Guyana News

Gafsons Industries Limited’s concrete blocks are officially a certified product, after the company was presented with a certificate from the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), upon successfully fulfilling the requirements of the Guyana Standard (GYS) Specification for load bearing masonry concrete units.

The increasing influx of Venezuelan nationals into Guyana has prompted the Ministry of Social Protection (MoSP) via the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Policy Unit and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to partner in generating a referral pathway for the Venezuelan survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV).

The prosecution on Friday afternoon closed its case against Shaquille Grant and Neville Forde, who are accused of the 2017 murder of Sophia bread vendor Andre Melroy Alexander, who was shot and killed.

Another police rank has levelled major allegations against a member of the Guyana Police Force leadership, whom he says has been running corruption rackets in ‘B’ Division (Berbice).

With overwhelming support, Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday won the leadership of the Alliance For Change (AFC) and was also endorsed as the party’s choice to be the prime ministerial candidate for governing coalition at the next general elections.

While Republic Bank Guyana Limited (RBL) has still not made a public statement on its ongoing investigation of fraudulent activity on its Visa International Debit Cards, customers who have been affected by the activity say the bank is only making payments for transactions within the last three months.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) has successfully laid a new 13.8 kV submarine cable across the Demerara River and it is now providing over 5 Megawatts (MW) of power to the Eastern Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS), bringing an end to the daily scheduled load shedding activities.

A family lost their home after a fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, gutted their Timehri, East Bank Demerara home on Friday evening.

Shaleeza Khan, General Manager of Guyana Publications Incorporated (GPI), the publisher of the Stabroek News and Sunday Stabroek newspapers, says the company has been treated unfairly by the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), which recently denied its application for a primary zone radio licence.

Following disclosures by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo of the transfer of millions in funds from the Department of Public Service to the children of Minister Simona Broomes, Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon on Friday said the sums represented scholarship payments which they earned as part of their contracts with government.

It will take a new board to reverse the decision to fire Sherod Duncan from the position of General Manager of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL), which is the publisher of the state-run Chronicle newspapers.

A Guyanese fisherman is now missing and feared dead after he was allegedly cut loose by a fellow crew member while transferring fish from his boat to another in Suriname’s waters.

Abused by a partner as a young woman which left her ashamed and in a state of self-blame and even once attempting self-harm, Michelle Nicholas knew she had to do something to assist other women in similar situations.

Training sessions for minibus operators are expected to start soon due to a lax adherence to the Minibus Code of Conduct, head of the United Minibus Union (UMU) Eon Andrews has said.

A member of the deaf community is seeking financial assistance to travel to Moscow, Russia to participate in the Miss and Mister Deaf International pageant through which he hopes to build a platform to further empower the community in Guyana.

Seventeen seniors were on Friday awarded with certificates after they completed a five-day workshop on Puppetry Design and Performance, aimed at building capacity in live show production.

A Coroner’s Inquest is scheduled to begin this week to determine if anyone is responsible for the death of Ian Chaves, the 43-year-old Industry resident whose lifeless body was discovered on the Turkeyen Public Road six years ago after a suspected hit-and-run accident.

A homeless man is now nursing injuries about his body after he was beaten and chopped by a group of men who allegedly attacked him on Friday evening along the University of Guyana (UG) access road.

Region One (Barima-Waini) continues to be affected by a fuel shortage as a result of the existing crisis in neighbouring Venezuela.

Following his reappointment hours earlier as Alliance For Change (AFC) leader, Khemraj Ramjattan has received the majority support of delegates at the party’s National Executive Conference (NEC) to be the prime ministerial candidate for governing coalition at the next elections.