Guyana News

A 35-year old man died  after the truck he was driving along the Lethem Trail capsized on Wednesday afternoon, the police said.

One of the two Moruca sisters who were chopped by their brother on Wednes-day afternoon has succumbed to her injuries.

A contract has been awarded for the supply and installation of a 150 kW-Hydropower Plant at Chiung River, Kato Village, in Region Eight.

Distancing himself from claims that he is a supporter of the APNU+AFC government, geotechnical engineer Charles Ceres yesterday waded into both parties for their poor management saying they lack vision and need to give youths a chance to govern.

Two East Coast Demerara businessmen have together filed an $8 million lawsuit against the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), whose customs officers they say wrongfully arrested and detained them on accusations of smuggling raw chicken into the country for sale to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

The draft ganja reform bill, which is intended to repeal custodial sentences for possession of 30 grammes and under of cannabis, is among proposed legislation that has been approved by Cabinet for tabling at the next sitting of the National Assembly, Director General of the Minis-try of the Presidency Joseph Harmon announced yesterday.

Dozens of residents who had been squatting on Broad and Lombard Streets for many years have been promised new homes by November, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Sections of the city which were flooded as a result of the intense rainfall on Wednesday morning saw much lower water levels yesterday.

A Haitian national has been fined $60,000 and ordered deported for overstaying in Guyana.

Citing the 2017 hurricane devastation in the Caribbean, United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres lobbied CARICOM Heads on Wednesday to intensify the fight against climate change.

Two men were yesterday each committed to stand trial on separate charges of engaging in sexual activity with children.

Region Six Regional Chairman David Armogan has urged the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDC) to take Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, up on his statement when he said that NDCs can approach the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) and offer to pay $300,000 per month to power 100 streetlights.

Representatives of striking Aurora Gold Mine (AGM) workers and officials of the Ministry of Social Protection’s Labour Department met yesterday to resolve the ongoing dispute that has resulted in the suspension of operations at the Region Seven mine site.

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Wednesday granted bail to Andrew Yong, who was charged  alongside another with having possession of 237 pounds of cocaine found hidden in pepper sauce.

A man who was found with a bag containing 266 grammes of marijuana, was on Wednesday remanded on a possession offence, after he told the court he had no knowledge of the contents of the bag he was carrying.

After denying a robbery allegation levelled against him, a vendor was on Wednesday granted $75,000 bail by Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty at a city court.

A money-changer and his daughter were this afternoon shot and killed in a home invasion at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara.

With the highest attainable score for the 2019 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) being 536 marks, this year’s two top students hail from public schools and both grabbed 532 marks, earning themselves a place at Queen’s College.

Residents around George-town and on parts of the East Coast of Demerara were left to battle early morning floodwaters yesterday, after intense and constant rainfall overnight left much of the city and its outskirts flooded.