Guyana News

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has called for a single development plan for the country that doesn’t change with governments and wants constitutional reforms that will see the restoration of executive functions to a Prime Minister sitting in Parliament with only certain constitutional functions performed by a President.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited (RBGL) yesterday assured customers that their data remains secure despite the challenges they have faced after effecting changes to banking systems and says it expects to have the issues fully resolved by the middle of December.

Government has declared its “intention” to properly gazette and rename the National Archives of Guyana as the Dr Walter Rodney Archives.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has approved the applications of several international organizations to observe the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections.

Towana Clarke, the Corporate Secretary at the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), was yesterday granted her release on $700,000 bail after she was charged with causing the death of Police Constable Carl Roach in an accident at the intersection of Brickdam and Chalmers Place.

Rajen Dindial, the 34-year-old who was found guilty of killing a man in 2017 at a Grove wedding house, was yesterday sentenced to 15 years in prison for the crime.

Just over a week after his co-accused was freed, Dereck Bailey, one of two men separately charged with causing the death of four-year-old Ambeka Providence in a collision at Sheriff Street in 2016, was freed of the charge yesterday after a city magistrate dismissed it due to insufficient evidence.Bailey,

Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon, says the cost of maintaining Guyana’s sea defence is a major drain on Guyana’s resources, as he emphasised a need for policymakers to consider removing important aspects of the country’s public infrastructure to higher ground.

Samuel Allen, the youth accused of killing a Brazilian miner during a robbery at Arakaka, Region One five years ago, was yesterday found not guilty of the crime by a jury.

Cabinet yesterday noted the award of contracts by procurement agencies for a number of projects including $259.7m to Ivor Allen for the construction of the Ruimveldt Polyclinic and $71.3m to B&J Civil Works for rehabilitation of roadways from Paramakatoi to Monkey Mountain in Region Eight.

A 47-year-old man was yesterday found guilty of four counts of sexual activity with a child and is expected to be sentenced in two weeks.

Aundre Singh, who is one of two men recently sentenced for the possession of over 12 pounds of cocaine at Rupert Craig Highway last year, was yesterday sentenced to one year in prison after he pleaded guilty to illegal possession of cocaine found at his home subsequent to his arrest for the prior offence.

The brawl between two students of the Richard Ishmael Secondary School was triggered after the female student made disparaging remarks about a relative of her schoolmate, a source close to the school told Stabroek News yesterday.

According to Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, government lacks the will to increase the wages and salaries of workers employed by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

Remington Eastman, the father of Brian Eastman, the police officer who died in the horrific accident on the Rupert Craig Highway said his death came as a shock to the family and has left them devastated as they had earlier in the day lost another family member.

The couple allegedly found with over 75 pounds of ganja at their North Sophia home earlier this week are now remanded prisoners after being jointly charged today with possession of the narcotic for trafficking.

Minister of Education Dr Nicolette Henry today met with the student population of Richard Ishmael Secondary along with the teachers following a widely publicised beating of a schoolgirl by a schoolboy on the premises.

Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson says $14 billion is needed between 2020 and 2022 to effect “urgent” repairs on 32.9 kilometers of Guyana’s sea defence, failing which, locations across the coast will suffer a fate similar to what Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, has been seeing in recent weeks.

An accident along the West Coast Berbice Public Road yesterday afternoon has left one seven-year-old child dead and his mother, sister and several neighbours hospitalised. 

The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation after a video showing two students from a city school fighting surfaced on social media.