Guyana News

President David Granger has ordered a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the fatal pirate attack in which over a dozen fishermen were killed off the coast of Suriname last year and Dr.

Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine has called on City Engineer Colvern Venture to resign if he is unable to execute his duties and represent the best interest of the city and citizens.

Former President Donald Ramotar was yesterday afternoon granted a temporary injunction by High Court judge Sandil Kissoon against the Kaieteur News and Kaieteur Radio, which he has sued for in excess of $40 million for what he contends were defamatory publications and broadcasts targeting him.

A 14-year-old was yesterday charged with murdering a schoolmate during an altercation at Matthews Ridge.

Two men were remanded to prison yesterday after police told Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan that they admitted to being the owners of narcotics found during a bust.

Justice Fidela Corbin-Lincoln is expected to rule later today on whether an injunction will be granted to Dr.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) last Friday commenced its interventions designed to tackle the issue of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.

Hours of heavy rainfall on Monday morning left sections of the Rupert Craig Highway waterlogged and Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson has said that it is addressing the longstanding problem.

The police have been advised to institute a murder charge against the suspect accused of fatally beating remanded prisoner Samuel Lyttle last Tuesday while in custody at the Lusignan Prison.

Investigations into the fatal accident at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo public road which claimed the life of a 17-year old are still ongoing according to Commander of ‘C’ Division, Edmond Cooper.

Some 4500 residents of the community of Amelia’s Ward in Linden, Region Ten, will soon benefit from improved water supply with the drilling of two new wells at an estimated cost of $40 million.

Although the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is still awaiting the repair of its 69kV submarine cable, it says its contingency plans have resulted in power being fully restored around the country.

As part of its efforts to revitalise the Co-operative Movement in Guyana, the Ministry of Social Protection’s (MoSP) Department of Co-operatives recently facilitated the conversion of the Ituni Small Loggers and Chainsaw Association in Ituni, Region Ten from a Friendly to a Co-operative Society.

International oilfield service provider Schlumberger has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for authorisation to store dry chemicals.

Police in Mahdia are investigating the death of a 26-year-old nurse, who they suspect committed suicide.

An autopsy is scheduled to be performed today on the Eteringbang couple who died in an apparent murder suicide on Friday last.

Gavin Richards, one of the five members of a Wakapau Village family that had been hospitalised after a mysterious illness that claimed the lives of two others two weeks ago, has been discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Farmers in Aliki, Essequibo will soon have a market for their plantains as the chips processing factory in Leguan is expected to be operationalised in August.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Adminis-tration Board for the conducting of seismic surveys offshore Guyana.

The police are working on enhancing footage obtain-ed in order to determine what caused Police Constable Winston Cooper to sustain serious head wounds on Mandela Avenue.