Guyana News

Discussions on the planning by member states on the CARICOM Single ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) Space will take place on Thursday among officials preparing for the upcoming Special Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on ICT.

Vamanadev Upendra Hiralall, the 2017 best performing Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) student, has been awarded the Lester B.

A number of local organisations have banded together to provide aid to Venezuelans who are seeking refuge here from the crisis in their country.

Ahead of a planned pride parade today organised by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) community, a section of the Christian community has voiced its objection and called on the David Granger administration to publicly declare its position on homosexuality and the decriminalisation of gay sex, including buggery.

Two more Guyana Geology and Mines Commission workers (GGMC) passed away last week, purportedly due to kidney failure and the Guyana Civil Servants and General Workers Union (GCS&GW) says it is awaiting further information on whether mercury poisoning contributed to their deaths.

The United Minibus Union yesterday said it is seeking to engage with government on how best to move forward amidst rising operational costs, including gas prices.

The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) is working along with regional administrations to ensure that budgetary funds are properly spent and accounted for.

Transgender sex worker Otis Pearson, popularly known as ‘Otisha,’ was yesterday charged with sexual activity with a 14-year-old boy.

Equipment for a port security identity card system was yesterday handed over by the United States to Guyana and it was revealed that MARAD’s compliance with international standards has seen an increase from 58% to 84%.

In keeping with several recent rulings declaring the method used by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to recoup taxes from commercial entities as being correct, the Guyana Court of Appeal on Tuesday ruled that 2J’s General Store remains liable for the more than $9 million in taxes being claimed from it.

A month after its last deadline passed, Guyana Stores Limited (GSL) has seemingly still made no payment on the over $3.8 billion in taxes owed to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

Attorney-at-law Gaitree Ramona Rookhum was last Friday reelected as President of the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) and used the occasion to highlight the non-confirmation of acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Yonette Cummings-Edwards and acting Chief Justice (CJ) Roxane George-Wiltshire SC.

The Kitty Roundabout is expected to be officially declared open on Monday, according to Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson, who says last minute work is being done to prevent drivers from “taking shortcuts.”

With a focus on building women and youth entrepreneurship and mobilising investment, the Guyana Green Economy and International Small Business Summit and Expo was launched yesterday.

Six contracts, valued at over $650 million, were awarded to contractors last month for maintenance of the Rockstone-Mabura, Kurupukari-Annai-Lethem and the Linden-Ituni-Kwakwani roads.

Deonarine Bhihari, the man who is accused of murdering an Enmore man 18 years ago and then going on the run, was yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

A city magistrate yesterday dismissed the charge against 77-year-old taxi driver John Haynes, who was indicted earlier this year for causing the death of a vagrant by dangerous driving.

A Timehri youth was yesterday sentenced to one year in prison by a city court after he admitted to breaking and entering a house.

Charges against a brother and sister, who were accused of firearm, ammunition and narcotics possession last year, were dismissed yesterday after the police failed to prove its case.

The body of Mikey Allen, the man who fell off a jet boat on Wednesday afternoon at the Bartica Stelling, has been recovered.