Guyana News

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Ten has moved a motion which may ultimately lead to the cessation of Kalibur Security’s services  within the area.

President David Granger yesterday reaffirmed his support for the care of military veterans and their families and presented the Guyana Veterans Legion (GVL) with a cheque valued $1M, at the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony and Reception, hosted at the GVL’s headquarters,  Coghlan House, Carifesta Avenue.

The Eugene F. Correia International Airport (EFCIA) is seeking expressions of interest in the development of a duty-free shop.

A Copa Airlines passenger is facing threats of a lawsuit in his home country of the Netherlands after he was stuck in Guyana and missed his already paid for performance dates, a delay he blames on the airline for its “incompetence” for saying it could not find his name in the system.

The Local Government Commission (LGC) has formally filed an appeal in an attempt to have the decisions made by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall, which nullified the dismissal of Georgetown Town Clerk Royston King, quashed. 

Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has acknowledged that the commission staff was at fault in the granting of controversial proxies during the November 15, 2018 Local Government Elections (LGE).

The Ministry of Agriculture has told rice farmers in Region 6, that they are working on getting clogged canals cleared and fuel for pumps to irrigate the lands.

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) yesterday announced the award of two brand-new concessions to the Ituni Small Loggers Association (ISLA).

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is selling an unserviceable Bell Helicopter as part of the upgrading of its fleet of aircraft.

After a disagreement with a friend ended in violence, a bus driver has agreed to pay the man compensation in order for him to drop the resulting criminal charge.

A homeless man was remanded to prison on Wednesday after being faced with charges of wounding a man as well as threatening a woman.

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) this morning said that that flight BW 526 yesterday bound for John F.

With increased oil and gas activity necessitating the treatment and disposal of hazardous waste, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to identify sites around the country for the development of state-of-the art landfills while it prepares for closer scrutiny of ongoing operations.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on Friday voiced its objection to government’s continued “arbitrary imposition” of salary increases on public servants despite the existence of a binding collective bargaining agreement.

Residents living between the vulnerable communities of Columbia and Fairfield, in Region Five, have voiced concerns over the earthen dam being constructed by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) to ease flooding.

A Guyanese woman was on Friday evening fatally stabbed in Queens, New York and a body believed to be that of the suspect, her estranged husband, was later found hanging from a tree after apparently taking his own life.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has published a list of 18,512 registrants whose existence it is seeking to verify owing to their failure to uplift identification cards. 

President David Granger’s recent suggestion that the distribution of state advertisements to the media should be based on the type of coverage provided has drawn criticism from the Guyana Press Association (GPA), which says his remarks appear link the allocation of paid state advertising with favourable coverage of his administration.

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) plans to use any influence it gains at the March 2020 elections to force a renegotiation oil production contracts and to push for environmental protection initiatives.

Recognising that its supporters from the East Coast of Demerara played a vital role during the 2015 elections, the Alliance For Change (AFC) has opened a campaign office at Lusignan.