Guyana News

Persistent rainfall has once again made sections of the Linden to Lethem trail a nightmare for motorists.

Following the recent outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Public Health Ministry yesterday said that it is imperative that measures advised by the World Health Organization (WHO) be adopted in order to safeguard all travellers as well as the country’s ports of entry.

The Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP) yesterday expressed astonishment at the Stabroek News’ editorial of July 26th, 2019 – titled ‘Temporising’ – which it said made “numerous odious and malicious assertions.”

Members of the diplomatic community were on Friday given a tour of several city operations by Mayor Ubraj Narine.

Female entrepreneurs have been able to get a better understanding of business management while gaining confidence and support through an empowerment project designed to help small business owners.

The Ministry of Public Health today sounded an alert over the Ebola Virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which the World Health Organisation has deemed a public health emergency of international concern.

The movements of citizens in and around the city can now be monitored following the activation of a Huawei-built Safe City Command Centre for the CCTV Surveillance system, a component of the US$36 million National Broadband Expansion Project (NBEP).

President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday ended weeks of deadlock, leading to the selection of retired Justice of Appeal Claudette Singh SC as the new Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), thereby clearing a key hurdle on the path towards the holding of general elections.

Lenox Shuman, Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party, has filed an action against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and the Attorney General to challenge the validity of the order signed by former Chairman James Patterson for the conduct of the national house-to-house registration exercise.

A one-party government is not an ideal model for Guyana and People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Vice-Chairman Dr George Norton yesterday said that there is no reason why the party would want to contest another election singly again.

PPP supporters yesterday once again took to the streets in front of Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) offices in various parts of the country, calling for elections and for the cancellation of the ongoing house-to-house registration exercise.

Local manufacturers’ rejection of a 40 per cent tax on refined sugar imported into the region reflects a limited understanding of market requirements, according to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) which says that its planned white sugar product will meet the standards required by the manufacturers.

Three men, who the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) says it intercepted during a drug deal at Parika after trading almost five pounds of cocaine, were yesterday all remanded to prison on a joint charge of possession of cocaine for trafficking.

A man was yesterday sentenced to two months in jail after he admitted to assaulting two minibus operators after an argument erupted when he refused to pay his fare.

After six years, the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Advancing Partners and Communities (APC) programme is coming to an end.

In a renewed bid to secure the over US$2 million owed to it by government for road construction works, Trinidad engineering and construction company Dipcon, is challenging the presidential respite granted to Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who was liable to be held in criminal contempt for non-payment.

Local authorities believe the parcels of cocaine found aboard the Guyanese vessel ‘Krautsand’ in Tortola last week were likely picked up in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has announced that its mobile coverage will be downgraded at Diamond, on the East Bank of the Demerara, where one of its cell site towers collapsed across the East Bank Demerara highway.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has announced that the payment of bills through its Mobile Money Guyana (MMG) service will be free from August 1st.

The United States, the United Kingdom and Canada have welcomed the selection of retired Justice of Appeal Claudette Singh as the new Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).