Guyana News

Almost three months after the death of Troy Resources employee Ryan Taylor, his family is still awaiting word on the findings of the investigation and how the company intends to compensate them.

There will be a shake-up of current AFC ministers should APNU+AFC be voted back into government next year  as the revised Cummingsburg Accord entrusts the President with the duty of designating portfolios, sources familiar with the document says.

Setting aside several decisions, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has awarded $6.85m to the parents of a fisherman who died in an accident on 31st January, 2002 when his boat was hit by a pontoon towed by a barge owned by Barama Company Limited (BCL).

Police in Berbice have hit a roadblock as it relates to the investigation into the Number 63 Village hotel murders during which Canadian hotelier Vivekanand Brijbassi and his watchman, Harry Persaud were brutally killed.

For the October Criminal Assizes, 84 sexual offences cases were dealt with by the High Court, according to figures released by the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The police yesterday arrested two suspects shortly after the robbery of two foreign nationals at Longden Street, Georgetown.

Ever since joining forces in January to tackle the local musical scene, dynamic duo ‘Gavin and Chucky’ have created quite a storm around the country.

Residents of Central Georgetown on Saturday experienced hours of disruption to their water supply after a major pipeline suffered damage and had to be repaired.

Essequibo Coast rice farmers who were affected by flooding earlier this month have begun to replant their lands, Regional Chairman Devanand Ramdatt told Stabroek News yesterday.

The North American Fire and General Insurance Company (NAFICO) says it has acquired the licence from the Bank of Guyana to offer marine and aviation insurance to the oil and gas industry.

Three Berbice High School students who were awarded the first National Industrial & Commercial Investments Ltd (NICIL) National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) scholarships for 2019 were once again all rewarded by the company for excelling at their Christmas term exams.

Twelve farmers from Santa Cruz, Region One, recently received disbursements of $30,000 each from the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs (MoIPA) to assist in land clearing, preparation and planting.

From January 1st, 2020, the price for the daily edition of Stabroek News will move from $80 to $100. 

A US$3.4 million ($714 million) power plant, capable of generating 3.3 megawatts (MW) of electricity was commissioned at Bartica yesterday with officials expressing optimism that it would banish the town’s power woes as the generating capacity is above its peak requirements.

Even as the police are yet to make an arrest, the second victim in the Number 63 Village hotel murders was yesterday identified by relatives as Harry Persaud, 59, of Number 68 Village, Corentyne.

The first ten months of 2019 saw some 3,752 reported cases of child abuse and while there is much more to be done, the country has come a far way in relation to the response to the scourge, Director of the Child Care & Protection Agency (CC&PA) Ann Greene says.

Former APNU+AFC parliamentarian Charrandass Persaud on Friday endorsed the People’s Progressive Party’s presidential candidate Irfaan Ali, saying that he believes that Ali will do “well as president.”

The $227 million solar power farm built in Mabaruma, Region One should be up and running before Republic Day, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson told Stabroek News yesterday.

The Region One Health Officer (RHO), Dr Latchmie Lall has disclosed that the Region has recorded a significant increase in teenage pregnancy.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has submitted an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an Environmental Authorisation to construct a new ferry stelling at Parika.