Guyana News

Government cannot commit to public servants receiving a bonus this year as its current status restricts  spending, President David Granger this morning said.

Three new parties on the scene: ANUG, FED-UP and TNM have pledged not to support either of the two main parties: PPP/C and PNCR in the upcoming general elections.

Efforts to have the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) reverse a decision to exclude from the Official List of Electors (OLE) those persons who have not collected their Identification cards have failed.

An Onderneeming, Essequibo man died after he was struck down by a speeding car along the Adventure, Essequibo Coast Public Road on Monday evening and the driver who fled the scene was arrested yesterday morning.

The Change Guyana party yesterday detailed plans to reform the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL), which includes privatising the utility company and transitioning it from fossil fuel use, in order to deliver on a promise to ensure blackouts become a thing of the past for customers.

The Mabaruma district in Region One has opened its doors to a large number of Venezuelans who have sought refuge in the area following the devastation of their country under the Nicholas Maduro administration. 

The death of Rupertee teen Robert Francis, who died in the wee hours of Sunday morning, has been ruled a hit and run after a post-mortem examination found that he died of a crushed skull due to a vehicular accident, resulting in the arrest of the driver of a Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) vehicle that is believed to have been involved.

An autopsy conducted yesterday on the charred remains suspected to be those of Colin Rodney Jr, the key witness in an ongoing murder case, was inconclusive, according to Crime Chief (ag) Michael Kingston.

The Hydrometeorological Service says that increased rainfall is to be expected as the northern section of Guyana transitions into the second Wet/Rainy season of 2019.

A woman who was allegedly assaulted by make-up artist Lolita Callendar, known as ‘Lola Doll,’ yesterday told a city court that she would be willing to accept $800,000 as compensation for damage to her hair instead of proceeding with the case.

Morris Carter, the taxi driver who allegedly stabbed a man with a pair of scissors during an argument for $2,000, was on Monday committed to stand trial after he failed to prove his innocence during the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge.

A labourer who fell from a building at the Pegasus Hotel expansion project work site remains in the hospital and underwent surgery yesterday.

A 22-year-old Cane Grove man is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) following a beating at a wedding house on Sunday night that has left him with a fractured skull and other injuries.

Jerome Liddell, a policeman who had been charged earlier in the year with the unlawful possession of a pistol, was freed on Monday after a city magistrate dismissed the charge.

Two police detectives testified on Monday when the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Osafa Grundell and James Fraser, who are accused of killing taxi driver Marlon Rodney, continued.

Bids were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction of Living Quarters at the Ministry of Agriculture’s East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) estimated at $25.2M.

Commuters using the Demerara Harbour Bridge were caught in a traffic jam after a number of utility poles being transported across the bridge by truck came loose and slid off.

The trial of two men accused of murdering a security guard during a 2013 multi-million dollar heist in Lethem continued yesterday at the High Court in Georgetown.

Minister of State, Dawn Hastings-Williams on Sunday said although the Government has invested significantly in relief measures for domestic violence victims, a coordinated approach is needed to effectively address the problem.

An autopsy has given the cause of death of Bushy Park, East Coast Demerara (ECD) farmer David Micah as multiple chop wounds.