Guyana News

Acting head teacher of the Moblissa Primary School, Yonette Amsterdam has praised the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Region Ten for what she has dubbed as the timely and important fixing of roads within the community.

Dr. Arron Fraser was on Saturday elected Presi-dent of the Queen’s College Old Students’ Association (QC-OSA) at an Extra-ordinary General Meeting at Queen’s College.

A Best Village, West Coast Demerara (WCD) man is in a critical condition after he was shot by a passenger in a car that was passing as he walked on the Crane Public Road yesterday.

Five persons were arrested during an intelligence-led operation in several East Coast Demerara (ECD) villages that unearthed an unlicensed gun and a quantity of drugs yesterday.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of a so far unidentified male of African descent, clad in short camouflage pants, blue jersey and a pair of fawn Clarks shoes.

While Norway has releas-ed all remaining payments from its forest protection accord with Guyana, the current APNU+AFC government cannot access the funds due to its current caretaker status and payments cannot be sanctioned until after the expected March 2nd general elections.

A search is now underway for three Corentyne, Ber-bice fishermen after a fellow crewmember was found dead and their unmanned boat, with evidence of blood, was recovered aback Cromarty Village, Corentyne, on Friday.

Going strong since pre-independence Guyana and famed for its cuisine, Shanta’s Puri Shop is facing its sternest test yet as the battle between two brothers for the building and their mother’s legacy has moved from the courts to the streets.

Facing huge deficits that could impair its financial sustainability, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is eyeing investing overseas but Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has urged that it look closer to home in areas such as the housing sector that could prove lucrative.

As a New and United Guyana (ANUG) moves towards the 2020 general elections, it will be targetting those voters who see no future in the ethnic politics that have dominated Guyana, according to its presidential candidate Ralph Ramkarran.

Six years after three Albouystown youths were fatally shot by police on South Road, in George-town, their families still await justice.

The police have been advised not to charge Shemar Wilson, the suspected mastermind behind the lobbing of a grenade outside the Kaieteur News’ offices in 2016.

Seven persons, including the son of a city businessman who had been taken into custody almost three weeks ago following the discovery of a sub-machine gun and a quantity of ammunition at Church Street, South Cummingsburg, George-town, have been released from police custody without charge.

Hinterland village leaders last Wednesday told Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman that they were being affected by a number of issues stemming from mining, including threats and damage to transport infrastructure, while others questioned why residents  were being subjected to huge fines for the small amount of lumbering or logging they do on their lands.

The Local Government Commission (LGC) has finally filed its appeal of the ruling of Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall, which nullified the dismissal of Georgetown Town Clerk Royston King, sources have said.

Courts Optical Guyana opened the doors of its newest branch yesterday at Grove, East Bank Demerara.

Minister of State Dawn Hastings-Williams on Friday night pledged to ensure that government makes full use of Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) scholarships to ensure that Guyanese acquire skills that would allow them to  meaningfully contribute to national development.

The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) yesterday announced that it has started remedial work on the damaged 69 kV submarine cable which links the Vreed-en-Hoop and Kingston Substations.

(ESPN) When the New England Patriots defeated the New York Giants 38-35 to end the 2007 regular season, they became the first NFL team to go undefeated since the league expanded to a 16-game format.

Under fire for frequent blackouts, GPL has begun  long-awaited repairs to its vital submarine cable across the Demerara River which suffered damage in June and August this year.