Guyana News

The Bar Association of Guyana held its Annual General Meeting on May 31, 2019 in Court 1 of the Victoria Law Courts and Teni Housty was elected President for the fiscal year 2019-2020.

Two weeks after embarking on a campaign to sensitise men about domestic violence and its consequences, businessman Randy Shephard on Saturday held a successful outreach in Berbice.

PPP presidential candidate Irfaan Ali led the party in the distribution of hampers at several areas in Berbice yesterday and has urged that he be held accountable for promises made.

A man accused of robbing another of $133,000 worth of grass cutting supplies, was on Friday refused bail by a city court.

Two men were granted bail at $75,000 each, after it was alleged that they robbed a man of over $100,000 in storage supplies.

An 18-year-old was on Friday refused bail, after it was alleged he committed a robbery while on bail for another offence.

The police have not yet been able to make any arrest in the murder of West Demerara taxi driver, Indira Bipat who was found dead in a clump of bushes at Lust-en-Rust, Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD), two Sundays ago.

While insisting that legal action will be taken against those public officials who have failed to file declarations of their assets and liabilities, Chairman of the Integrity Commission Kumar Doraisami says that he is unsure if President David Granger is non-compliant and will have to make checks to verify his status.

Guyana should not hold off on establishing a National Oil Company (NOC), according to the former head of Brazil’s oil and gas regulatory body, Nelson Narciso Filho, who says it would be essential for ensuring local capacity in industry planning and negotiations.

A seven-year-old girl was killed yesterday after she was struck by a truck along the Agricola public road, resulting in her body being cut in half.

Co-founder of Red Thread Guyana and former executive member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Andaiye, AA, lost her battle with cancer on Friday and was yesterday remembered as a revolutionary, who fought hard to protect the rights of citizens and particularly women and children.

JHI Associates Inc. (JHI) and Mid Atlantic Oil & Gas Inc.

The new Diamond Water Treatment Plant, now approximately 78% completed, is set to serve about 22,600 residents in the East Bank of Demerara community and surrounding areas.

Broadcast infringements have declined significantly, according to the Monitoring and Compliance Chair of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Jocelyne Josiah, who has attributed this development to the regular interaction between the entity and errant operators.

Even as Guyana mulls putting one of its own vessels to ply the Guyana to Suriname route following the docking of the Canawaima Ferry due to mechanical problems, government is currently engaging its Surinamese counterparts on the way forward.

A grant of $1 million was yesterday donated to the Baramita, Region One community, for the construction of a toll both to control the passage of alcohol and illicit substances and to monitor access by visitors into the community.

Following the refusal of Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) to honour a trade conducted by the Guyana Association of Securities Companies and Intermediaries Incorporated (GASCI), the association’s Board of Directors has suspended trading in DBL shares on the stock exchange.

A year after receiving a warning from the Guyana Securities Council (GSC) to desist from trading shares here, oil and gas company G.G.C

Waving rainbow flags and equal rights banners, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community and their allies marched and danced along the streets of Georgetown yesterday as part of the second annual Pride Parade held in Guyana.

Overdependence on the internet, especially by young children, creates developmental challenges, a false sense of connectedness and a vacuum where there should be crucial conversations, even as the young continue to be bullied in the virtual world.