Guyana News

A Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo youth succumbed on Thursday morning to injuries he sustained  in an early morning vehicular accident.

Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Brian Mullis has labelled the newly implemented fees on travellers at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) as excessive and has called on the government and the CJIA’s management to reexamine them.

The Auditor General, Deodat Sharma, will be launching a full value-for-money audit into the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project.

After a night of heavy rainfall, sections of the city experienced flooding, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) stated yesterday.

Convicted for the rape of a nine-year-old girl, Gingish Khan, 51, now awaits his sentence pending the presentation of a probation report on him and a victim impact statement.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday assured that mechanisms are being put in place to deal with potential oil spills offshore Guyana.

A probe has been launched into the activities of prisoners at the Lusignan Prison after a video of a fight between two prisoners that was staged to mimic a dog fight, surfaced on social media.

A 58-year-old man is feared drowned in the Demerara River after going to take a bath on Wednesday afternoon.

A Dominican Republic businesswoman seeking to make her travels between her homeland and Guyana less frustrating is among the latest applicants for Guyanese citizenship.

Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC), Trevor Benn, is in Hanoi, Vietnam as a participant in the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Working Week conference currently underway According to a GL&SC press release, the FIG Working Week conference which started on April 22 nd  and ends today, brings the international community of surveying and spatial professionals together to discuss key challenges within the surveying profession.

A fire of unknown origin yesterday gutted the home of a local broadcaster and her family and a probe is underway to determine the cause.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) yesterday issued a statement welcoming the remarks made by President David Granger that the Coalition Government sees “adherence to the Constitution…an essential element of democratic governance and the maintenance of public trust.”

A push cart operator was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with robbing a man who refused his request for a cigarette.

A shutdown of the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) resulted in lengthy power outages around the country yesterday, the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) said.

The president of the Lusig-nan Golf Club Aleem Hussain and one of the promoters of a private event that was held on the premises are denying knowledge of a patron indiscriminately discharging rounds on Easter Sunday.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Tuesday night found a fire extinguisher filled with cocaine that was intended to be placed on an aircraft and four men are in custody.

President David Granger today announced three new ministerial appointments in wake of the resignations of four ministers due to them being found to be ineligible to serve as Members of Parliament (MPs) by virtue of being dual citizens.

Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson has welcomed a call by former Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn for an investigation into the Cheddi Jagan airport expansion project.

The High Court earlier this month ordered the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to pay a monthly pension to a former Guyana Sugar Cor-poration (GuySuCo) employee who had challenged the Scheme’s claim that he did not have enough contributions to qualify.

Recognizing what it says is the importance of the challenges filed to the controversial passage of the December 21st no-confidence motion against the David Granger-led APNU+AFC coalition government, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will commence hearing the appeals a day earlier than previously announced.