Guyana News

Emergency works to repair a collapsed section of the Leguan Stelling commenced yesterday morning and the contractor is aiming to complete the rehabilitation to reopen the facility to the public by Friday, General Manager of the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) Marcelene Merchant said yesterday.

Guyana has been elected as Chair of the G77 Group, a United Nations coalition of developing nations, but diplomatic sources have questioned the cost, including potentially undermining the country’s past efforts in lobbying for support in its border controversy with Venezuela.

Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine yesterday hosted a walking tour of the central business district for the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Chairman Gerry Gouveia in a bid to secure assistance to address the strain being placed on the city’s garbage collection resources.

With Christmas approaching, some city vendors say sales are lower than they usually are but in the true Christmas spirit they remain optimistic that as the days go by business will be booming.

No sensitive information was accessed during the cyberattacks that targetted the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC), Commissioner Trevor Benn said on Monday, while noting that his account was under attack on a daily basis.

A 20-year-old electrician was yesterday sentenced to 14 months in prison after a Georgetown Magistrate found him guilty of stealing a motorbike belonging to a police officer.

A cattle rancher, who police say was found with more than two pounds of cannabis at his Moblissa home on Saturday, was granted bail yesterday after he denied ownership and claimed that the narcotic belonged to his tenant, who escaped when the police made the discovery.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) in Georgetown for the procurement of goods and services for several public agencies, including three for the supply and installation of a new x-ray machine with computed radiography system for the Ministry of Communities.

A total of 90 hernia surgeries were completed over the weekend at three public hospitals. 

A Corentyne man is now nursing a chop wound to his head after three men attempted to rob him and two others on Sunday evening at Hampshire Village, Corentyne. 

Contracts, said to be valued at over $110 million in total, were signed on Monday for water supply improvement projects to be done in Fly Hill, Kwaimatta, Shulinab, Wowetta and Aranaputa, in Region Nine.

  The US embassy today said that the United States’ only interest in scheduled general elections here is that they be free, fair and peaceful.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp won a major victory in a closely-watched lawsuit today when a judge ruled that the company did not defraud investors out of up to $1.6 billion by hiding the true cost of climate change regulation.

Police ranks in Region No. 2 (Pomeroon-Supenaam) acting on information received, yesterday at about 13:20hrs intercepted a motorcar at Charity, Essequibo Coast but seconds after, the vehicle sped away and the driver disposed of a bag through the front passenger side window.

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) is about to embark on a national remapping exercise after more than half a century but the scheduled start was delayed after a laptop was allegedly stolen from the Canadian company contracted to execute the project.

Four Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) employees were fired this year for corruption.

The preliminary inquiry in the charge against Marcus Bisram, the alleged mastermind of the murder of a Corentyne carpenter, is now expected to commence next Monday after Magistrate Alex Moore reported sick ahead of the scheduled start at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara family’s Christmas preparations were ruined yesterday morning after a fire, suspected to have been caused by an unattended diya, gutted their home.

Guyana has moved up two places on the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index (HDI), where it now ranks 123rd of 189 countries.

Days after pile driving began for the rehabilitation of the dilapidated Leguan Stelling, another section collapsed yesterday afternoon, alarming residents over the potential repercussions for the island.