Guyana News

Said to be well known to the police, Jamal David will be spending the next 18 months getting acquainted with the prison service and its inmate population after he admitted to stealing from a woman’s home, which he broke into while she was at church.

The opposition PPP today accused GECOM of procrastinating as it is still to make a decision on the fate of the current house-to-house registration and a date for general elections.

The PNCR today defended the record of the APMU+AFC government on crime.

Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Andre Kellman was this morning charged with the sexual assault of a worker at the airport.

The third draft of Guyana’s Local Content Policy has received mixed reviews from the private sector, with some hailing the proposed measures to ensure that Guyanese benefit from the oil and gas sector, while others say more needs to be done.

If the Guyana Elections Commissions (GECOM) suspends the current national house-to-house registration process by the end of this month, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) believes that there will be enough time to facilitate elections by the end of October.

The Ministry of Natural Resources will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) and other stakeholders to make it harder for persons to import mercury as the country aims to reduce its wanton use in the mining sector.

There are over 25,000 active applications for house lots and the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is working to clear the backlog, according to its Chief Executive Officer Lelon Saul.

The newly-commissioned Valmiki College for Business and Technology is aiming to equip youths with the skills needed to enter the working world.

The Guyana Prison Service last night said prison wardens were forced to put out a fire that was set in the security block of the New Amsterdam Prison. 

A $1.8 million facility for triage has been commissioned at the Port Mourant Hospital earlier this week so as to improve the comfort of visitors to the institution.

With funding from the Ministry of Communities, Georgetown’s City Council has commenced rehabilitation of main access road and the internal road network for the East Ruimveldt Market.

Luther Orlando Charles, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Domestic Airways Incorporated, was yesterday given a week to pay a $200,000 fine for failing to provide an Occupational Safety and Health Officer with information about the accident that led to the death of pilot Randy Liverpool.

Two new ambulances, expected to be put into operation immediately, were officially handed over to the Regional Health Officers (RHOs) of Region Three and Region Four on Wednesday.

Eleven Guyana Defence Force (GDF) scholarship awardees are due to travel soon to the People’s Republic of China to begin their studies.

Nine companies have bid to provide security services for schools in Georgetown.

Two Bourda Market vendors have each been ordered to serve 10 hours of community service after a long simmering dispute erupted into physical violence.

An Independence Boulevard youth was granted bail on Monday after he denied a charge of robbing a man of almost $300,000 worth of cash and items.

ExxonMobil Guyana has reemphasized its commitment to a culture of safety by holding a workshop on this issue for contractors today at the Marriott Hotel.

A 46-year-old clothes vendor was yesterday afternoon fatally stabbed by her husband following an argument and the man is now hospitalised in a critical condition after he subsequently tried to kill himself at the couple’s Nabaclis Sideline Dam, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home.