Guyana News

Queenstown Village on the Essequibo Coast celebrated its 178th anniversary on Monday and President David Granger stressed again on the importance of education when he emphasised that the school is a pillar of the community. 

Lenno Alexander, the guard who was charged with stealing dresses from the Regent Street store where he was employed, has agreed to pay $100,000 to compensate his former employer.

The Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Region Four Health Department, on Monday launched the Guyana Re-aligning Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health (‘GRAIN-H’) programme.

“Breastfeeding is not a choice, it is a responsibility, one which mothers take up in order to improve health, social and economic development of individuals of nations” were some of the opening statements at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s (GPHC) health fair for National Breastfeeding Week.

President David Granger today met with his Cabinet and discussed the issue of holding of credible General and Regional elections in Guyana at the earliest possible time.

Convicted drug trafficker Roger Khan, who was detained by the police on Friday night for questioning in relation to the murders of political activist Ronald Waddell and boxing coach Donald Allison has been released from police custody.

Former Chairman of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Board, Hugh Denbow succumbed at a city hospital last evening, hours after his bound body was discovered at his North Sophia home following a suspected home invasion.

Professor Clive Thomas has given more details on the proposed policy of cash transfers (CTs) showing that they would be affordable and would deliver significant economic and social benefits to working class households.

Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland yesterday urged President David Granger and “all relevant stakeholders and institutions” to restore constitutional rule in Guyana by immediately setting an early election date in accordance with its constitution, enabling elections to be held without further delay.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday called on President David Granger to name a date for general elections now that he has been given advice on a timetable and it also criticised GECOM for providing a date that was in contravention of the Constitution.

The Chinese nationals whose charred remains were found after fire gutted three buildings along the Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara Public Road on Sunday morning have been identified as cousins.

Convicted drug trafficker Roger Khan, who was detained by the police on Friday night for questioning in relation to the murders of political activist Ronald Waddell and boxing coach Donald Allison, remained in custody up to last evening as the expiry of the 72-hour period in which he could be held without charge approached.

The Management of the Guyana/Suriname Ferry Services yesterday announced that the M.B. Sandaka will be in operation between Guyana and Suriname from Thursday, September 26, 2019 until further notice.

A miner was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with murdering his brother-in-law.

A protest for the setting of an elections date was staged last evening just a few feet away from the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, where President David Granger was invited to speak at a reception held in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has paid over survivor’s benefits to Ismay Lake, whom it had initially denied on grounds that her claim, made 26 years after her spouse’s death, was inordinately late. 

Two men accused of being responsible for last year’s deadly pirate attack, which left at least four fishermen dead and several missing and presumed dead, were yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the deaths of two of the victims.  

A second family has arrived in Guyana to a Ministerial welcome after surviving Hurricane Dorian in The Bahamas.

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications (MoPT) last night said it was its understanding that a fibre-cable being landed here by cable service provider, E-Networks is to be used solely for broadcasting and therefore did not require its permission.

Five to ten per cent of the operations of General Equipment Guyana Ltd. (GENEQUIP) is currently geared toward servicing operators in the oil and gas sector.