday once again unable to arrive at a verdict on charges that he raped a young girl.

A vehicular accident on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway which occurred on Wednesday night has claimed the life of a female who is yet to be identified.

The two brothers suspected of committing the robbery at the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) kiosk at Giftland Mall remain in police custody, Commander of Region 4(A) Edgar Thomas yesterday told Stabroek News that they are still in the early stages of investigation and the brothers are being questioned.

A 20-year-old man who was accused of having over 400 grammes of cannabis for trafficking was granted bail yesterday after he was charged with the offence in Lethem.