Guyana News

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation of the Medium Voltage (MV) and Low Voltage (LV) distribution Network at the Guyana Power & Light (GPL) with the highest bid received being over $3.7B.

As part of its continued efforts at preparation should an oil spill occur, ExxonMobil recently organised an emergency response training programme.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Friday, August 23, 2019, concluded  its 20th annual Work-study Programme which sought to familiarise students at the Upper Secondary and tertiary levels with the work environment.

A man has been imprisoned after he admitted to stabbing one of his daughters and assaulting another.

A taxi-driver, who is accused of stabbing a man with a pair of scissors during an argument over $2,000, was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with attempted murder.

The Government of Guyana will be putting systems in place to assist The Bahamas following the devastating effects of hurricane Dorian.

In response to the reports of the devastation experienced in The Bahamas as a result of Hurricane Dorian, the Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Allen Chastenet, has assured the island state of CARICOM’s solidarity and pledged to assist with whatever help may be required.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB)  reopened for light traffic at 2 PM today.

A tug and barge hit the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) early yesterday morning, causing extensive damage requiring millions in repairs and disrupting travel between the West and East Demerara.

The police are investigating the murder of a man, who was discovered early yesterday morning with chop wounds about his body and his head almost severed from his neck at Haslington North, East Coast Demerara.

Two years after its establishment, Pomeroon Trading, a coconut growing and processing agribusiness, is preparing to be publicly traded on the Guyana Stock Exchange.

After almost 21 years on the run, Philbert Thomas was yesterday brought before a city court, where he was charged with the murder of his wife, Viola Thomas.

Two days after United States Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch contended that the push here for local content provisions may make foreign investors feel unwelcome, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is crafting a response.

The Government Analyst- Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) has launched an investigation into the circulation of substandard/falsified (SF) medication on the local market and the police force’s fraud squad has been called in to assist with the probe.

A resident of Linden who thought he would never be able to use his right hand again following an accident, is grateful to Dr. Li Qing, the anaesthesiologist with the Chinese Medical Team (CMT), for saving it through a new technique.

Following damage to a utility pole and cables as a result of the collision of a bus and a container truck at Helena, Mahaica, several villages along the East Coast corridor were without service from the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) for a number of  hours yesterday.

With the Demerara Harbour Bridge knocked out of commission yesterday morning many commuters travelling to the West Demerara had to do so in the darkness last night and up to press time  all appears to have run smoothly.

The National Mine Workers Union of Guyana (NMWUG) has been given notice that it will be certified as the majority union of rank and file workers of Aurora Gold Mines Inc.

Guyana-born environmentalist Conrad Gorinsky has died. Gorinsky who was born in Parubaru, near the Kuyuwini river, in British Guiana on March 7, 1936 died of pneumonia after being treated for nasal cancer on August 18, 2019 at age 83.

Accused last year of forging chassis numbers for two vehicles stolen in carjackings, a father and son were yesterday freed of the charges.