Guyana News

The Ministry of the Presidency today rejected claims by the opposition PPP that the country has not been kept abreast of the whereabouts of President David Granger.

A section of the Georgetown Public Hospital this morning suffered a power cut following an electrical problem.

Russell Lancaster, the manager of the communications and production company owned by Minister of Public Telecommunications Cathy Hughes, says he was personally approached by the Department of Energy (DoE) concerning some work for the agency and in turn, asked that it be transferred to the company.

The new US Ambassador to Guyana has lauded this country’s humanitarian efforts on behalf of fleeing Venezuelans and says Washington is prepared to have discussions on providing assistance, noting that the health sector is under stress.

Former acting Region Three Hospital Administrator Sanjah Persaud, has lost his bid at being reinstated to that position, owing among other things, to the fact that he was not qualified for the post in the first place.

Dual citizen parliamentarian Dr Rupert Roopnaraine has submitted his letter of resignation to the Speaker of the National Assembly but the six other dual citizen Members of Parliament (MPs) on the government and opposition sides are yet to do so.

Searches at all ports throughout the country will continue in keeping with the Cus-toms Anti-Narcotic Unit’s (CANU) mandate in an effort to curb the occurrence of trafficking in narcotics, the agency’s Legal Officer Konyo Sandiford says.

Father and son—Sukhdeo and Ishwar Dharamdat are likely to the know their fate later today after a jury deliberates on the case leveled against them for the 2015 murder of their neighbour, Suresh Nandkishore.

Desmond Hamer, the licensed firearm holder who allegedly shot and injured his reputed wife during an attack on Sunday morning at Third Avenue, Beach Front, Bartica, was yesterday charged with attempted murder and remanded to prison.

Passengers travelling by boat would now able to confirm that those operating the vessels have been certified to do so, thanks to a new initiative, which requires vessels to display Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) stickers identifying the route they are plying.

The Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Democratic Council, yesterday awarded $67 million in contracts to eight contractors, to facilitate a number of road works, as well as to carry out construction works at the St.

An expanded range of free medical tests are now available at the Mahaicony Diagnostic Centre and Fort Wellington Hospital, eliminating the need for residents of Region Five to travel to Georgetown.

Residents of Coomacka Village in Region Ten will soon benefit from a series of drainage works which are expected to relieve their flooding issues.

A 28-year-old labourer, who is accused of fatally stabbing his co-worker during a drinking spree near the mouth of the Pomeroon River on Saturday morning, was yesterday remanded to prison, after being arraigned on a murder charge.

A taxi-driver who was charged with trafficking over eight pounds of cannabis reportedly found in the trunk of the car he had been driving, was yesterday sentenced to three years for the crime, and fined $1.7 million.

The police in ‘G’ Division have released the widow of Gowkarran Narine, the Essequibo labourer who succumbed last Friday after  an autopsy confirmed that his neck wound was self-inflicted.

A rank from the city police outpost was yesterday granted bail, after he was accused of discharging a loaded firearm at a minibus driver during an argument.

Former New Building Society (NBS) manager Kent Vincent was sacked in 2007, not because of any inefficiency in his performance, but rather partly because of his refusal to attend a meeting called by Board of Directors of the financial institution.

Eighteen Caribbean countries will congregate at the US Southern Command headquarters in Miami, Florida, to meet with the US Deputy Secretary of State, John J.

After admitting to hitting the mother of his children about her head with a soft drinks case and threatening to not stop beating her until she died, a mechanic was on Tuesday sentenced to 18 months in jail.