Guyana News

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) has completed the geo-physical logging of 100 wells along Guyana’s coast, the first phase for formulating a groundwater management plan.

Despite a police presence at the Stabroek Market Square, robberies and attempted robberies are still being committed on persons who frequent the area to conduct business or visit.

A date was on Tuesday set for the commencement of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against two men arraigned for the fatal shooting of taxi driver Kelvin Walters.

Governance and the country’s business and investment climate were high on the agenda during a meeting between a delegation of European Union (EU) Ambassadors and a three-member opposition team on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat held a special seminar on Tuesday in an effort to address the issues of learning difficulties and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams SC has declined again to publicly state how much Grenadian Queen’s Counsel Dr Francis Alexis was paid for his services in the no-confidence case when it was before the Guyana Court of Appeal.

A 37-year-old vendor who was charged over the possession of narcotics, was granted bail on Tuesday.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Monday announced the winners of its poster and essay competitions in observance of World Water Day 2019.

A fire of unknown origin yesterday afternoon gutted a partially-destroyed, abandoned building at Waterloo Street, Georgetown but quick action by the Guyana Fire Service prevented it from spreading to nearby buildings.

The Department of Social Cohesion, Culture, Youth and Sport, is partnering with government and other private agencies to host a youth employment drive tomorrow in an attempt to tackle unemployment.

Milaimi Alli, who was wanted by police in connection with  the 2009 murder of her husband, fuel dealer Ramzan Alli, was today charged with the crime, days after a taxi driver was charged with the same offence.

The Opposition People’s Progressive Party has accused Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes of impropriety after her company Videomega productions was awarded a contract by the Department of Energy.

The United States acknowledges that it is within Guyana’s sovereign right to renegotiate the controversial Production Sharing Agreement (PSA)  between the country and ExxonMobil and its partners if it so chooses, recently accredited US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch says.

—parents question police account The parents of Teon Maxwell, the Bare Root man who was fatally shot by the police on Saturday, are calling for justice, since they believe his killing constitutes murder based on the autopsy results.

In keeping with the national objective of moving towards a “green” economy and the consequent realignment of critical agencies of State, Cabinet has approved a proposal for the restructuring of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC).

Edward Skeete, who was last year acquitted of a murder charge, was yesterday remanded to prison, after he was accused of shooting a man before robbing him of almost $1 million in cash.

A father and son are currently on trial before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury for the fatal beating of their neighbour which is alleged to have stemmed from a dispute over land.

With the Lusignan Prison recording another prison escape, as well as the murder of an inmate, within the last week, Acting Director of Prisons Kevin Pilgrim, has acknowledged that security has always been an issue of concern at the facility because of its infrastructure.

Yet another GECOM meeting was aborted yesterday after opposition-nominated commissioners objected again to the insistence by the majority on the pursuit of house-to-house (HTH) registration.

The Chairman of the City’s Human Resource Management Committee on Mon-day sought to have council approve a timeline for the advertisement of several vacancies including Town Clerk and City Treasurer.