Guyana News

As global concern about the health effects of vaping grows, some Guyanese vapers have stopped using the popular electronic cigarettes while others remain unconcerned even as some stores report that sales of the product have increased in the past months.

An 85-year-old man died in a fire which engulfed his house at the Scottsburg Housing Scheme, Corr-iverton, Upper Corentyne early yesterday morning.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo last night called on GECOM Chair, Justice (Rtd) Claudette Singh to act in accordance with the Constitution and name an early date for general elections.

  The trial of Abishai Caesar continued yesterday with his former reputed wife giving evidence and she testified that her then husband had confessed to her that he stabbed Anna Catherina businesswoman Jennifer Persaud and her sons after Persaud woke and recognised him.

Non-management and supervisory staff of the Linden-based Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc (BMGGI)  began strike and protest action yesterday over the company’s alleged insistence on paying them a 6% wage and salary increase for 2019, instead of the at least 8% or 9% increase they are asking for.

In 2013, as a young entrepreneur, Abigail Loncke started her business which unfortunately flopped.

A jury yesterday found a 16-year-old boy guilty of rape of a child under the age of six and he is expected to be sentenced by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall on October 3rd.

In what will be seen as a cautionary tale for this country and its impending oil wealth, the IMF 2019 staff Report on Guyana has cited pitfalls from Trinidad and Tobago and Ghana to underline what can go wrong.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) is expressing its concern over the ongoing political impasse and urges Guyanese to be patient as GECOM executes its mandate to arrive at a date for elections.

The 2019 IMF Staff Report on Guyana has pointed to key weaknesses in the economy that have to be overcome including the skilled labour shortage and high energy costs.

A man, who admitted to assaulting his girlfriend on Regent Road, was jailed for three months when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

A man who told the court that he was joking when he snatched money from his ex-boss, secured bail equal to the amount he is accused of snatching when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

A taxi-driver was on Tuesday evening taken into police custody following the discovery of an unlicensed revolver in a motor car.

A bus driver accused of assaulting and threatening a policeman, among other offences, was denied bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday. 

A family of five was last evening displaced after a fire of unknown origin ripped through their Plaisance, East Coast Demerara house.

Minister of Agriculture,  Noel Holder yesterday encouraged awardees of the Ministry of Agriculture’s bursary programme to look towards the diverse fields of agriculture as they consider their careers.

The North Georgetown Secondary School (NGSS) yesterday launched its E-library. The air-conditioned E-library is powered by a solar network, and equipped with a network cabinet and internet access.

Even while repatriation efforts are being finalised for victims of Hurricane Dorian,  Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix said the Government will be working to develop a draft National Policy for assisting Guyanese in Caribbean territories who are affected by natural disasters.

Appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday, a handyman was fined after he admitted to collecting a woman’s money and bicycle and not returning with the items she sent him out to get.

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Rtd) Claudette Singh, will today at 10.30 am disclose the date she is proposing for the holding of  General and Regional Elections.