Guyana News

On October 5th, 2019, four Corentyne fishermen left home to head out to sea to ply their trade with the intention of returning with an income to take care of their families.

As part of a slew of improvements to their community, residents of Ituni, Upper Demerara-Berbice are now receiving up to eight hours of water supply following the installation of a well in their community by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

The police today issued bulletins for two men in connection with the murder of miner Deon Stoll on Monday at Da Silva Street, Kitty.

Dozens of Friendship, East Bank Demerara residents yesterday launched a petition for safer travel on their roads and an increased police presence in wake the deadly collision that resulted in five deaths last Tuesday.

Redstart Investments, which owns Unicomer and similar businesses in Trinidad, the British Virgin Islands and Belize, has established a presence in Guyana and is buying just over 52 acres of land in the Houston/Rome area, where a number of oil and gas companies are currently developing.

Olivia De Freitas, the 23-year-old woman who recently succumbed over a month after she was set on fire, was constantly threatened and had parted ways with her alleged attacker just days before, according to her family.

Explaining his decision to launch a new political party, businessman Robert Badal yesterday said he wants to lead Guyana out of “economic underdevelopment” after successive administrations since independence have failed to address the challenges of the day.

The police in Berbice are presently investigating an attack on a 15-year-old student by two of her schoolmates at a Corentyne Secondary School.

Just over one acre of state lands has been sold by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) to Junior Agriculture Minister Valerie Adams-Yearwood According to a NICIL (Transfer of Property) Order, which was published in the Official Gazette of October 19th, Adams-Yearwood, as of September 13th, 2019, owns Lot 80 Richmond Hill, Mackenzie.

Four years ago, Jai Narine Singh Jr, well known as Don Singh, was feverishly battling on social media to remove the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) from government but today he is part of the Civic fold, part of the “bridge” between the rigidly structured and controlled PPP and civil society.

Former army Chief-of-Staff Rear Admiral (ret’d) Gary Best has downplayed the addition of retired Brigadier Mark Phillips to the ranks of the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), while saying the David Granger-led governing coalition is currently unmatched.

Following the outcome of last week’s National Cultural Policy consultations, the Department of Culture will be hosting another series of consultations that will target specific sectors in the Creative Industries, according to Cultural Policy Advisor Ruel Johnson.

Approximately 30 drums of diesel were recently spilt into a South Rupununi creek following a recent accident, alarming the South Rupununi District Council (SRDC), which says measures have to be implemented to protect the area’s waterways.

Businessman Robert Badal today issued a statement explaining his rationale for starting a new political party saying that successive administrations since independence have failed to address the challenges of the day.

Surprising the Alliance for Change (AFC), which he once supported, businessman Robert Badal plans to run for the presidency of Guyana with chartered accountant Nigel Hinds as his Prime Ministerial (PM) candidate in a soon-to-be-launched party called Change Guyana.

Tricia Lindon, one of the two survivors of the Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EDB) accident that left five dead on Tuesday, says Leon Tucker, who was the driver of the vehicle she was travelling in at the time, had slowed down to allow the police car that eventually crashed into them to pass.

Both citizens and state agencies would have to do their duty for there to be a chance to prosecute and convict self-proclaimed crime fighter Roger Khan of any offence, according to retired Rear Admiral Gary Best.

President David Granger yesterday afternoon told persons gathered to celebrate the opening of New Amsterdam Town Week that he is a constitutional president and that the government is a constitutional one. 

Workers at Blairmont Estate have been on strike since Monday, claiming unfair treatment and calling for an increase in pay, even as the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) says the impact of the action has been “devastating” during a critical second crop period.

Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan says he will be contacting the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) soon to enquire into the circumstances under which a high profile case it was prosecuting was dismissed for want of prosecution.