Guyana News

While contending that it is impossible for government to function properly without a Cabinet, recently-elected Alliance for Change (AFC) leader Khemraj Ramjattan on Friday insisted that there is no definitive ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that prevents the president and his ministers from continuing to meet. 

Dozens of persons yesterday signed up to join a credit union catering to Afro-Guyanese which is to be officially registered by the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G).

The police have detained one person for questioning about the murder of clothes vendor Leon Hescott, who was shot and killed on Friday evening on Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown.

Dexter Robert, the porter who was aboard the truck that capsized along the Linden-Lethem trail last Wednesday, has been hailed as a hero for his efforts to save the lives of the other two survivors.

The general public can now expect more information, especially as it relates to contract transparency, to be included in upcoming Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GY-EITI) reports as there have been changes to the International Standard.

The government has signalled its intention to offer scholarships to the two students who tied for the top position in Berbice at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examinations.

In the last four years, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has reintegrated more than 800 teenaged mothers into the local school system. 

Retired in the United States, Gem Fraser has returned to her homeland after 38 years and she wants to offer Guyanese something different when it comes to designer clothing, jewellry, fabric bags, and scarves.

Ninety trainee nurses recited the Nightingale Pledge on Friday as the first batch of trainees of the Georgetown School of Nursing Annex II, which was officially declared open by Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence.

According to Enkofi Moses, if his teachers had not taken the time to know him, then he would not have been the first Company Road Primary student to earn a place at Queen’s College in more than a decade.

Dominique Hunter, Courtney Douglas and Stephen McKenzie are among the artists who have won this year’s Guyana Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition (GVACE).

Following a second complaint, the Solid Waste Department of the Mayor and City Council on Friday removed skip bins that were placed in front of Hack’s Halaal Food restaurant on Commerce Street, in Georgetown.

International global oilfield chemical company Nalco Champion has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for authorisation to operate a chemical warehouse facility at Ruimveldt Industrial Estate.

The New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) has announced the postponement of the Guyana on Show 3 trade show, which was planned for Antigua.

Marsh UK in collaboration with its local affiliate P&P Insurance Brokers will be hosting a three-day’s insurance seminar on the oil and gas sector this week.

The police are pursuing two suspects in the murders of Better Hope moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his daughter Arian Latchman, who were shot and killed during a robbery at their home last Thursday afternoon.

Tullow Oil and Gas of the United Kingdom yesterday announced that it had spud its first well in the offshore Orinduik Block on Thurs-day and results are expected next month.

A 36-year-old man was gunned down last night at an abandoned building along Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown, in what appeared to be an execution-style killing.

Braving heavy rains, hundreds of supporters of the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday protested in front of the Ministry of the Presidency on Vlissingen Road, Georgetown to call on President David Granger to announce a date for elections.

The PNCR, the largest party in the governing APNU+AFC coalition, yesterday reiterated that house-to-house registration is crucial for credible elections and emphasised that there will be no compromise on this issue.