Guyana News

Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock yesterday sounded a call for the Indigenous peoples to preserve their own identity, even as they work with the rest of Guyana for the development of the country.

(GAWU statement) Yesterday, August 08, the first scheduled day of harvesting of the canes of the second crop, workers of all the gangs of Albion Estate have downed tools, severely affecting operations at the Estate.

The Management of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC)wishes to inform the general public that last evening at approximately 23:30 hours the Airport Runway Lighting System experienced a failure due to a slack cable connection.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday gave notice that if government fails to hold general elections by September 18th, the opposition party would ignore all of its claims to legitimacy after that time.

Detective Constable Richard Persaud, the Berbice rank who was transferred to the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) after being accused of planting a material suspected to be ganja at a Superbet in East Canje, Berbice last month, has resigned from the Guyana Police Force.

President David Granger has described claims that Haitians are being used to pad the National Register of Registrants Database as “incredible”.

Two of three men charged with the possession of over 12 pounds of cocaine last year were yesterday sentenced to three and a half years in prison after they were found guilty of the crime, while the charge against their co-accused was dismissed after a city magistrate found that he had been none the wiser about the drugs.

Just under two months after establishing its presence here, Trinidadian supermarket chain Coss Cutters is preparing to open its second branch.

Acting Town Clerk Sharon Harry-Munroe has been sent on administrative leave after allegedly failing to carry out instructions issued to her by the Local Government Commission (LGC).

An investigation will be launched into allegations by the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) that the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Union’s credit union has been spending large sums of money without proper authorisation.

Despite being disappointed by the limited number of artworks that participating countries are allowed to feature at the upcoming Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) in Trinidad & Tobago, the Guyanese Visual Arts delegation is confident that the selected pieces will leave an impression at the event.

Ricoldio Kyte, the 31-year-old interior shopkeeper who pleaded guilty to two charges of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition last week, was yesterday sentenced to one year in jail.

Darrel John, who faced a charge of possession of ecstasy, yesterday had the matter dismissed by a city magistrate.

A Rose Hall Town, Corentyne fire on Wednesday has left an elderly woman homeless, after the two-storey wooden and concrete house she took care of was completely destroyed.

A taxi-driver and his passenger have both been found innocent of a firearm possession charge.

Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital yesterday, announced the appointment of Guyana’s first embryologist, Ganesh Persaud, as head of the In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) laboratory at the hospital in Georgetown.

Commander-in-Chief, President David Granger, presented Lieutenant (Lt) Britany Van Lange with her Instrument of Commission on June 27 last, solemnising her status as an officer of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

President David Granger today met with the members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and reassured that government will continue to respect its independence and await its advice on the holding of “credible elections,” while appearing to back down from his previous hardline position on the need for house-to-house registration to update current voter database.

President David Granger and his APNU+AFC Cabinet are following the directions of Attorney General Basil Williams and will not be resigning, Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon said yesterday.

Denied survivor’s benefit by the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) she never knew she was entitled to until 26 years after the death of her husband, a High Court judge last week declared that Ismay Lake is entitled to the benefits stemming from the more than one thousand contributions her husband Vibert would have made to the Scheme when he was alive.