Guyana News

Two hundred and thirty minibus drivers and conductors from the routes plied in Regions 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 communities along with Region 3 taxi drivers have benefitted from training which focussed on the areas of hospitality, first aid, tyre & fire safety, life & vehicle insurance, and defensive driving.

Caretaker President David Granger yesterday afternoon told children of the communities of Hogstye-Lancaster Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) at a back-to-school drive that education is an investment in the future.

Caribbean Airlines yesterday announced that due to Tropical Storm Dorian, the following flights for today have been cancelled: FLIGHT                                 ROUTING    AUGUST 26, 2019 BW 448                                 Port-of-Spain to Barbados BW 449                                 Barbados to Port-of-Spain BW 455                                 Kingston to Barbados BW 454                                 Barbados to Kingston BW 459                                 Port-of-Spain to Barbados  LIAT also cancelled some flights for today.

(LIAT press release) LIAT wishes to advise passengers that due to the passage of Tropical Storm Dorian that several destinations within the LIAT network will be affected.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Shamaine Frank, 27, a janitor of Lot 317 Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara, allegedly by the father of  her three children today  at about 3 am.

Declaring that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has failed Guyana in ensuring that general elections were promptly held in accordance with the December 21st, 2018 motion of no confidence, former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran says it is now up to the GECOM Chair to uphold the constitution.

Torrential rain, lightning and powerful winds tore through several Linden communities on Friday afternoon, and toppled trees, flooded streets and left several residents without a roof over their heads.

The Liza Destiny, which will undertake the extraction of first oil, is expected to arrive  soon in Guyana’s waters.

With the aim of generating additional revenue for the downsized sugar industry, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has moved to turn some of its estates into a “cultural heritage tourism product” where persons would gain a first-hand experience of estate operations.

The two brothers who were severely burnt during an incident at their Corentyne, Berbice home last week departed for the United States yesterday afternoon where they will receive emergency medical treatment.

Nearly a week after a brazen, attempted robbery on a business executive in the city there has been no word from the police on if recently installed surveillance cameras picked up any footage of value in the probe.

The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) retired Justice Claudette Singh has been accused of facilitating “prevarications and political shenaniganism.”

Construction works on the Kitty Market are expected to resume shortly, as a $17.7 million contract has been awarded to BML Architects and Engineers for the completion of works in Phase One of the project.

The rebranded and upgraded ANSA McAL radio station – MIX FM – can now reach about 90 per cent of the Guyanese population with the expansion of their service to Linden.

The Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI) has accused Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson of lying to the nation during an interview on the National Communications Network (NCN) on August 17.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) has issued an advisory to the general public stating that the Authority is the only government department authorised to allocate housing units and lots.

Over 1,000 Georgetown participants graduated on Friday from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Zara Computer Training Centre’s several computer training programmes, which ran from September 2018 to August 2019.

The Public Affairs Office of the U.S. Embassy in Georgetown has announced the annual competition for the Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship Program.

Inspectors from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Friday visited the runway of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) to gain a firsthand understanding of what transpired during the aborted takeoff of American Airlines (AA) flight 1512 on Wednesday.

The report, ‘Bourda vendors get community service after feud erupts into violence,’ which was published in the August 23rd edition, incorrectly stated that vendor James Brown was ordered to do community service.