Guyana News

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) today urged customers to be more vigilant and seek verification of promotions as the company has seen an increase in fraud reports during 2019.

Guyana has risen three points in the latest Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) Report, registering its best score ever and was once again listed among 22 countries which have significantly improved their standing in the last eight years.

Four men including the son of Deochand Ramsahoye, the septuagenarian who died after he was brutally beaten during the wee hours of Sunday were yesterday charged and remanded to prison.

Workers laid off by the Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) yesterday blocked the Berbice River in protest and their union, the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) has declared the actions of BCGI as a “planned attack on our democracy by the Russian management aimed at creating political turbulence.”

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday emphasised that amendments to the Revised List of Electors (RLE) using data from the controversial House-to-House (HtH) enumeration were well within the law.

The Guyana Court of Appeal in a unanimous decision has affirmed the ruling of former acting Chief Justice Ian Chang, that APNU+AFC ministers Winston Felix and Keith Scott could not hold seats in the National Assembly as non-elected Members of Parliament.

The Linden-based Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana) has promised to complete repair works on its tailings pond today and, will be hoping that the standard of work is good enough to persuade the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant the company permission to recommence the discharge of water into the pond. 

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has written to Lenox Shuman, the leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), to allow him a chance to prove he was not a citizen of a foreign state on Nomination Day.

A Linden man will have to face another trial after a jury yesterday failed to reach a verdict on charges of rape levelled against him.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) in collaboration with the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) will be hosting an incoming trade delegation of 10 Jamaican companies which is scheduled to take place from January 26 to January 31 at the Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown.

A 15-year-old student of the Linden Foundation Secondary School was yesterday afternoon stabbed by a classmate during a fight.

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo has welcomed a declaration by President David Granger that there would be no disorder or lawlessness during the holding of the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure yesterday said that from today  the Manari Bridge in Region 9 will closed for approximately ten  weeks.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has commissioned its fourth regional office, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MoPI) through its Central Transport and Planning Unit (CTPU) on Tuesday held its first public consultation with a broad section of the community in relation to its plans to transform the Parika Stelling into a modern facility.

A North Sophia pharmacist’s home was robbed yesterday with police arriving on the scene almost five hours after being summoned.

Linden Flavius who is before the courts for attempting to kill a taxi-driver was yesterday freed of two counts of armed robbery.

A Cumberland Village, East Canje Berbice man, sustained one stab wound to his abdomen yesterday morning after a lone perpetrator pounced on him outside of his employer’s building along the East Canje Public Road. 

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is assuring the Caribbean region there is no cause for alarm as the immediate risk of infection from the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) to the general public remains low.

The Carnegie School of Home Economics (CSHE) re-opened its Hibiscus Training Restaurant yesterday for the new batch of students, according to a release from the Ministry of Education.