Guyana News

Proposed cash transfers to citizens from expected oil revenues is going to be a defining issue at the upcoming general elections, according to WPA Executive David Hinds, who says the ruling APNU+AFC coalition risks losing supporters if it does not embrace the initiative, which has stirred a groundswell of support. 

Following another meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), it has been decided that the data gathered during the recent house-to-house registration process will be displayed for public examination. 

The Board of Industrial Training (BIT) yesterday hosted its 14th graduation exercise for 260 youths who were part of its National Training Programme for Youth Empowerment (NTPYE) programme.

With the aim of educating Guyanese households, the Outliers Zone organisation yesterday launched its ‘Get money-smart Guyana’ financial literacy campaign.

Sawak Maraj, the Trinidad and Tobago national who was accused of conspiring with others to fake his own kidnapping after travelling to Guyana, was yesterday ordered to serve more than five years in jail after a city magistrate found him guilty of giving false information to the police and conspiring to commit a felony.

A man who stole over $500,000 worth of items from a woman’s car was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail for the crime.Principal

Sherry Ann Marks, a waitress who was previously fined for threatening behaviour, was yesterday sentenced to six months in jail for simple larceny.

Each of Guyana’s ten administrative regions now has its own police commander as part of the ongoing regional decentralisation of the operations of the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

Minister of State Dawn Hastings-Williams yesterday commissioned the $1,069,000 Lynette Stephens Resource Centre in Mahdia, Region Eight.

Investigators seem to have hit a hurdle in the investigation of the murder of US-based Guyanese Andre Gordon, who was discovered dead in his Kitty apartment almost three weeks ago.

Alston Stewart, a Jamaican advisor to the Alliance For Change has explained an incident at Piarco Airport, Trinidad where a firearm magazine was found in his luggage.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited (GBTI) has gathered almost $2M through the GBTI Hurricane Relief Fund – Bahamas which was initiated shortly after Hurricane Dorian ravaged sections of the island chain early in September.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday warned that international organizations which disburse monies to the current administration during this period might not be repaid if his party forms the next government.

Twelve Guyanese will over the next five years benefit from a $785M academic programme sealed between the University of Guyana (UG) and Trent University of Canada.

Dominic Gilpin, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guardsman who was allegedly found with a quantity of cannabis and a firearm with matching ammunition on Monday, was yesterday remanded to prison after facing three charges.

President David Granger yesterday deflected questions about whether Minister of National Security Khemraj Ramjattan would be the APNU+AFC coalition’s Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2020 elections.

The government is in a race to seal a decrepit section of the Mahaicony sea defence before spring tides return on October 26 and around 50,000 tonnes of boulders will be needed.

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday declared that he still has full confidence in the chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Justice (Rtd) Claudette Singh but argued that she must realize how damaging recent events will be to the institution’s credibility.

At age 18, Tashana Sasha Ramdeholl developed a “tiny” white spot on her face.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo has said that his PPP/C administration “was wrong” to withdraw state advertising from Stabroek News in 2006.