Guyana News

Oil and gas commentator Christopher Ram has flayed the latest version of the government’s local content policy and has also faulted the local private sector.

One hundred and twenty-six young people from the bauxite community of Linden graduated on Friday from the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) in four technical courses – electrical installation, welding and fabrication, heavy-duty equipment operation and motor vehicle repairs.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal incident which occurred yesterday at about 7 pm  on the Ituni Trail involving motor car # PPP 651 owned and driven by a forty-seven-year old mechanic of Kwakwani Park, Berbice River, Upper Demerara and motorcycle # CG 8386 owned and driven by Godfrey Willis, age unknown of Goat Farm, Ituni who died.

At the recent preview of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) manifesto just over a week ago, General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo said his party would put into effect campaign finance reforms if it wins elections in 2020.

According to the current property manager Roshan Khan, all developmental plans for the land surrounding the Chateau Margot chimney currently include the preservation of the historic landmark.

The Childcare and Protection Agency (C&PA) is spearheading the investigation of the alleged rape of a six-year-old student at an East Coast Demerara primary school earlier this week and preparations are being made for him to be interviewed tomorrow.

A partnership sealed this year between National Hardware Guyana Limited and the Trinidadian firm Concepts and Services Company Limited (CSCL), an oil and gas support company, is an example of what local content capacity building should be, President of the Georgetown Chamber and Commerce and partner in the company Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer says.

As Guyana’s private sector calls for the implementation of power purchasing agreement (PPA) legislation here that would cater to individual homes moving to solar and supplying the grid, the Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) has voiced its support for such a move.

Anna Regina Secondary was on Thursday recognised as the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) School of the Year, while Queen’s College (QC) was similarly awarded for the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) at the Caribbean Examination Council’s (CXC) 2019 Award ceremony.

A visually-impaired pianist has graduated as the Foundation 7 Music School’s top student this year.

Trinidadian Rondelle Keller, 26, and Barbadian Maria Collins, 47, are the latest attorneys-at-law to be admitted to the Guyana bar.

Ahead of last Friday’s general elections in Dominica, the Organization of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations (OCCBA) joined with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Bar Association in condemning recent sustained attacks on High Court judge Birnie Stephenson, a sitting High Court Judge in the Commonwealth of Dominica. 

The Ruimveldt Children’s Home and Care Centre (RCHCC) in collaboration with the Foundation 7 Music School hosted a fundraising event for “Project Hope,” which will see the construction of a home for vulnerable children 11 years and under.

With Christmas approaching, Banks DIH has once again launched “Santa’s Enchanted Christmas Village” at Demerara Park, Ruimveldt, with a host of attractions for children.

In the absence of clear behaviour suggesting that a person may self-harm or commit suicide, there is no way for officers of the prison service to know whether a person who has been arrested is likely to engage in either action, according to Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels.

Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Thursday arrested a West Coast Demerara resident, who along with three others, who are yet to be arrested, were said to have been in possession over 68 pounds of cannabis.

A resident of Georgetown is currently in the custody of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) after he was caught trying to smuggle a quantity of narcotics into the country on Friday.

The police in Region One (Barima-Waini) have launched an investigation into an alleged pirate attack in the Waini River on Friday morning during which a group of fishermen were robbed.

Currently, campaign financing in Guyana is regulated by the Representation of the People Act.,

The Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Thursday night intercepted 68 lbs of suspected cannabis after a car chase on the West Demerara and one man is in custody and another is being sought.