Guyana News

As Guyana enters a pivotal period with substantial revenues expected from the oil industry, the populace should push for a reemergence of the village movement to enable them to influence decision-making as it is unlikely that there would be a quick change to the current winner-takes- all system, attorney Nigel Hughes says.

An American Airlines flight that departed Guyana on Saturday morning, was forced to return and make an emergency landing after experiencing mechanical problems shortly after takeoff.

Over seven months after his yes vote on a no-confidence motion led to the defeat of the government, former parliamentarian Charrandass Persaud says that the APNU+AFC administration is stalling on holding general elections because it knows it will lose power.

Residents of Tiger Bay in the western part of the city were yesterday told that the government is attempting to ensure that house lot applications are addressed.

Weeks after being hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital, Presidential Guard Winston Cooper has been discharged.

A man was yesterday shot on Hadfield and High streets in front of the Ashmin’s building following an argument with another man.

The administration of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has pledged support and assistance for Acting Commander of ‘G’ Division (Essequibo Coast and Islands) Superintendent Crystal Robinson, as her family looks to regroup following a fire that gutted the officer’s Stewartville, West Coast Demerara home.

The main access road for Hauraruni, along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, is to be repaired, according to the Department of Public Informa-tion (DPI).

Graduates from the Caribbean Science Foundation’s (CSF) science and engineering programme now number 152 since 2012 and 10 will begin studies at the Massa-chusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this fall.

President David Granger yesterday hailed the role of Congregationalists as he attended the Bicentenary Anniversary celebration of the Mission Chapel Congregational Church, New Amsterdam.

At least two river dredges are operating illegally in the Kuyuwini River in Region Nine in areas that were declared no mining zones, according to the South Rupununi District Council (SRDC), which has expressed alarm at the destruction being caused to the largely pristine area by the gold mining operations.

Acting Commander of ‘G’ Division (Essequibo Coast and Islands) Superintendent Crystal Robinson suffered millions of dollars in losses after a fire of unknown origin destroyed her Stewartville, West Coast Demerara house and three vehicles yesterday morning.

Surveillance footage appears to exonerate former Detective Con-stable Richard Persaud, who was accused of planting suspected ganja on the premises of a Superbet branch at Reliance Village, at East Canje Berbice, last month.

The East Coast Highway road upgrade and widening project is currently 71 per cent done and is expected to be completed by the end of the year, Technical Services Manager for roads at the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Nigel Erskine has disclosed.

After three weeks, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been able to register approximately 174,000 persons as part of the contentious national house-to-house registration exercise.

Government’s lobbying for the Bank of Baroda to remain in Guyana may have influenced it to stay and Minister of Finance Winston Jordan says that it is likely to see many future rewards with first oil on the horizon, a number of foreign companies opening businesses here and no international bank offering competition.

With a grant from the Guyana Fund for Cultural and Creative Industries (GFCCI), local musician Gavin Mendonca plans to release a series of folk albums, which he hopes will contribute to the preservation of Guyanese culture and heritage.

The Ministry of Citizenship is still to source finances to develop the areas identified in Region One to house Venezuelan immigrants.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) contracted truck that got stuck along the main access road to Kamwatta Hill, at Mabaruma, in Region One, was removed yesterday morning, according to Toshao Henry Morris, who said traffic in and out of village has since returned to normal.

The recently constructed La Parfaite Harmonie Police Station is expected to be commissioned within a month, Deputy Commi-ssioner of Police Nigel Hoppie told residents of the West Bank Demerara community yesterday.