Guyana News

Even when the late Peter Lauchmonen Kempadoo’s health was declining, the Guyanese writer would frequently talk about his country, Guyana.

The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) has once again found itself at an impasse with the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) after the union rejected a proposed wage increase of 4.5 percent.

Nearly 14 years after they were held in a huge drug bust, the Barbados Court of Appeal yesterday ordered the release of two convicted Guyanese drug dealers on time served, in a case which Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson said was filled with systemic delays.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) yesterday refuted claims that it was targeting specific communities for the installation of their smart meters and said there were predetermined areas.

The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce recently launched its 15th Berbice Expo and Trade Fair at the chamber’s building in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne under the theme “Promoting a favourable business and investment climate” and President of the chamber, Mohammed Raffik called for early elections.

A member of the Guyana Police Force was released on bail after he pleaded not guilty to unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on a man.

In light of GECOM’s decision to conclude the House-to-House Registration exercise on 31st August, 2019, the field staff (AROs, Clerks, Enumerators) will be working from 10:00hrs – 19:00hrs daily for the remaining days.

Almost two weeks after they were severely burnt during an incident at their Corentyne, Berbice home, four-year-old Gansham Sohan and one-year-old Besham Sohan have since undergone multiple surgeries in the United States.

It has been more than a month since well-known Guyhoc Park mechanic Reginald Atherly was shot and killed during a home invasion and while no charge has yet been laid, Commander of ‘A’ Division Marlon Chapman said the investigation remains active.

A 32-year-old woman who was accused of wounding a man during a scuffle was yesterday granted bail after she denied the charge, which was read in a city court.

A 23-year-old man was ordered to do two months of community service after he explained to a court that he would not act in a threatening manner toward his mother again.

The police are seeking the assistance of the public in locating thirty-seven-year-old Clive Frederick Wilson, who is accused of fatally stabbing the mother of his children on Sunday morning at Victoria, East Coast Demerara while she was asleep.

A 23-year-old Guyhoc Park resident was released on $40,000 bail by a Georgetown Magistrate after he pleaded not guilty to two charges.

A file in relation to a vehicular accident which occurred in May that claimed the life of an 18-year-old some two months later, has been sent for legal advice.

The police today said that Clive Frederick Wilson is wanted in relation to murder committed on Shemain Frank on 2019/08/25 at Victoria Village, E.C.D.

GECOM will bring the ongoing national house-to-house registration exercise to a premature end on August 31st.

Nearly 300 customers of Republic Bank Guyana Limited have been reimbursed in excess of $20 million following a series of fraudulent activities on its VISA International Debit Cards.

A preliminary report by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has said that the threshold lights that caused the rupturing of the tyres of an American Airlines (AA) aircraft were not in the correct position at the time of the incident.

Despite a dip in rice exports within the first six months of the year as compared to 2018, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) says more revenue has been earned during the same period by way of the sale of higher-value products.

Chief Constable Andrew Foo has come in for censure from the City Council after he delayed  launching an investigation into the disappearance of a fence at Russell Square, Stabroek by over a week.