Guyana News

The long-delayed Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Expansion Project is 93 percent complete and management has use of almost the entire facility.

History was made Monday when John Mootooveren became the first person of Guyanese descent to be appointed City Council president of Schenectady in New York according to the timesunion.com.

A Georgetown salesman is now hospitalized at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital with serious burn injuries to his face and shoulders after he was doused with hot oil by his girlfriend in Gangaram Village, East Canje, Berbice yesterday afternoon. 

Members of the Guyana Elections Commission were informed on Tuesday that two technical officers from the Electoral Commission of Jamaica will be providing assistance to GECOM under the auspices of the International Republican Institute.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Wednesday launched its Medical Surveillance Programme which will allow for the analysing and monitoring of employees’ health before and during employment.

The High Commission of India yesterday celebrated the 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) – Indian Diaspora Day – at its Swamy Vivekanand Cultural Centre in George-town.

The Ministry of Education yesterday handed over steelpans to the Port Mourant Secondary School and the Skeldon High School in Region Six.

A miner who robbed his lover during a three-day stay at the Status Hotel in Georgetown was granted bail on Wednesday after he was charged for the offence.

Government officials in Region One who are eagerly waiting for the construction of the Moruca Maternal Waiting Home to commence says that once it is built they are confident that it will boost health care in the Region.

The police today said that Turkish national Ugur Turetgen, 44,  is wanted  for questioning in relation to fraud and immigration violation.

Yesterday, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport’s  (CJIA)  water supply was disrupted resulting in the terminal buildings being out of water for several hours.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is updating the recently published Revised List of Electors (RLE) to reflect changes in addresses and other information of some persons, a move that the opposition PPP/C has dubbed “illegal” but GECOM says the law caters for this to be done.

After weeks of mixed signals from President David Granger and APNU, it now appears certain that if the coalition government gets back into office, AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan will be the prime minister.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday swore in nine of 10 Returning Officers from nine administrative regions in preparation for the March 2nd general elections.

Minister of State,  Dawn Hastings-Williams yesterday received a courtesy call from the United States Ambassador to Guyana,  Sarah-Ann Lynch at her office at the Ministry of the Presidency during which elections-related matters were discussed.

People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) presidential candidate and former housing minister Irfaan Ali’s application for a stay of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the 19 fraud charges brought against him over the sale of state lands in the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme is expected to be heard by the Court of Appeal later this month.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) yesterday announced the following increases in pensions and the contributions ceiling. 

Revenue uncollected due to exemptions from duties and taxes in the year 2018 was more than double the amount exempted in 2017 with companies and businesses ‘Conditional Tax Exemption’ equal to 20 times that of the taxes paid.

A Corriverton Market labourer was yesterday charged with murdering Lochan Persaud Kamaldeo over a sleeping spot on one of the market’s stalls last Friday evening.

Preparatory works for upgrading the Vreed-en-Hoop and Stabroek ferry stellings began last year and will continue this year with the projects expected to be completed within three years, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson has said.