Guyana News

Executive Member of  the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Dr. David Hinds says continued probing by the political party has revealed that the decision to change the name of the national archives from the Walter Rodney Archives to the National Archives was made by the administration of the entity, as opposed to government.

The son of a US-based Guyanese couple died early Christmas morning after the car he was a passenger of crashed into a utility pole along the Central Avenue of Schenectady, New York.

The body of a 16-year-old Brazilian boy was discovered on the Guyana bank of the Takutu River, some six days after he went missing.

Floodwaters, which were the result of incomplete work to an Endeavour, Leguan Koker  have significantly receded since a stop-log door was installed during the late hours of Christmas Eve, Regional Engineer Seenarine Nandram said.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred today at about 3:15 am on the Uitvlugt Public Road, West Coast Demerara involving motor jeep PWW 9100 owned and driven by Vijai  Sankar, age 28 years of Lot 24 Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo .

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Israel Mc Kenzie, age 32 years, a labourer of Lot 74 Middle Road, La Penitence, which occurred about 3.30 am today at Second  Street and Middle Road La Penitence.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) on Tuesday gave a water concession to indigent homes and orphanages.

At least eighteen persons have lost their lives as a result of workplace accidents across the country for 2018 and 2019.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Carlos ‘Tony’Williams, 30, a driver of Lot 267 Rose Hall Reef, Corentyne Berbice, allegedly by a male known as ‘Babba’ of Fyrish Village, Corentyne Berbice who is currently being sought.

A vendor of Port Mourant, Corentyne is now dead after a fight during a game of chic-chic at Rose Hall Town Public Road last night around 10.15 pm.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  is preparing to levy a fine against Spanish oil company, Repsol for a mud spill which occurred offshore in the Kanuku Block, even as the agency mulls lobbing government to push for 24/7 oversight and for new legislation to raise the paltry levies attached to such incidents.

Governing coalition partners A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Chance (AFC) yesterday inked an updated agreement for a unified slate to contest the March 2nd, 2020 general and regional elections.

The Department of Energy (DE) yesterday announced that subject to the completion of a contract, Shell Western Supply and Trading Limited has been selected to buy Guyana’s first three oil cargoes.

While most of Guyana was ringing in Christmas Day in celebration, residents of Endeavour, Leguan were faced with the damage caused by floodwaters and the prospect of more due to repairs to a sluice door being left incomplete.

The Citizenship Initiative (TCI) has not closed the door on a coalition with other small parties for the upcoming March 2nd, 2020 polls, according to its presidential candidate Rondha-Ann Lam, who yesterday said any such alliance would require that inclusivity along the lines of gender, ethnicity and youth be adequately addressed. 

Godfrey Cox, a youth who is accused of robbing a driver of a phone and $250,000 in cash by snatching them from his vehicle, will be spending Christmas in jail as he awaits his next court hearing. 

Former Chairman of Region Three and contractor Fazeel Rayman, 84, who survived a fire that destroyed his house and several businesses at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, three months ago, passed away on Monday. 

Former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) accountant Peter Ramcharran, who is on trial for allegedly falsifying the entity’s accounts, was on Monday granted an adjournment to continue leading his defence after a city court heard that he had new representation.

The Guyana Defence Force yesterday received bids for the supply of fresh frozen local chicken.

Several farmers on the Essequibo Coast have suffered losses as a result of their lands being under water for days after flooding from rains and Regional Chairman Devanand Ramdatt told Stabroek News that some lands are still inundated.