Guyana News

The newly-inducted Board of Directors of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) will be proactive in fulfilling its mandate of ensuring the skies over Guyana are safe as well as in supporting business initiatives in the aviation sector, returning Chairman Lt.

Last Wednesday, after 16:00 hrs, an externally contracted disconnection crew was involved in a physical altercation with a Guyana Power Light (GPL) Inc.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon last Thursday dispelled ongoing concerns about the aged aircraft being procured for the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and he assured that they have been “tried and tested” and are a good investment.

The Ministry of Social Protection has announced the Interim Management Committee (IMC) which will replace the deposed Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union Limited (GPSCCUL) Management Committee.

Derrick Oudkerk, the inmate who escaped more than one month ago while working at a prison officer’s  Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara home was on Monday afternoon recaptured by the police.

 As the probe into the 18-year-old murder of Daniel Singh widens, investigators have arrested a sister of the captured suspect and are on the hunt for another sister, who is the owner of the house where he was arrested over the weekend.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday expressed deep concern over an image on two websites depicting Guyana without its known internationally recognised borders.

The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a loan of US$1.3 million ($273m) to assist in upgrading the water sector in Guyana.

The police constable who was driving one of the force’s vehicles that overturned and subsequently collided with a house one week ago at De Hoop, Mahaica was yesterday charged with dangerous driving and released on $40,000 bail.

Another police constable testified yesterday during the continuation of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against taxi driver Matthew Munroe, who is accused of murdering school teacher Kescia Branche.

The delay in the re-opening of the National Ophthalmology Hospital in Port Mourant, Corentyne has caused concern for some members of the Region Six Regional Democratic Council (RDC), according to the Chairman of the Regional Health Committee Zamal Hussain.

Motorists who traverse the Parfaite Harmonie Access Road say they are fed up and frustrated with the main carriageway which is constantly developing potholes of varying sizes.

Owing to defects in the affidavit filed by attorney Nigel Hughes on behalf of his client Troy Thomas, Justice Jo-Ann Barlow was on Friday unable to deliver her ruling on whether or not the Magistrate’s Court can proceed to hear the extradition challenge mounted by him.

Free distribution of 91,000 insecticide treated bed and hammock nets  will begin in early June targeting four interior regions well-known as hubs for malaria transmission, according to Vector Control Services (VCS) officials of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH).

Two companies yesterday entered bids of over $300M to the Ministry of Education for dietary supplies under the National School Feeding Programme.

Medical professionals across Region Six have begun a six-week training programme to assess and categorise psychiatric patients.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Cricket West Indies and telecommunications giants Digicel have severed their sponsorship agreement prematurely, ending a 13-year commercial relationship.

A mechanic was today charged with murdering Guyana Goldfields Inc. manager Neil Whyte, who was found stabbed to death a week ago in a Thomas Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown apartment.

Police Constable Wellon Carr, 26, of Bee Hive, ECD was today charged with Dangerous Driving in relation to an incident which occurred on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 on the De Hoop Public Road, Mahaica, ECD which resulted in extensive damage to Force Vehicle PWW 5411.

Chief Justice Roxane George yesterday ordered Attorney-General (AG) Basil Williams to bring the long-delayed Judicial Review Act (JRA) into force no later than July 31st, while finding that his failure to do so thus far was unlawful and in violation of the will of the Parliament.