Guyana News

Four laureates including Guyanese entrepreneur Andrew Boyle were inducted by the Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence, at its first awards ceremony to be staged in Jamaica on Saturday night.

A Guyana Power and Light (GPL) linesman was yesterday morning rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was shocked when he came into contact with a live wire in the vicinity of Demico House, Stabroek.

An East Coast Demerara bodywork mechanic was last evening shot during a suspected robbery and is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A serious accident on the Kuru Kururu Public Road, Soesdyke-Linden Highway yesterday afternoon has left eight persons hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

(Barbados Nation) Following the unnatural death of Guyanese nail technician Onica King, 36, on April 14, David Dacosta King was investigated as a person of interest.

Campaign financing legislation is actively being pursued and is a high priority for the Alliance for Change (AFC),  its Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan says.

Faced with Linden’s youth concerns of the high unemployment rate coupled with the lack of recreational facilities, the not-for-profit organization, Linden Dream Team (LDT) is working towards bringing to the mining town a state-of-the-art facility geared at educating while providing leisure options to youths.

A woman was yesterday morning arrested and is being questioned by the police following a shooting in the vicinity of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club, at Thomas Lands and Albert Street.

Teachers are counting on their strength as a voting bloc in upcoming local government elections to convince the governing coalition that it must sign an acceptable wages and salary agreement with the union before the beginning of the new school year.

PPP/C Parliamentarian Gillian Persaud-Burton acting on a request from veteran trade unionist Lincoln Lewis has tabled a motion for the re-establishment of a Ministry of Labour.

In light of UG’s plans for a more structured parking system on campus, the University of Guyana’s Student Society (UGSS) is advocating for a shuttle system to be considered, to complement any centralized parking.

The Council of the International Decade of People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) will soon be opening its secretariat at 121 Regent Street, Bourda.

A 25-year-old miner was on Friday placed on $50,000 bail for allegedly forging a tint permit.

Guyana’s preparedness to respond to an emergency emanating from an epidemic or any other disaster has received high marks from local and international observers following a simulation exercise held in Mabaruma, North West District, Region One, on Saturday, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

In a historic emergency sitting, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today ordered that St. Lucian, Professor Eddy Ventose, be added to the register of voters in Barbados.

The Government of Guyana is now able to stand as guarantor for loans secured by any public corporation up to and including $50 billion.

Investigators are currently on the hunt for three men who are believed to have set alight two Enterprise, East Coast Demerara houses within hours on Friday; an act which is suspected to be linked to the April 27th  piracy attack off of Suriname.

The United Nations (UN) team that held discussions here about what electoral assistance may be needed for the two upcoming elections, visited after the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) formally requested an internationally recruited Information Technology specialist.

The vessel seized by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) late last month with over 200,000 gallons of fuel, paid the $36M taxes due and the fuel was offloaded on Monday.

Loss of good faith between the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and its Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) branch, has led to the formation of a breakaway body, the Guyana Civil Servants and General Workers Union.