Guyana News

A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed a Meadowbrook home and left the sole occupant homeless.

A 26-year old labourer was last week remanded to prison for allegedly attempting to kill a 66-year-old Mes Delices, Canal No.

For a second consecutive year, Guyana is ranked at 134 in the World Bank’s ease of doing business index.

A Spring Garden, Essequibo Coast mother of four lost her two-storey wooden and concrete home in a mysterious fire on Friday night.

A man who allegedly stole a roll of vinyl from his sister was last week sentenced to six weeks in jail after he admitted to the simple larceny charge that was read to him in a city court.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has published the list of registrants generated from the contentious national house-to-house registration exercise but commission members are divided on how the information is to be treated, while the opposition has questioned its legality and called for its withdrawal. 

Two persons are now dead and two others are injured following a head-on collision between an ambulance and a car along Obama Drive, Amelia’s Ward, Linden early yesterday morning.

The life of the current Public Procurement Com-mission (PPC) expires today and despite the Constitution providing for two commissioners to be granted four-year terms to allow for transitioning, this has not happened.

Fair treatment of all businesses and no taxes on start-ups until they begin to turn a profit is a key pledge of the soon-to-be-launched Change Guyana political party, whose presidential candidate Robert Badal is asking voters to trust his experience and leadership as a businessman.

A Venezuelan woman was shot dead in the wee hours of yesterday morning after rushing to the aid of her Guyanese boyfriend when he came under fire from a gang of men at Rock Landing Kaikan, Wenamu River, in Region Seven.

The return of the spring tides, which will be in effect until Monday, has left several residents on the northern side of Glazier’s Lust and Columbia, Mahaicony, counting losses and fearing that even worse lies ahead.

Thousands of persons yesterday took to the city streets to show their support for the fight against breast cancer at GTT’s Pinktober Cancer Awareness 5K/10K Walk and Run.

The police have arrested a teen who they believe may be responsible for the murder of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank Olijah Chesney, whose body was found in Tucville Squatting area, in Georgetown, almost two weeks ago with gunshot wounds.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has announced a crackdown on the use of fire crackers and other illicit explosive devices, while noting that those persons found in possession of these items will be prosecuted.

The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) yesterday announced that its 69kV submarine cable is back in operation following the successful completion of remedial work.

The Guyana Coalition of Services Providers is being revived, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which says a new board of directors is in place and a one-year work plan is being implemented.

The Pesticides and Toxic Chemical Control Laboratory was recommissioned last Thursday.

Police on Tuesday conducted several cordon and search exercises within the Region 4 A (Agricola/Cummings Lodge) division.

Two persons including a nurse are now dead following an early morning accident at Obama Drive, Linden.

In a historic move, 13 companies and persons have been debarred for varying periods by the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) from getting government contracts, including the Chinese company presently executing the East Coast Demerara road expansion project.